How to Say ‘Invite me next time!’ in Simplified Chinese
下次叫上我吧！
xià cì jiào shàng wǒ ba
[xià tsuh jiàoshang waw ba]
🇨🇳 In China: Saying this shows friendly interest and builds rapport with coworkers. It's casual, though, and nobody treats it as a firm plan.
Phrase Breakdown
下次
xià cì
next time
下 (xià) and 次 (cì) are both fourth tone, so both fall.
下次见！
See you next time!
Words in this phrase
下
xià
[xià]
next
Used before time words to mean the following one.
下个星期见。
See you next week.
次
cì
[tsuh]
time; occurrence
A measure word for occurrences or times something happens.
这次是我第一次来这个公司活动。
This is my first time coming to this company event.
叫上我吧！
jiào shàng wǒ ba
invite me along
This is a friendly request. 吧 softens the tone.
去唱歌叫上我吧！
Invite me when you go singing!
Words in this phrase
叫上
jiào shàng
[jiàoshang]
to invite along; to call (someone) to join
To ask someone to come with you to an activity.
吃饭的时候叫上他。
Ask him to come along when we eat.
我
wǒ
[waw]
me
First person pronoun used as the object, referring to the speaker.
这个发展机会很适合我。
This development opportunity suits me very well.
吧
ba
[ba]
(suggestion particle)
Sentence-final particle that softens a suggestion, like 'how about' or 'let's'.
我们走吧。
Let's go.
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