How to Say ‘I took a detour.’ in Traditional Chinese
我剛剛有繞一下路。
wǒ gāng gāng yǒu rào yī xià lù
[waw gahng gahng yoe rao ee shyah loo]
💬 Usage Tip: Here [有] helps stress that the action really did happen: [我剛剛有繞一下路] sounds like an explanation or justification. [一下] softens [繞路], making it sound like "just a bit of a detour."
Phrase Breakdown
我剛剛
wǒ gāng gāng
I just now; I just
Refers to something that happened a short time ago.
我剛剛到。
I just arrived.
Words in this phrase
我
wǒ
[waw]
I; me
The first-person pronoun used by the speaker.
我剛剛有看導航。
I checked the navigation just now.
剛剛
gāng gāng
[gahng gahng]
just now; a moment ago
Refers to something that happened very recently.
我剛剛有注意到前面很塞車。
I noticed just now that there was heavy traffic ahead.
有繞一下路
yǒu rào yī xià lù
did take a slight detour
Indicates taking a small detour or going around a bit.
因為塞車，我有繞一下路。
Because of traffic, I took a slight detour.
Words in this phrase
有
yǒu
[yoe]
did; have
Used here to indicate that an action did happen in the past.
我剛剛有問司機原因。
I did ask the driver the reason just now.
繞
rào
[rao]
go around; detour
To take an indirect path or go around something.
司機說他剛剛有繞一下。
The driver said he took a slight detour just now.
一下
yī xià
[ee shyah]
a little; briefly
Softens the action, making it sound small or brief.
只是停一下，不會太久。
Just stop for a moment; it won’t take long.
路
lù
[loo]
road; route
Can refer to a physical road or the route taken.
這段路我平常很熟。
I’m usually very familiar with this stretch of road.
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