How to Say ‘Do you have change for that?’ in Traditional Chinese
你找得開嗎？
nǐ zhǎo dé kāi ma
[nǐ zhǎo de kāi ma]
💬 Usage Tip: 找 (zhǎo) means "give change", and 得開 (de kāi) adds "able to". Swapping in 找不開 (zhǎo bù kāi) gives "can't make change".
Phrase Breakdown
你
nǐ
[nǐ]
you
Refers to the person being spoken to.
你今天看起來很高興。
You look happy today.
找
zhǎo
[zhǎo]
give change
In shopping, to return the extra money to a customer.
老闆找我十塊。
The owner gave me ten dollars change.
得
dé
[de]
can (potential complement)
Placed between verb and result to show possibility.
你看得懂嗎？
Can you understand it?
開
kāi
[kāi]
open; break (a bill)
Result complement; with 找 means able to make change.
這張一千找不開。
Can't make change for this thousand.
嗎
ma
[ma]
question particle
A sentence-final particle used to turn a statement into a yes-no question.
你喜歡這個活動嗎？
Do you like this event?
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