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How to say 'excuse me' in Chinese?

Many foreigners know how to express "excuse me" in Chinese, that is “对不起dui4buqi3”, so they always use “对不起dui4buqi3”, for example, get past from other people, they said “对不起dui4buqi3”.

Actually, another word “劳驾lao2jia4” is more common in spoken Chinese.

劳驾 Lao3jia4
Excuse me, could I past? 劳驾，让我过去好吗?

You can use "lao2jia4" when you want to get help or ask the road, for example:
Excuse me, how to get the Tiananmen Square?
劳驾，请问天安门怎么走？

Dialogue:

售票员: 请问您到哪里？
Shou4piao4yuan2: qing3wen4 nin2 dao4 na3li?

乘客: 圆明园，多少钱？
Cheng2ke4: yuan2ming2yuan2, duo1shaoqian2?

售票员: 一块。
Shou4piao4yuan2: yi2kuai4.
……

售票员: 下站圆明园，下车的乘客请提前换出来。
Shou4piao4yuan2: xia4zhan4 yuan2ming2yuan2, xia4che1 de cheng2ke4 qing3 ti2qian2 huan4 chu1lai.

乘客: 劳驾让一下，我要下车。
Cheng2ke4: lao2jia4 rang4 yi2xia4, wo3 yao4 xia4che1.

Translation:
Conductor: where would you like to go? Passenger: The winter palace. How much? Conductor: one Yuan. ……
Conductor: We are arriving at the winter palace; passengers please get ready for your arrival. Passenger: excuse me, please make way for me, I want to get off.
So you can say “劳驾让一下” when you want to get off or pass through. It means "excuse me" and you can use it when you on the bus or subway in Beijing.

Key vocabulary:

劳驾	售票员	乘客	圆明园	站	下车	提前
lao2jia4	shou4piao4yuan2	cheng2ke4	yuan2ming2yuan2	zhan4	xia4che1	ti2qian2
excuse me	conductor	passenger	the winter palace	station	get off	in advance

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