不好意思，可以帮我拿下砂糖吗？

Excuse me, would you mind passing me the sugar?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 不好意思 bùhǎoyìsi
  1. to feel embarrassed
  2. to find it embarrassing
  3. to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
2 可以 kěyǐ
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
=3 帮 bāng old variant of 帮 bāng
=3 帮 bāng old variant of 帮 bāng
=3 帮 bāng
  1. to help
  2. to assist
  3. to support
  4. for sb (i.e. as a help)
  5. hired (as worker)
  6. side (of pail, boat etc)
  7. outer layer
  8. upper (of a shoe)
  9. group
  10. gang
  11. clique
  12. party
  13. secret society
4 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
5 拿下 náxià
  1. to arrest
  2. to capture
  3. to seize
  4. to win (a set, a game etc)
6 砂糖 shātáng granulated sugar
=7 吗 má (coll.) what?
=7 吗 mǎ used in 吗啡 mǎfēi
=7 吗 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)