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How to Say ‘Then please pack it to go for me’ in Simplified Chinese

那还是帮我打包吧

nà hái shì bāng wǒ dǎ bāo ba

[nà háishì bahng waw dǎbāo bah]

💬 Usage Tip: 还是 (hái shi) in a statement means "I'd better" after thinking it over: 还是走吧 "I'd better go". Here 那 means "in that case".

Phrase Breakdown

那还是

nà hái shì

in that case, I'd rather

那 (nà) means 'then or in that case'. 还是 (háishi) here means 'had better' or 'I'd rather', after you think it over.

Example

那还是明天去吧。

Then let's go tomorrow instead.

Words in this phrase

那

nà

[nà]

then; so

Introduces a follow-up question.

Example

那你呢？

Then what about you?

还是

hái shì

[háishì]

had better; rather

Used to express a preference after reconsidering options.

Example

我们还是走吧。

We'd better go.

帮我打包吧

bāng wǒ dǎ bāo ba

pack it to go for me

帮我 (bāng wǒ) means 'for me', 打包 (dǎbāo) means 'pack to go', and 吧 (ba) softens the request.

Example

请帮我打包。

Please pack it to go for me.

Words in this phrase

帮

bāng

[bahng]

to help; to do for someone

A polite verb meaning to help or do something on someone's behalf.

Example

我来帮您安排靠窗的座位。

I’ll help arrange a window seat for you.

我

wǒ

[waw]

me; I

The first-person pronoun meaning me or I, depending on sentence position.

Example

这次谈话对我帮助很大。

This conversation was very helpful to me.

打包

dǎ bāo

[dǎbāo]

to pack to go

To package food or drinks for taking away.

Example

这杯咖啡请打包。

Please pack this coffee to go.

吧

[bah]

okay; let’s; softening particle

A sentence-ending particle that makes a suggestion or request sound softer.

Example

先订一桌吧。

Let's reserve a table first.

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