How to Say ‘To be responsible’ in Traditional Chinese
負責
fù zé
[foo-dzer]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: [負責] can sound playful and romantic in Taiwan in lines like [那你要負責] or [我是不是該負責]. People use it jokingly to suggest [then you owe me] or [then I have to make it up to you], not literal responsibility.
Phrase Breakdown
負責
fù zé
[foo-dzer]
take responsibility; be responsible for
Used seriously or playfully to say someone should answer for something they caused.
你把我逗笑成這樣，是不是要負責？
You made me laugh this much—aren’t you going to take responsibility?
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