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How to Say ‘Could you leave a phone number?’ in Simplified Chinese

方便留个电话吗？

fāng biàn liú gè diàn huà ma

[fahng-byen liú guh diànhuà ma]

💬 Usage Tip: Starting a request with 方便 (fāng biàn) "convenient" turns it into a polite "would it be OK to…". 个 here just softens 电话 into "a phone number".

🇨🇳 In China: Restaurants almost always ask for a phone number to confirm a booking. Giving it is routine and expected.

Phrase Breakdown

方便

fāng biàn

[fahng-byen]

convenient; suitable

Describes whether a time or action works well for someone.

Example

你方便的话，我们可以约个时间。

If it’s convenient for you, we can set a time.

留个电话吗？

liú gè diàn huà ma

to leave a phone number?

留 means to leave, and 个 is a light measure word. 电话 here means phone number, and 吗 makes it a question.

Example

可以留个电话吗？

Could you leave a phone number?

Words in this phrase

留

liú

[liú]

to leave (behind)

To leave information for someone.

Example

请留下你的名字。

Please leave your name.

个

gè

[guh]

general measure word

A very common measure word used with many nouns.

Example

一个人来了。

One person came.

电话

diàn huà

[diànhuà]

phone number; telephone

A telephone, or here a contact phone number.

Example

你的电话是多少？

What's your phone number?

吗

[ma]

question particle

A sentence-final particle used to turn a statement into a yes-no question.

Example

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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