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How to Say ‘Would you mind going around?’ in Simplified Chinese

麻烦您绕一下行吗？

má fán nín rào yī xià xíng ma

[mah fahn neen rào ee shyah shing ma]

💬 Usage Tip: 麻烦您 (má fan nín) + request works like "could I trouble you to…". Swap the action: 麻烦您开一下后备箱 "could you open the trunk".

Phrase Breakdown

麻烦您绕一下

má fán nín rào yī xià

Could I trouble you to go around

麻烦您 (máfan nín) is a polite 'excuse me, could you'. 绕 (rào) means 'to detour or go around'. 一下 (yíxià) softens the request.

Example

麻烦您等一下。

Could you please wait a moment?

Words in this phrase

麻烦

má fán

[mah fahn]

to trouble; sorry to trouble you

Shows polite appreciation when asking someone to do something or after they help.

Example

改成五个人，麻烦你了。

Please change it to five people; sorry to trouble you.

您

nín

[neen]

you (polite)

A respectful form of “you,” used when speaking politely to someone, such as a recruiter or company representative.

Example

很高兴认识您，希望向您多学习。

It’s a pleasure to meet you; I hope to learn more from you.

绕

rào

[rào]

to detour; to go around

To take an indirect route around something.

Example

前面堵车，我们绕过去吧。

There's traffic ahead, let's go around.

一下

yī xià

[ee shyah]

a bit; briefly

Softens the verb to sound more polite and natural.

Example

我帮您看一下有没有位子。

I’ll check for you whether there are seats available.

行吗？

xíng ma

is that okay?

行吗 (xíng ma) asks 'is that alright?'. Xíng rises and ma is light.

Example

明天见，行吗？

See you tomorrow, okay?

Words in this phrase

行

xíng

[shing]

okay; acceptable; works

行 means okay or acceptable, often used to say that a condition or arrangement works.

Example

您下午五点前取消也行。

It is also okay if you cancel before 5 p.m.

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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