How to Say ‘Sorry to trouble you’ in Simplified Chinese
麻烦您了
má fán nín le
[mah fwahn neen luh]
🇨🇳 In China: [麻烦您了] is a very common polite way to hand something over to the other person, especially in service situations. It often means more than literal [sorry to trouble you]—here it lands like [I'll leave it to you, thanks].
Phrase Breakdown
麻烦
má fán
[mah fwahn]
to trouble; to inconvenience; to ask a favor
A polite word used when asking someone to do something for you.
麻烦您按正常路线走。
Please take the normal route.
您
nín
[neen]
you (polite)
A respectful form of 'you,' often used when speaking to drivers, elders, or strangers politely.
师傅，麻烦您快一点。
Driver, please go a bit faster.
了
le
[luh]
sentence particle; completed action or softened tone
A very common particle that can show change, completion, or make a phrase sound more natural and polite.
那就麻烦您了。
Then I’ll trouble you with that.
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