How to Say ‘Manager Wang is in a meeting right now.’ in Traditional Chinese
王經理現在在開會。
wáng jīng lǐ xiàn zài zài kāi huì
[wáng jīnglǐ xiànzài zài kāihuì]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Saying the person is in a meeting is the standard polite reason when someone can't take a call, whether or not it's literally true.
Phrase Breakdown
王經理
wáng jīng lǐ
Manager Wang
In Chinese, the surname comes before the title. Wáng rises, jīng is high and level, and lǐ dips.
王經理在嗎？
Is Manager Wang in?
Words in this phrase
王
wáng
[wáng]
Wang (surname)
A very common Chinese family name.
王先生住在我家隔壁。
Mr. Wang lives next door to me.
經理
jīng lǐ
[jīnglǐ]
manager
A person in charge of a team or department; used as a polite title.
她是我們的經理。
She is our manager.
現在在開會。
xiàn zài zài kāi huì
is in a meeting right now.
現在 means 'now', and 在開會 means 'in the middle of a meeting'. Say both zài sounds clearly.
老闆現在在開會。
The boss is in a meeting now.
Words in this phrase
現在
xiàn zài
[xiànzài]
now
At the present moment.
現在幾點？
What time is it now?
在
zài
[zài]
(progressive marker)
Placed before a verb to show an action is in progress.
我在喝酒。
I am drinking.
開會
kāi huì
[kāihuì]
to have a meeting
Verb-object phrase meaning to hold or attend a meeting.
我們下午要開會。
We have a meeting this afternoon.
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