<p>Normally, when you ask for permission, you can just ask it straight in a question form. In your case, you wanted to ask &quot;Can I post your photo on Facebook?&quot; would become &quot;我可以在Facebook上发布你的照片吗？&quot;</p>
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<li><p>To be polite and show humbleness, adding a simple 請問 (may I ask) is enough -- &quot;請問我可以在Facebook上发布你的照片吗？&quot; (may I ask, if I can post your photo on Facebook?)</p>
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<li><p>To show more humbleness, add 不好意思 or 对不起 is appropriate. You are apologizing for intruding that person's space and taking up that person's time; for even request that person to pay attention to your request.</p>
<p>&quot;不好意思 請問 我可以在Facebook上发布你的照片吗？&quot; (excuse me, may I ask, if I can post your photo on Facebook?)</p>
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Thank you so much!
user21921
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Tang Ho
<p>不好意思 or 对不起 are for apologizing, not asking permission. Apologizing is one possible function of 'excuse me', but that's not the sense you're using here.</p>

<p>A couple handy phrases that act more like 'ask-permission-excuse-me' are 劳驾　and 借光， but they're more appropriate when you're asking someone to do something for you, not when you're asking for permission to do something. For this example sentence, you probably want something like the “...你不介意吗” pattern. ('do you mind if...')</p>

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Thank you so much!
user21921
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Actually 不好意思 means excuse me. It is a synonym of 打擾了, but in a slightly more informal way.
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<p>Excuse me, is it OK with you if I post your photo on Facebook?</p>

<p>'excuse me' here: 打扰一下， 请问一下， 请问 </p>

<p>打扰一下，我可以把你的照片传到脸谱网上马？<br>
or<br>
请问，我是否可以把你的照片传到脸谱网上？<br>
or<br>
请问，如果我把你的照片传到脸谱网上，是否可以？</p>

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Thank you so much!
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<p>不好意思 is OK while 对不起 is not. 
In Mandarin Chinese 不好意思 is a subtype of "Excuse me", equivalent to the Cantonese 唔該. 不好意思 is a weaker version of "sorry" which can mean a minor disturbance to somebody, although it also means "unfortunate and apologies" after something bad happens. But 对不起 means a stronger "I'm sorry". It means you've done something wrong or you are determined to do something bad. Since you are negotiating, you could just use 请问 (May I ask) or 打扰一下 (bear me a minute) to be polite.</p>

<p>请问/打扰一下，我能把你的照片放上脸书吗？</p>

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Your answer is relevant, thank you
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<p>As a matter of fact, Facebook is 臉書, instead of 臉譜網. ‘臉譜’ means 'face mask'.<br>
To make you sound more polite, you should use 'may' instead of 'can'.<br>
So the sentence would be "(不好意思，) 請問我可以把你的照片放上臉書嗎？"<br>
Hope this can help you :)</p>

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Thank you so much! So can I ask you again How chinese call twitter in mandarin? Or they just call twitter
user21921
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They call it 推特
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Oh Thank you! 谢谢你
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昨晚忘記呼吸
<p>不好意思,对不起,may not be appropriate, 不好意思 sorry e.g. 不好意思，麻烦您了。for more choices users suggest looking up examples in online dictionaries, e.g. submit "can I" to LINE dictionary,relevant examples: 我也<strong>能</strong>来吗？我<strong>能</strong>借把剪刀吗？ 我能不能借枝笔？, submit "post picture":在一些论坛上你能<strong>张贴图片</strong> ...我孩子吃脚趾头的照片贴出来, "facebook":请用脸谱（FACEBOOK）跟我联系。 我在<strong>脸谱</strong>网上看见了他  "excuse me" 请问这附近哪里有毛厕？</p>

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<p>Can someone help me translate that sentence.
I can use 不好意思 or 对不起 in that situation, right?</p>

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Don't ask for translation when you can use Google translation
炸鱼薯条德里克
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But I already ask 
user21921
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@炸鱼薯条德里克 In fact Google translate is not always correct, since it does not check the grammar and directly translates every single word to form a sentence, which is a taboo in learning Chinese.
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@K Sharing yeah you're right  I want to know more how to use that kind words that's why I ask here.
user21921
<translation>
Excuse me, Can I post your photo on facebook in mandarin
# Excuse me, Can I post your photo on facebook in mandarin

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-01)

Can someone help me translate that sentence.
I can use 不好意思 or 对不起 in that situation, right?

