How to Say ‘Who in your family has a birthday soon?’ in Traditional Chinese
你家裡誰快要過生日？
nǐ jiā lǐ shuí kuài yào guò shēng rì
[nee jyah lee shay kwai yow gwaw shung rrr]
💬 Usage Tip: Chinese often puts the bigger setting first, then the question word: [你家裡誰…？] is literally [in your family, who…?]. You can reuse that pattern with places too, like [你們公司誰會英文？] for [Who at your company speaks English?]
Phrase Breakdown
你家裡
nǐ jiā lǐ
your family / at your home
Refers to people in your family or people at your home, depending on context.
你家裡有幾個人？
How many people are in your family?
Words in this phrase
你
nǐ
[nee]
you
A pronoun used to refer to the person you are speaking to.
你家裡誰快要過生日？
Who in your family is going to have a birthday soon?
家
jiā
[jyah]
home; family
Refers to home or family, depending on the context.
你家裡誰快要過生日？
Who in your family is going to have a birthday soon?
裡
lǐ
[lee]
inside; in
A location word meaning inside or within a place.
你家裡誰快要過生日？
Who in your family is going to have a birthday soon?
誰
shuí
[shay]
who
A question word used to ask about a person.
你家裡誰快要過生日？
Who in your family is going to have a birthday soon?
快要
kuài yào
[kwai yow]
about to; soon
Used to say something will happen very soon.
你家裡誰快要過生日？
Who in your family is going to have a birthday soon?
過生日
guò shēng rì
[gwaw shung rrr]
celebrate a birthday
A phrase used for having or celebrating a birthday.
你家裡誰快要過生日？
Who in your family is going to have a birthday soon?
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