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How to Say ‘Get coffee together this weekend, okay?’ in Simplified Chinese

周末一起喝咖啡，好吗？

zhōu mò yì qǐ hē kā fēi hǎo ma

[zhōumò ee-chee hē kāfēi hǎo ma]

🇨🇳 In China: Suggesting coffee is a low-pressure first invitation in urban China. It reads as interested but casual, which is easier to accept than dinner.

Phrase Breakdown

周末

zhōu mò

[zhōumò]

weekend

Saturday and Sunday.

Example

周末你有空吗？

Are you free on the weekend?

一起喝咖啡，

yì qǐ hē kā fēi

have coffee together

This is the main suggestion. Keep '一起' right before the verb '喝'.

Example

下午一起喝咖啡。

Let's have coffee together this afternoon.

Words in this phrase

一起

yì qǐ

[ee-chee]

together

Used to say that people do something jointly or at the same time.

Example

希望以后能一起参加项目。

I hope we can work on a project together in the future.

喝

hē

[hē]

to drink

Verb for consuming liquids like water, tea or coffee.

Example

我喝咖啡。

I drink coffee.

咖啡

kā fēi

[kāfēi]

coffee

A loanword noun for the drink coffee.

Example

我每天喝一杯咖啡。

I drink a cup of coffee every day.

好吗？

hǎo ma

okay?

Adding '好吗' to the end of a suggestion politely asks for agreement.

Example

明天见，好吗？

See you tomorrow, okay?

Words in this phrase

好

hǎo

[hǎo]

OK; all right

Used to agree or accept something.

Example

好，我明天来。

OK, I'll come tomorrow.

吗

[ma]

question particle

A sentence-final particle used to turn a statement into a yes-no question.

Example

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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