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How to Say ‘Roll up your sleeve.’ in Simplified Chinese

把袖子卷起来。

bǎ xiù zi juǎn qǐ lái

[bah xiùzi juǎn qǐlai]

💬 Usage Tip: 把 moves the thing being handled in front of the action, so the sentence is built as "take the sleeve, roll it up". 起来 (qǐ lai) "up" shows the direction, as in 站起来 "stand up".

Phrase Breakdown

把袖子

bǎ xiù zi

(take) the sleeve

把 (bǎ) brings the object, 袖子 (xiùzi, sleeve), before the verb.

Example

把袖子拉下来。

Pull your sleeve down.

Words in this phrase

把

bǎ

[bah]

object marker

Introduces the object before the action in a sentence pattern common in spoken Mandarin.

Example

我今天晚一点把简历发给你。

I’ll send you my resume a bit later today.

袖子

xiù zi

[xiùzi]

sleeve

The part of clothing covering the arm.

Example

这件衣服的袖子太长了。

The sleeves of this shirt are too long.

卷起来。

juǎn qǐ lái

roll up

卷 (juǎn) means 'to roll', and 起来 (qǐlái) shows upward movement.

Example

把裤腿卷起来。

Roll up your trouser leg.

Words in this phrase

卷

juǎn

[juǎn]

to roll up

To fold something into a roll.

Example

他卷了卷裤腿。

He rolled up his trouser legs.

起来

qǐ lái

[qǐlai]

up (directional complement)

Used after a verb to show upward movement.

Example

请站起来。

Please stand up.

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