Do you speak English?
Do you need a receipt printed?
Medium or large cup?
How much do you make?
Do you need ketchup?
Married to Taiwanese?
I used to be asked this by shopkeepers and such, people I just met five minutes previously, but it hasn’t come up for several years now. I think folks are learning that just doesn’t fly in western culture.
Where do you come from?
Are you an English teacher?
Are you a student?
How long have you been here?
How long will you stay here?
When will you go back to your country?
Do you speak Chinese?
Do you need any help?
Do you have a membership card?
Would you like a bag?
Would you like to order anything else?
Do you like Taiwan?
Have you been to (X place in Taiwan)?
What is your favorite food in Taiwan?
Off the top of my head, so I guess the most common ones for me.
How old is he?
要封口嗎？
Strangers don’t talk to me anymore. It’s very odd. I kind of miss having slightly creepy middle aged men telling me I’m so handsome.
“Oooh. You’ll be depositing $80,000 USD from your bank account in the Cayman Islands every Thursday? What’s your phone number and where should I leave my panties?”
你为什么不像其他外国人一样秃头？
Why do you type in simplified Chinese? Are you a communist?
Boy or girl?
Barista: “What do you want to drink?”
But in one place, the girl remembers what I usually order, in that case “Hot latte?”
A-Bei
Fortunately, I’m still at the (strange) uncle stage. 