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Scene illustrating a Traditional Chinese-language flirting at the bar (advanced) conversation

Key Phrases

這個位子有人坐嗎?

zhè gè wèi zi yǒu rén zuò ma

Is anyone sitting in this seat?

要不要我請你喝一杯,當作安慰?

yào bù yào wǒ qǐng nǐ hē yī bēi dāng zuò ān wèi

Do you want me to buy you a drink, as consolation?

先喝完這杯再說。

xiān hē wán zhè bēi zài shuō

Let's finish this drink first and then see.

Skills You'll Learn

Learn to use an opening line to politely ask if a seat is taken

學會用開場白搭訕並禮貌詢問座位是否有人

xué huì yòng kāi chǎng bái dā shàn bìng lǐ mào xún wèn zuò wèi shì fǒu yǒu rén

Learn to offer to buy someone a drink and express consolation

學會提議請對方喝飲料並表達安慰之意

xué huì tí yì qǐng duì fāng hē yǐn liào bìng biǎo dá ān wèi zhī yì

Learn to use flirtatious and humorous tone to continue a conversation

學會使用曖昧及幽默的語氣延續對話

xué huì shǐ yòng ài mèi jí yōu mò de yǔ qì yán xù duì huà

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you're at a bar in Taipei. You want to chat with someone sitting alone, buy them a drink, and ask for their LINE.

不好意思,這個位子有人坐嗎?還是你在等男朋友?

bù hǎo yì sī zhè gè wèi zi yǒu rén zuò ma hái shì nǐ zài děng nán péng yǒu

Excuse me, is anyone sitting here? Or are you waiting for your boyfriend?

沒有人啦,坐吧。不過你這開場白也太老套了吧。

méi yǒu rén la zuò ba bù guò nǐ zhè kāi chǎng bái yě tài lǎo tào le ba

No one's sitting there, go ahead. But that opening line is pretty cheesy.

被你發現了。那我換一個:你常來這家,還是今天特地來看我的?

bèi nǐ fā xiàn le nà wǒ huàn yī gè nǐ cháng lái zhè jiā hái shì jīn tiān tè dì lái kàn wǒ de

You caught me. Let me try another: do you come here often, or did you come just to see me tonight?

哈,你也太有自信了吧!我是來陪朋友的,結果她先跑了。

hā nǐ yě tài yǒu zì xìn le ba wǒ shì lái péi péng yǒu de jié guǒ tā xiān pǎo le

Ha, you're way too confident! I came with a friend, but she ditched me.

那我運氣不錯。要不要我請你喝一杯,當作安慰?

nà wǒ yùn qì bù cuò yào bù yào wǒ qǐng nǐ hē yī bēi dāng zuò ān wèi

Lucky me, then. How about I buy you a drink to cheer you up?

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

💺

這個位子

zhè gè wèi zi

This seat

💬 In Taiwan 位子 (wèi zi) is the everyday word for a seat at a bar or restaurant. 這個 goes in front to point at it, the same way as 這個杯子 "this glass".

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💺❓🧑

有人坐嗎?

yǒu rén zuò ma

Is anyone sitting here?

💬 Literally this is "someone sits?". 有人 "there is someone" goes in front of a verb to ask whether anyone is doing it. Swap the verb to get 有人用嗎? "is anyone using this?".

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💺❓🧑🪑

這個位子有人坐嗎?

zhè gè wèi zi yǒu rén zuò ma

Is anyone sitting in this seat?

🇹🇼 This is the polite, low-pressure way to approach a stranger at a bar in Taiwan. On its own it reads as practical rather than forward, which is why it works so well as an opener.

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👦❤️

男朋友

nán péng yǒu

Boyfriend

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❓⏳👦❤️

還是你在等男朋友?

hái shì nǐ zài děng nán péng yǒu

Or are you waiting for your boyfriend?

💬 還是 (hái shì) means "or" only in questions. In plain statements, "or" is 或是. 在 before a verb means the action is happening right now: 在等 "waiting".

🇹🇼 Said with a smile, this is a cheeky way to find out whether someone is single without asking outright.

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💬🚪

開場白

kāi chǎng bái

Opening line

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🧀🙄

老套

lǎo tào

Cheesy; clichéd

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🧀🙄💯

也太老套了吧

yě tài lǎo tào le ba

Is way too cliché

💬 也太…了吧 wraps around an adjective to mean "way too…, come on!" with a teasing tone. Swap the adjective to get 也太可愛了吧 "way too cute".

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💬🚪🧀🙄💯

不過你這開場白也太老套了吧。

bù guò nǐ zhè kāi chǎng bái yě tài lǎo tào le ba

But that opening line of yours is way too cheesy.

🇹🇼 Calling a line cheesy while staying in the conversation is a playful signal of interest, not a rejection. Taiwanese flirting often runs on this kind of mock complaint.

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