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Sorry; excuse me. Learn the phrase inside a real situation, then log it for recall instead of letting it die in a vocabulary list.

Sorry; excuse me.

Practice recall Open Practice

Sayable phrase

Sorry; excuse me.

A phrase only matters if you can imagine saying it this week. Otherwise it is just decorative storage.

01 Play the phrase Listen once before reading too hard. Your brain loves pretending it knows tones.

02 Attach a scene Use the context and examples below so the phrase has a place to live.

03 Recall later Log it for Practice, then use the phrase recall quiz to prove the phrase survives without this page open.

Reading supports

Use these after the first listen. Pinyin is scaffolding; English is context; neither should become a sofa.

Usage

Useful for apologies, interruptions, and mild embarrassment. In small talk with coworkers, it helps the sentence sound like real spoken Mandarin instead of a stiff translation.

Best context: small talk with coworkers

Examples

，。 Sorry; excuse me. We can talk about it later. ：。 In this moment, you can say: Sorry; excuse me. ，。 When small talk with coworkers, Sorry; excuse me. sounds natural.