At the airport: Boarding at the gate
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Key Phrases
我们到了吗？就在前面。
wǒ men dào le ma jiù zài qián miàn
Have we arrived? It's right ahead.
现在可以登机吗？还要等一会儿。
xiàn zài kě yǐ dēng jī ma hái yào děng yī huì er
Can we board now? We still need to wait a moment.
登机牌在这里。我们一起走吧。
dēng jī pái zài zhè lǐ wǒ men yì qǐ zǒu ba
Here is the boarding pass. Let's go together.
Skills You'll Learn
Ask and answer questions about arriving at the boarding gate.
询问和回答是否到达登机口。
xún wèn hé huí dá shì fǒu dào dá dēng jī kǒu
Talk about boarding timing, waiting, and lining up.
表达登机时间、等待和排队。
biǎo dá dēng jī shí jiān děng dài hé pái duì
Use simple travel phrases to move together and stay calm.
使用简单的出行用语一起行动并保持从容。
shǐ yòng jiǎn dān de chū xíng yòng yǔ yì qǐ xíng dòng bìng bǎo chí cóng róng
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are at the airport with a friend, looking for your boarding gate, waiting for boarding to begin, and getting ready to line up and show your boarding pass together.
我们到登机口了吗？
wǒ men dào dēng jī kǒu le ma
Have we reached the boarding gate yet?
到了，就在前面。
dào le jiù zài qián miàn
Yes, it's right ahead.
现在可以登机吗？
xiàn zài kě yǐ dēng jī ma
Can we board now?
还要等一会儿。
hái yào děng yī huì er
We still need to wait a little longer.
你看，开始排队了。
nǐ kàn kāi shǐ pái duì le
Look, the line is starting to form.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
口
kǒu
Gate; opening
💬 [口] often means an opening or entrance, so in compounds it can point to a gate or exit: [门口] is a doorway, [出口] is an exit. In [登机口], it's the gate opening where you board.
See breakdown →登机口
dēng jī kǒu
Boarding gate
我们
wǒ men
We; us
到了吗？
dào le ma
Have arrived?
💬 [到了吗？] literally works like "arrived yet?" Chinese often leaves out the subject when it's obvious, so you can ask just this instead of the full [我们到了吗？].
See breakdown →我们到了吗？
wǒ men dào le ma
Have we arrived?
💬 To ask "have we arrived?", Chinese uses [到] plus [了] plus [吗]: [我们到了吗？]. You can reuse that pattern with other actions, like [可以进去了吗？] for "Can we go in now?".
See breakdown →到
dào
To arrive; to reach
到了
dào le
Have reached
💬 [了] here marks a new situation: you've arrived now. The same pattern shows up in short updates like [开始了] "it's started" or [下雨了] "it's raining now".
See breakdown →就
jiù
Right; just
💬 [就] often adds a sense of "exactly," "right away," or "just." In [就在前面], it makes [在前面] more precise: "right up ahead," not just "somewhere ahead."
See breakdown →在前面
zài qián miàn
In front; ahead
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