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How to Say ‘Could you take a look for me?’ in Traditional Chinese

可以幫我看一下嗎？

kě yǐ bāng wǒ kàn yī xià ma

[kuh-yee bahng wǒ kahn ee shya mah]

🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Using 一下 makes the favor sound small, which is the polite way to ask a coworker for help in Taiwan.

Phrase Breakdown

可以幫我

kě yǐ bāng wǒ

can (you) help me

可以 (kěyǐ) means 'can'. 幫我 (bāng wǒ) means 'help me' or 'for me'.

Example

可以幫我拿一下嗎？

Can you hold this for me?

Words in this phrase

可以

kě yǐ

[kuh-yee]

can; may

Used to express ability, permission, or that something is possible.

Example

你如果想加這位主管的聯絡方式，現在可以先自我介紹。

If you want to add this manager's contact information, you can introduce yourself first now.

幫

bāng

[bahng]

help; do for someone

A verb meaning to help or do something on someone’s behalf, common when staff offer to prepare a drink for you.

Example

如果你不能喝牛奶，我可以幫你換成豆奶。

If you can’t drink milk, I can help you change it to soy milk.

我

wǒ

[wǒ]

Refers to the speaker.

Example

你給我一點時間。

Give me some time.

看一下嗎？

kàn yī xià ma

take a look?

看一下 (kàn yíxià) means 'take a quick look'. 一 changes to the second tone before the fourth-tone 下.

Example

你要看一下嗎？

Do you want to take a look?

Words in this phrase

看

kàn

[kahn]

to look; to see

Often used after 給 to mean showing something for others to see.

Example

這些照片我先給你們看。

I'll show you these photos first.

一下

yī xià

[ee shya]

a bit; for a moment

A softening phrase that makes a request sound more polite and casual.

Example

麻煩你等一下，我想看一下地圖。

Please wait a moment; I want to look at the map.

嗎

[mah]

question particle (yes/no questions)

Used at the end of a sentence to ask a yes/no question. In holiday talk: 有吃年夜飯嗎？

Example

你有吃年夜飯嗎？

Did you have the New Year’s Eve reunion dinner?

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