How to Say ‘To buy you a drink’ in Traditional Chinese
請妳喝一杯
qǐng nǐ hē yī bēi
[qǐng nǐ hē ee bēi]
💬 Usage Tip: 請 here means 'treat' rather than 'please': 請 + person + activity means you're paying, as in 我請你吃飯 "I'll treat you to a meal".
Phrase Breakdown
請妳
qǐng nǐ
treat you
請 here means 'to treat' or pay for someone.
我請妳吃飯。
I'll treat you to a meal.
Words in this phrase
請
qǐng
[qǐng]
to treat; to buy for
To pay for something for someone else as a treat.
今天我請你吃飯。
Today I'll treat you to a meal.
妳
nǐ
[nǐ]
you (female)
Second-person pronoun used in Taiwan when addressing a woman.
妳好漂亮。
You are very pretty.
喝一杯
hē yī bēi
to a drink
喝 means 'drink' and 一杯 means 'one glass'. Note that 一 changes to the fourth tone (yì) before 杯.
下班去喝一杯吧。
Let's grab a drink after work.
Words in this phrase
喝
hē
[hē]
to drink
To consume liquids.
你想喝什麼？
What do you want to drink?
一
yī
[ee]
one; a/an
The number one; before a classifier or noun, it can mean one single item.
一球就讓全場安靜了。
That one goal made the whole stadium go quiet.
杯
bēi
[bēi]
cup; glass
A container used to hold drinkable liquids.
我在喝一杯咖啡。
I am drinking a cup of coffee.
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