How to Say ‘Are you free?’ in Simplified Chinese
有空吗？
yǒu kòng ma
[yǒukòng ma]
💬 Usage Tip: 空 here is read (kòng) and means free time. The same character read (kōng) means "empty", so the tone tells you which meaning you've got.
Phrase Breakdown
有空
yǒu kòng
[yǒukòng]
to be free; to have time
Means you are not busy and available right now.
你明天有空吗？
Are you free tomorrow?
吗
ma
[ma]
question particle
A sentence-final particle used to turn a statement into a yes-no question.
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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