Ask for clarification, slow things down, and confirm you understood.
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我没听懂
I didn't understand (没 negates past action. 听懂 = 'listen-understand'.)
请说慢一点
Please speak a little slower (慢一点 — 'slow a bit'. Chinese verbs don't change for gender.)
请再说一遍
Could you repeat that, please? (再…一遍 — 'again…one time'. 遍 counts complete repetitions.)
你听懂了吗？
Did you understand me? (了 marks completion; 吗 makes it a question.)
我说得对吗？
Am I saying it correctly? (得 links verb to its description — 'say-DE correct?')
我发音对吗？
Am I pronouncing it correctly? (发音 — 'emit-sound' = pronunciation.)
正确的说法是什么？
What's the correct way to say it? (说法 — 'say-method', i.e. 'way of saying'.)
我忘了
I forgot (了 marks the change — 'now I've forgotten'.)
有别的说法吗？
Is there another word for that? (别的 = 'other'.)
这个和那个一样吗？
Is this the same as that? (一样 — 'one-kind', i.e. 'the same'.)
……怎么说？
How do you say…? (怎么 = how. Topic comes first, then 'how say?')
这是什么意思？
What does this mean? (意思 — 'meaning' (also appears in 有意思 = interesting).)
这个叫什么？
What is this called?
真的吗？这对吗？
Really? Is this correct?
为什么？为什么是这样？
Why? Why is it like this? (这样 — 'this-kind', i.e. 'like this'.)
你能再说一遍吗？
Can you repeat this for me?
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