TRANSLATION PLEASE

[JunXiong]

大家好,

I'm reading a book for the HSK test

and I met these two expressions

听不出来

都少来一点

Do you know what are the exact meaning of the above?

谢谢

[studentyoung]

Do you know what are the exact meaning of the above?

It would be hard to explain phrases or words without contexts. Hmm, here I give you some given contexts to explain them.

听不出来

他在说什么，我听不出来。I don’t know what he is saying.

“听不出来” here means you can’t understand other’s words by hearing.

“听得出来” is its adversative meaning.

我听得出来，他很不高兴。 I can understand (by his words) that he is very unhappy.

都少来一点

沙拉酱和奶油都少来一点。Give me / us less salad sauce and cream.

“都少来一点” here means give sb. sth. less.

“都多来一点” is its adversative meaning.

汽水、薯条和炸鸡都多来一点。Give me / us more soda, French chips and fried chicken.

Of course, if you can give your contexts in your text book, it will help others to explain them clearer and more accurate to you.

Thanks!

[kdavid]

听不出来 as in "我听不出来" can also mean something along the lines of "I couldn't tell [by listening]" that he was a foreigner by listening to him speak on the phone.

Along the same lines, you can also substitute 听 for 看 and get a similar meaning. For example:

A: "她爸爸是个外国人."

B: "真的吗? 我看不出来."

would have the following meaning:

A: "Her father is a foreigner."

B: "Really? I couldn't tell by looking at her."

Or, subtitute 听 with 说 and get "I can't say this" with a hint of "I don't have the ability to say this", "the cat's got my tongue", or "I've drawn a blank".

Anyway, as you can see, the 出来 collocation can have quite a few different meanings depending on context and the verb that follows.

[HashiriKata]

What is the natural way to say: "I'd like a portion of chips with reduced salt" ? (I'm thinking of "我要一份薯条， 少来一点盐", but I'm not quite sure if 少来一点盐 is ok.)

[mrtoga]

couldn't you say 请把盐放少一点

[imron]

Or even more simply, 少放盐.

[HashiriKata]

Thank you all for replying!

couldn't you say 请把盐放少一点

Yes, I could, but I've discovered that we non-Chinese have a tendency to use a full sentence, sometimes quite a formal one, for something which is quite simply said by native speakers. I'm therefore trying to see if I can avoid that.

Or even more simply, 少放盐.

In light of what I said above, yes this is the version I'm looking for

[JunXiong]

Many thanks for your help !!!!!