要求和命令

(yào qiú hé mìng lìng)

Demands and commands

请你把门关上。

(qǐng nǐ bǎ mén guān shàng.)

Close the door, please.

你要想清楚再说。

(nǐ yào xiǎng qīng chǔ zài shuō.)

Think before you speak.

都到前面来坐，别坐在后面。

(dōu dào qián miàn lái zuò, bié zuò zài hòu mian.)

Come and sit in the front. Don’t sit in the back.

过来一下。

(guò lái yī xià!)

Come here!

请你出去。

(qǐng nǐ chū qù.)

Get out of here.

不准在教室里抽烟。

(bú zhǔn zài jiāo shì lǐ chōu yān.)

Smoking is not allowed in the classroom.

— From Basic Chinese Sentences, Beijing Language and Culture University Press.