<p>A direct way of saying it would be “我说了”, though it sometimes suggests that the speaker is impatient/angry or high in the social hierarchy (teachers, bosses, etc).</p>

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2012-02-25T00:27:01.743Z
Kejia, do you mind expanding on your answer? For example, why this expression? What does it have more than others?
Alenanno
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2012-02-27T14:28:08.423Z
Mostly nonsense. He is complaining about the at-least-30-characters-rule.
Ziyuan
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After the edit by gonnastop, this answer seems to be the most natural/native way. the more impatient/angry way is `我不是说了吗！`.
Mengdi Gao
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WIZARDELF
<p>Another suggested translation would be 像我刚说的 (as I just said) or 像我说过的 (as I have said).</p>

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Dan
<p>Here is a full translation of your conversation.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A: 我从没去过中国。<br>
  B: 你对中国文化有什么看法<br>
  A: 正如我说过的，我从没去过中国。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>As you can see, "like I said" is "正如我说过的" in Chinese. A word-to-word translation would be </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"like"  ⟶ "正如/就如/就像"<br>
   I      ⟶ "我"<br>
  "said"  ⟶ "说过的".</p>
</blockquote>

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sma
<p>How do I say "Like I said...", or "As I said", in Chinese. For example:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A: I've never been to China.</p>
  
  <p>B: What do you think of Chinese culture?</p>
  
  <p>A: Like I said, I've never been to China.</p>
</blockquote>

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2012-02-23T19:53:40.557Z
Trideceth, can you please show what you tried before asking? As per the [FAQ], requesting translations without showing effort is off topic. :) It's ok if you didn't find anything, but at least show it! :P
Alenanno
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@Alenanno I reckon "translation" refers to whole phrases, whereas this is about a specific idiom :) I would agree if I had asked for a translation of an entire phrase.  Plus.. we need many many more questions per day if we want to pass beta (bad excuse but I know... but we do :D
jsj
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2012-02-25T00:26:40.997Z
Actually I gave it a thought after I asked, and yes, in your case the rule is less strict, as I don't think there are many places where to look for idioms, but you know, it's good to see some effort anyway.
Alenanno
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"Like I said..." in Chinese
# "Like I said..." in Chinese

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-02-23)

How do I say "Like I said...", or "As I said", in Chinese. For example:

> A: I've never been to China.
>
> B: What do you think of Chinese culture?
>
> A: Like I said, I've never been to China.

**Tags:** word-requests

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Trideceth, can you please show what you tried before asking? As per the [FAQ], requesting translations without showing effort is off topic. :) It's ok if you didn't find anything, but at least show it! :P  
> **username_0**: @username_1 I reckon "translation" refers to whole phrases, whereas this is about a specific idiom :) I would agree if I had asked for a translation of an entire phrase.  Plus.. we need many many more questions per day if we want to pass beta (bad excuse but I know... but we do :D  
> **username_1**: Actually I gave it a thought after I asked, and yes, in your case the rule is less strict, as I don't think there are many places where to look for idioms, but you know, it's good to see some effort anyway.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_6 on 2012-02-26. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

Here is a full translation of your conversation.

> A: 我从没去过中国。  
> B: 你对中国文化有什么看法  
> A: 正如我说过的，我从没去过中国。

As you can see, "like I said" is "正如我说过的" in Chinese. A word-to-word translation would be

> "like" ⟶ "正如/就如/就像"  
> I ⟶ "我"  
> "said" ⟶ "说过的".


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### Answer by username_2 on 2012-02-24. Score: 1

A direct way of saying it would be “我说了”, though it sometimes suggests that the speaker is impatient/angry or high in the social hierarchy (teachers, bosses, etc).

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Kejia, do you mind expanding on your answer? For example, why this expression? What does it have more than others?  
> **username_3**: Mostly nonsense. He is complaining about the at-least-30-characters-rule.  
> **username_4**: After the edit by gonnastop, this answer seems to be the most natural/native way. the more impatient/angry way is `我不是说了吗！`.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2012-02-26. Score: 0

Another suggested translation would be 像我刚说的 (as I just said) or 像我说过的 (as I have said).


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