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How to Say ‘Please wait outside for a moment.’ in Simplified Chinese

请到外面等一下。

qǐng dào wài miàn děng yī xià

[qǐng dào wàimiàn dung ee shyah]

💬 Usage Tip: In Chinese, the place comes before the action: "go outside, wait", never "wait outside". So you'd say 到这里坐 "come sit here".

Phrase Breakdown

请到外面

qǐng dào wài miàn

please go outside

请 (qǐng) means 'please'. 到 (dào) means 'go to'. 外面 (wàimian) means 'outside', and its 面 is light.

Example

请到外面去。

Please go outside.

Words in this phrase

请到

qǐng dào

[qǐng dào]

please go to

Polite request asking someone to go to a place.

Example

请到这边来。

Please come over here.

外面

wài miàn

[wàimiàn]

outside

The exterior part or surface of something.

Example

今天我们在外面吃饭。

We are eating outside today.

等一下。

děng yī xià

wait a moment

等 (děng) means 'wait'. 一下 (yíxià) means 'briefly'. This is a very common polite phrase.

Example

请等一下。

Please wait a moment.

Words in this phrase

等

děng

[dung]

to wait

Describes the act of staying prepared or in expectation for something to happen.

Example

我在等班车。

I am waiting for the bus.

一下

yī xià

[ee shyah]

a bit; for a moment

Softens an action, making it sound brief and more polite.

Example

请等一下，我先下车。

Please wait a moment, I'll get out first.

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