How to say "This is a little something I got for you"?

xiaophil
February 03, 2010, 01:37 AM posted in I Have a Question

I will give a gift to someone today.  I remember studying a sentence that is appropriate to say in Chinese when presenting a gift, but I can't recall it.  I hope to avoid saying, "我买了一个礼物,给你".  Anyone know?

首先谢谢你们!

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xiaophil
February 03, 2010, 01:09 AM

Oops, really wish I could edit the title.  Should say:

How to say "This is a little something I got for you"?

That'll teach me to do something in a hurry.

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go_manly

You can edit the title.

Go to 'Home', 'Posts'. Find the post, and click the edit icon on the extreme right hand side.

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xiaophil

So I can! Thanks!

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go_manly
February 03, 2010, 01:38 AM

You can edit the title.

Go to 'Home', 'Posts'. Find the post, and click the edit icon on the extreme right hand side.

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John
February 03, 2010, 01:49 AM

Phil,

See this lesson: Dinner Guest

The Expansion section also has three other examples using "小意思".

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xiaophil

Perfect! It's the exact same sentence that I was trying to recall. Thanks.

PS: your links appear to be broken.

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John

Really? The links work for me...

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xiaophil

Now that is odd. I had to copy and paste 'dinner guest' into the search box. Just clicking on it got this message:

Sorry!

This page doesn't exist.

You may have followed a broken link or mistyped the web address.

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cassielin

Hi xiaophil,

送礼的时候,我们可以说:“这是我精心挑选的礼物,希望你会喜欢!”或者“这是我的一点心意,希望你能接受!”更加客气一点,我们可以说:“些微薄礼,不成敬意,请笑纳!”

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xiaophil

cassielin,知道了,谢谢你的好建议!

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xiaophil
February 03, 2010, 02:00 AM

Perfect! It's the exact same sentence that I was trying to recall. Thanks.

PS: your links appear to be broken.