How to Say ‘I'm free Saturday afternoon.’ in Simplified Chinese
周六下午有空。
zhōu liù xià wǔ yǒu kòng
[zhōuliù xiàwǔ yǒukòng]
💬 Usage Tip: There's no "I" here. In chat replies Chinese freely drops the person when it's obvious, so 周六下午有空 is a complete, natural answer.
Phrase Breakdown
周六下午
zhōu liù xià wǔ
Saturday afternoon
周六 (zhōuliù) means Saturday and 下午 (xiàwǔ) means afternoon. The bigger time unit comes first.
周六下午我去买东西。
I'm going shopping on Saturday afternoon.
Words in this phrase
周六
zhōu liù
[zhōuliù]
Saturday
The sixth day of the week; 周 means week.
我想订周六晚上的位子。
I'd like to book a table for Saturday evening.
下午
xià wǔ
[xiàwǔ]
afternoon
The time of day between noon and evening.
我们下午见。
See you in the afternoon.
有空。
yǒu kòng
(I'm) free.
No subject is needed when it's clear from context. Say it as yǒu kòng.
我今天有空。
I'm free today.
Words in this phrase
有空
yǒu kòng
[yǒukòng]
to be free; to have time
Means you are not busy and available right now.
你明天有空吗？
Are you free tomorrow?
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