How to Say ‘Driver, excuse me’ in Traditional Chinese
師傅，麻煩您一下
shī fù má fán nín yī xià
[shir-foo mah-fahn neen ee-shyah]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: This is a very Taiwan-natural way to get a driver's attention politely before correcting them. It softens the interaction, which matters if you need to dispute the pickup or drop-off point.
Phrase Breakdown
師傅
shī fù
[shir-foo]
driver; sir
A polite way to get the taxi driver's attention in Taiwan.
師傅，前面不是這裡。
Driver, it's ahead, not here.
麻煩您一下
má fán nín yī xià
please trouble you for a moment; could you help me a bit
A polite request meaning “please help me briefly” or “sorry to trouble you.”
麻煩您一下，幫我開門。
Could you help me for a moment and open the door?
Words in this phrase
麻煩
má fán
[mah-fahn]
to trouble; excuse me; please
Used politely to begin a request or correction.
麻煩您一下，請往前開一點。
Excuse me, please drive a little further ahead.
您
nín
[neen]
you (polite)
A respectful pronoun for the person you are speaking to.
麻煩您一下，前面的巷口停就可以。
Excuse me, stopping at the alley entrance up ahead is fine.
一下
yī xià
[ee-shyah]
a bit; for a moment
A softener added to requests to sound more natural and polite.
麻煩您一下，我們不是要在這裡下車。
Excuse me, we are not getting off here.
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