Asking cute stranger for their number: Starting a conversation with a light compliment

💬 适合 takes the person directly after it, with no word like "for" in between: 很适合我 "really suits me".

💬 人 after a country or place makes "a person from there": 中国人 "Chinese person", 美国人 "American".

💬 Putting 吧 at the end turns a statement into "..., right?" when you're fairly sure of the answer: 你是学生吧？ "you're a student, right?".

🇨🇳 Locals ask this openly and out of curiosity, so it's not meant as rude, and it's a common way your conversation gets started.

💬 Where something happens goes before the action in Chinese, the reverse of English: 在家吃饭 "eat at home".

💬 To say how well someone does something, put 得 (de) after the action and then the description: 吃得很多 "eats a lot", 跑得很快 "runs fast".

🇨🇳 You'll hear this even after you say just a few words, so it's friendly encouragement rather than a real judgment of your level.

💬 Literally it's "where, where", as in "where is this skill you see?". It's said (ná li ná li) because the first low tone rises before another low tone.

🇨🇳 Brushing off praise is the polite response, while a plain "thank you" can sound a little self-satisfied, though younger people often just say 谢谢.

💬 Dropping the 一 from 一个 makes a request sound casual and small: 喝个咖啡 "grab a coffee".

🇨🇳 In China you ask for someone's WeChat instead of their phone number, and it's the normal, low-key way to keep in touch after chatting with someone.

🇨🇳 Adding someone on WeChat means one person shows their QR code and the other scans it, so offering to scan saves them the effort.