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How to Say ‘Go hiking together next time?’ in Traditional Chinese

下次一起去爬?

xià cì yì qǐ qù pá

[shyah tsuh yìqǐ qù pá]

🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Suggesting a shared activity next time is a casual, low-stakes way to ask someone out in Taiwan. It sounds friendlier than asking directly for a date.

Phrase Breakdown

下次

xià cì

next time

下 means 'next'. 次 means 'time / occasion'.

Example

下次見!

See you next time!

Words in this phrase

下

xià

[shyah]

next; following

Used for the time period after the current one, such as next week.

Example

我們下再找時間喝咖啡。

Let's find time later to have coffee.

次

cì

[tsuh]

time; occurrence

A measure word for the number of times something happens.

Example

你是第一次來嗎?

Is this your first time here?

一起去爬?

yì qǐ qù pá

go hiking together?

Rising intonation turns this into a casual invitation.

Example

週末一起去看電影?

Go see a movie together this weekend?

Words in this phrase

一起

yì qǐ

[yìqǐ]

together

Doing something with other people.

Example

我們一起去吃飯。

Let's go eat together.

去

qù

[qù]

go

To move or travel to a place.

Example

我今天要去圖書館

I am going to the library today.

爬

pá

[pá]

to climb

To go up using legs, e.g. stairs or mountains.

Example

我們週末去爬山。

We go hiking on the weekend.

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