How to Say ‘In a bit, I'll knock off the odd change for you.’ in Traditional Chinese
等一下零頭我幫你去掉。
děng yí xià líng tóu wǒ bāng nǐ qù diào
[děng yī xià língtóu wo bahng nǐ qùdiào]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Knocking a few dollars off after a route disagreement is a common Taiwanese driver's gesture of goodwill, and accepting it graciously is expected.
Phrase Breakdown
等一下
děng yí xià
[děng yī xià]
A little while
Indicating a brief duration.
請稍等一下，我馬上完成。
Please wait a moment, I will finish soon.
零頭我幫你去掉。
líng tóu wǒ bāng nǐ qù diào
I'll drop the odd change for you.
零頭 is the leftover small amount on a price. Taiwanese taxi drivers sometimes round down the fare as a kindness.
零頭不用給了。
No need to pay the odd change.
Words in this phrase
零頭
líng tóu
[língtóu]
odd amount; small change
The leftover amount beyond a round number
零頭不用給了。
No need to pay the odd change.
我
wǒ
[wo]
I; me
The first-person pronoun used to talk about yourself.
我想多了解你們公司的制度，所以先自我介紹。
I want to learn more about your company’s system, so I’ll introduce myself first.
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.
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.
你
nǐ
[nǐ]
you
Refers to the person being spoken to.
你今天看起來很高興。
You look happy today.
去掉
qù diào
[qùdiào]
to remove; to drop
To take away or cut off
把這個字去掉。
Remove this word.
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