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How to Say ‘Could you please ask him to call me back?’ in Traditional Chinese

麻煩請他回我電話。

má fán qǐng tā huí wǒ diàn huà

[máfan qǐng tā huí wo diànhuà]

🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Starting with 麻煩 and then 請 stacks two layers of politeness. That suits asking a stranger at another company to do you a favor.

Phrase Breakdown

麻煩請他

má fán qǐng tā

Could you please have him

麻煩 is a polite 'sorry to trouble you'. 煩 is often said lightly (máfan).

Example

麻煩請他等一下。

Could you please ask him to wait a moment?

Words in this phrase

麻煩

má fán

[máfan]

to trouble; to bother

To cause someone inconvenience.

Example

不要麻煩別人。

Don't bother others.

請

qǐng

[qǐng]

to ask (someone to do)

To request someone to do something.

Example

我請他幫忙。

I asked him to help.

他

tā

[tā]

he; him

Third-person pronoun for a male.

Example

他是我爸爸。

He is my dad.

回我電話。

huí wǒ diàn huà

call me back.

Return my call. Say huí wǒ diànhuà.

Example

他會回我電話。

He will call me back.

Words in this phrase

回

huí

[huí]

to reply; to return (a call)

Here means to respond to someone, as in returning a call.

Example

請回我訊息。

Please reply to my message.

我

wǒ

[wo]

I; me

The first-person pronoun used to talk about yourself.

Example

我想多了解你們公司的制度，所以先自我介紹。

I want to learn more about your company’s system, so I’ll introduce myself first.

電話

diàn huà

[diànhuà]

telephone; phone number

A phone, or in context a phone number.

Example

請留下您的電話。

Please leave your phone number.

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