How to Say ‘Do you need a high chair?’ in Simplified Chinese
需要儿童椅吗？
xū yào ér tóng yǐ ma
[shyoo-yao értóngyǐ ma]
💬 Usage Tip: Adding 吗 to the end of a plain statement turns it into a yes/no question, with no change in word order. To answer yes, just repeat the verb: 需要 (xū yào); for no, say 不需要 (bù xū yào).
Phrase Breakdown
需要
xū yào
[shyoo-yao]
to need; to require
Asks whether something is necessary.
需要留电话吗？我们第一次来。
Do we need to leave a phone number? It's our first time here.
儿童椅吗？
ér tóng yǐ ma
a child's chair?
儿童椅 means 'children's chair' or 'high chair'. The particle 吗 turns the sentence into a yes/no question.
这里有儿童椅吗？
Is there a high chair here?
Words in this phrase
儿童椅
ér tóng yǐ
[értóngyǐ]
high chair; child's chair
A special raised seat for small children at restaurants.
服务员，请给我们一把儿童椅。
Waiter, please give us a high chair.
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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