How to Say ‘Need to give change’ in Traditional Chinese
要找
yào zhǎo
[yao jao]
💬 Usage Tip: At a register, [找] means "give change," so [要找] means "need to give back as change." You'll hear it in patterns like [找你二十元] and [要找我多少錢？]
Phrase Breakdown
要
yào
[yao]
need to; going to
Used to express necessity or what is about to happen.
你要找錢給我。
You need to give me change.
找
zhǎo
[jao]
to give change back; to return
In money situations, 找 means to give change back to a customer.
老闆要找你二十元。
The shop owner needs to give you 20 dollars in change.
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