How to Say ‘To hold the room for you for fifteen minutes’ in Simplified Chinese
包间给您保留十五分钟
bāo jiān gěi nín bǎo liú shí wǔ fēn zhōng
[bāojiān gěi neen bǎoliú shíwǔ fēnzhōng]
🇨🇳 In China: Popular restaurants usually hold a booked table for only a short grace period, often 15 minutes. If you're running late, it's worth calling ahead.
Phrase Breakdown
包间
bāo jiān
[bāojiān]
private room
A private dining room in a restaurant, often for groups.
这个包间能坐十个人。
This private room seats ten people.
给您保留
gěi nín bǎo liú
reserve for you
给您 means 'for you' in its polite form, followed by the verb 保留. Say it gěi nín bǎoliú.
这个位子给您保留。
This seat is reserved for you.
Words in this phrase
给
gěi
[gěi]
for
Preposition indicating the person who benefits from an action.
我给你倒水。
I'll pour water for you.
您
nín
[neen]
you (polite)
A respectful form of “you,” used when speaking politely to someone, such as a recruiter or company representative.
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.
保留
bǎo liú
[bǎoliú]
to hold; to keep
To keep something reserved for someone.
这张桌子给你们保留到七点。
This table is held for you until seven.
十五分钟
shí wǔ fēn zhōng
fifteen minutes
The length of time the room is held. Say it shíwǔ fēnzhōng.
走路十五分钟就到。
It's just fifteen minutes on foot.
Words in this phrase
十五
shí wǔ
[shíwǔ]
fifteen
The number 15.
我们有十五个人。
We have fifteen people.
分钟
fēn zhōng
[fēnzhōng]
minute
A unit of time, 60 seconds.
等我五分钟。
Wait for me five minutes.
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