**Tags:** translation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Don't ask for translation when you can use Google translation  
> **username_0**: But I already ask   
> **username_2**: @username_1 In fact Google translate is not always correct, since it does not check the grammar and directly translates every single word to form a sentence, which is a taboo in learning Chinese.  
> **username_0**: @K Sharing yeah you're right  I want to know more how to use that kind words that's why I ask here.  

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## 6 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2019-05-01. Score: 1

Normally, when you ask for permission, you can just ask it straight in a question form. In your case, you wanted to ask "Can I post your photo on Facebook?" would become "我可以在Facebook上发布你的照片吗？"

* To be polite and show humbleness, adding a simple 請問 (may I ask) is enough -- "請問我可以在Facebook上发布你的照片吗？" (may I ask, if I can post your photo on Facebook?)
* To show more humbleness, add 不好意思 or 对不起 is appropriate. You are apologizing for intruding that person's space and taking up that person's time; for even request that person to pay attention to your request.

  "不好意思 請問 我可以在Facebook上发布你的照片吗？" (excuse me, may I ask, if I can post your photo on Facebook?)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you so much!  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2019-05-01. Score: 0

不好意思 or 对不起 are for apologizing, not asking permission. Apologizing is one possible function of 'excuse me', but that's not the sense you're using here.

A couple handy phrases that act more like 'ask-permission-excuse-me' are 劳驾　and 借光， but they're more appropriate when you're asking someone to do something for you, not when you're asking for permission to do something. For this example sentence, you probably want something like the “...你不介意吗” pattern. ('do you mind if...')

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you so much!  
> **username_2**: Actually 不好意思 means excuse me. It is a synonym of 打擾了, but in a slightly more informal way.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2019-05-02. Score: 0

Excuse me, is it OK with you if I post your photo on Facebook?

'excuse me' here: 打扰一下， 请问一下， 请问

打扰一下，我可以把你的照片传到脸谱网上马？  
or  
请问，我是否可以把你的照片传到脸谱网上？  
or  
请问，如果我把你的照片传到脸谱网上，是否可以？

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you so much!  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2019-05-03. Score: 0

不好意思 is OK while 对不起 is not.
In Mandarin Chinese 不好意思 is a subtype of "Excuse me", equivalent to the Cantonese 唔該. 不好意思 is a weaker version of "sorry" which can mean a minor disturbance to somebody, although it also means "unfortunate and apologies" after something bad happens. But 对不起 means a stronger "I'm sorry". It means you've done something wrong or you are determined to do something bad. Since you are negotiating, you could just use 请问 (May I ask) or 打扰一下 (bear me a minute) to be polite.

请问/打扰一下，我能把你的照片放上脸书吗？

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Your answer is relevant, thank you  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-05-04. Score: 0

As a matter of fact, Facebook is 臉書, instead of 臉譜網. ‘臉譜’ means 'face mask'.  
To make you sound more polite, you should use 'may' instead of 'can'.  
So the sentence would be "(不好意思，) 請問我可以把你的照片放上臉書嗎？"  
Hope this can help you :)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you so much! So can I ask you again How chinese call twitter in mandarin? Or they just call twitter  
> **username_2**: They call it 推特  
> **username_0**: Oh Thank you! 谢谢你  

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### Answer by username_7 on 2019-05-01. Score: 0

不好意思,对不起,may not be appropriate, 不好意思 sorry e.g. 不好意思，麻烦您了。for more choices users suggest looking up examples in online dictionaries, e.g. submit "can I" to LINE dictionary,relevant examples: 我也**能**来吗？我**能**借把剪刀吗？ 我能不能借枝笔？, submit "post picture":在一些论坛上你能**张贴图片** ...我孩子吃脚趾头的照片贴出来, "facebook":请用脸谱（FACEBOOK）跟我联系。 我在**脸谱**网上看见了他 "excuse me" 请问这附近哪里有毛厕？


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