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How to Say ‘I'll call you again in ten minutes.’ in Traditional Chinese

我十分鐘後再打給你。

wǒ shí fēn zhōng hòu zài dǎ gěi nǐ

[wǒ shir fēnzhōng hòu dzai dǎ gěi nǐ]

💬 Usage Tip: Time words go before the action, never at the end as in English. So it's 我十分鐘後再打, not "I call again ten minutes later".

Phrase Breakdown

我十分鐘後

wǒ shí fēn zhōng hòu

I, in ten minutes

我 (wǒ, I) + 十分鐘 (shí fēnzhōng, ten minutes) + 後 (hòu, later/after). 十 uses a curled 'sh'.

Example

我十分鐘後到。

I'll arrive in ten minutes.

Words in this phrase

我

wǒ

[wǒ]

A pronoun referring to oneself.

Example

我是老師。

I am a teacher.

十

shí

[shir]

ten

The number ten; often used when stating party size for reservations.

Example

我們十個人想找有包廂的地方。

The ten of us want to find a place with a private room.

分鐘

fēn zhōng

[fēnzhōng]

minute

A unit of time; one minute.

Example

走路要十分鐘。

It takes ten minutes on foot.

後

hòu

[hòu]

after; later

Placed after a time expression to mean 'after that time'.

Example

三天後見。

See you in three days.

再打給你。

zài dǎ gěi nǐ

will call you back.

再 (zài, again) + 打給你 (dǎ gěi nǐ, call you). 打給你 has three third tones in a row, so say it as dá géi nǐ.

Example

我晚上再打給你。

I'll call you again tonight.

Words in this phrase

再

zài

[dzai]

again; then; later

Often used to say something will happen one more time or at a later point.

Example

你們先休息，我們等一下再說。

You rest first, and we'll talk in a little while.

打給

dǎ gěi

[dǎ gěi]

to call (someone)

To phone someone; 打 (hit/dial) + 給 (to).

Example

明天打給我。

Call me tomorrow.

你

nǐ

[nǐ]

you

Refers to the person being spoken to.

Example

你今天看起來很高興。

You look happy today.

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