How to Say ‘Your glass is almost empty’ in Traditional Chinese
妳杯子快空了
nǐ bēi zi kuài kōng le
[nǐ bēizi kuài kōng le]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Pointing out someone's nearly empty glass is a light, low-pressure way to open the door to offering a drink, without asking anything directly yet.
Phrase Breakdown
妳杯子
nǐ bēi zi
your glass
In casual speech, 的 can be dropped, so 妳杯子 means 'your cup'.
妳杯子在這裡。
Your cup is here.
Words in this phrase
妳
nǐ
[nǐ]
you (female)
Second-person pronoun used in Taiwan when addressing a woman.
妳好漂亮。
You are very pretty.
杯子
bēi zi
[bēizi]
cup; glass
A container for drinking.
這個杯子很漂亮。
This cup is very pretty.
快空了
kuài kōng le
is almost empty
快 + adjective + 了 means 'almost' that state.
我的咖啡快空了。
My coffee is almost gone.
Words in this phrase
快
kuài
[kuài]
almost; soon
Before a word with 了, it means something is about to happen.
天快黑了。
It's almost dark.
空
kōng
[kōng]
empty
Containing nothing.
冰箱空了。
The fridge is empty.
了
le
[le]
change-of-state particle
With 快…了, shows something is about to happen.
火車快來了。
The train is about to arrive.
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