How to Say ‘For how many people?’ in Simplified Chinese
几位呢？
jǐ wèi ne
[jee way nuh]
💬 Usage Tip: [几位] is literally "how many people," using the polite people counter [位]. It's the standard restaurant pattern, and you answer by replacing [几] with a number: [两位呢？] → [两位].
Phrase Breakdown
几位
jǐ wèi
how many people
A polite way to ask the number of guests/people.
你们几位？
How many people are you?
Words in this phrase
几
jǐ
[jee]
how many
几 asks for the number of people in a group.
服务员问我们几位呢？
The server asked us how many people there were.
位
wèi
[way]
person(s)
位 is the polite counter for people used in customer service.
请问你们几位呢？
May I ask how many people are in your party?
呢
ne
[nuh]
question particle
呢 makes the question sound natural and polite in conversation.
请问你们几位呢？
May I ask how many people are in your party?
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