How to Say ‘Should we ask Xiao Li to come too?’ in Simplified Chinese
叫上小李一起吗？
jiào shàng xiǎo lǐ yì qǐ ma
[jiào shang Xiǎo Lǐ ee-chee ma]
Phrase Breakdown
叫上小李
jiào shàng xiǎo lǐ
invite Xiao Li
叫上 (jiào shang) means to call someone along. 小李 is Xiao Li. Both 小 and 李 are third tones, so 小 is said with a rising tone.
叫上小李吧。
Let's bring Xiao Li along.
Words in this phrase
叫上
jiào shàng
[jiào shang]
to invite along; to call over
To ask someone to come and join an activity.
我们叫上朋友去吃饭。
Let's bring our friends along to eat.
小李
xiǎo lǐ
[Xiǎo Lǐ]
Xiao Li (name)
A friendly way to address a younger person surnamed Li.
小李是我的同事。
Xiao Li is my coworker.
一起吗？
yì qǐ ma
to come together?
一起 (yìqǐ) means together. 吗 makes it a question.
你们一起吗？
Are you together?
Words in this phrase
一起
yì qǐ
[ee-chee]
together
Used to say that people do something jointly or at the same time.
希望以后能一起参加项目。
I hope we can work on a project together in the future.
吗
ma
[ma]
question particle
A sentence-final particle used to turn a statement into a yes-no question.
你是第一次来吗？这里的“吗”表示提问。
Is this your first time here? Here, 吗 marks a question.
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