How to Say ‘I want to go here.’ in Simplified Chinese
我要去这里。
wǒ yào qù zhè lǐ
[waw yaow chyoo juh-lee]
💬 Usage Tip: [要] here means "want to" or "am going to," not just "need." You can reuse the pattern [我要去 + place]: [我要去机场] means "I want to go to the airport."
Phrase Breakdown
我
wǒ
[waw]
I; me
我 means I or me and is the basic first-person pronoun.
我第一次来中国。
It is my first time coming to China.
要去
yào qù
want to go to
Expresses intention or destination.
我要去北京。
I want to go to Beijing.
Words in this phrase
要
yào
[yaow]
want to; need to
要 often means want to or need to, depending on context.
我要买一瓶水。
I want to buy a bottle of water.
去
qù
[chyoo]
to go
去 is used when talking about going somewhere.
我们先去地铁站。
Let's go to the subway station first.
这里
zhè lǐ
[juh-lee]
here
这里 means here, this place.
这里不能停车。
You cannot park here.
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