樂，學中文、教中文。/Enjoy learning &Teaching Chinese

我的手機沒電了(wǒ de shǒu jī méi diàn le )，means your smartphone power is dead. What to do? 怎麼辦(zěn me bàn) ?Let’s learn some Chinese expressions when you need to recharge your cellphone and some battery charging related devices.

充電器chōng diàn qì(battery charger) and 行動電源xíng dòng diàn yuán(power bank/portable charger) are the two most common rechargers. Here's the situation. You forgot the battery charger and you want to borrow one from your friend. How to say that in Chinese? 我忘了帶充電器wǒ wàng le dài chōng diàn qì  (I left my battery charger at home.) 可以跟你借一下行動電源嗎?kě yǐ gēn nǐ jiè yí xià xíng dòng diàn yuán ma (May I borrow your power bank for a while?) to borrow something/to borrow something for a while both are OK. 

One more thing, Chinese are polite people. Don't forget to show politeness when speaking Chinese. Just add 不好意思bù hǎo yì sī (excuse me) before your request. Therefore, the complete expression is 我忘了帶充電器，不好意思，可以跟你借一下充電器嗎?wǒ wàng le dài chōng diàn qì，bù hǎo yì sī ，kě yǐ gēn nǐ jiè yí xià chōng diàn qì ma?

And wireless charger無線充電器wú xiàn chōng diàn qì . When using wireless charger, you need to do some set-ups. Here’s how to ask in Chinese. 請問無線充電器怎麼設定? qǐng wèn wú xiàn chōng diàn qì zěn me shè dìng?(How do I set up the wireless charger?) Don’t forget to be polite. Say “不好意思bù hǎo yì sī (Excuse me)”before your request.

Charging cable充電線 chōng diàn xiàn. Here comes the quiz. Please answer the two quesions. For sentence patterns of the answers, please refer to page4(the battery charger).

Last sevice, the socket插座chā zuò。 We have to know where the socket is when recharging. Here how to raise the question in Chinese.請問插座在哪裡?qǐng wèn chā zuò zài nà lǐ ?(Do you know where the socket is?)  “請問qǐng wèn ”(means May I ask)is a polite way to ask.  在哪裡zài nǎ lǐ ”where is it”