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How to Say ‘I'll go put my luggage away first.’ in Traditional Chinese

我先去放行李喔。

wǒ xiān qù fàng xíng lǐ ō

[wǒ shyen chyoo fàng xíngli oh]

💬 Usage Tip: 先 "first" goes before the action: 我先去洗手 "I'll go wash my hands first".

🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Announcing where you're going before you step away is polite with in-laws. The 喔 keeps it light.

Phrase Breakdown

我先去

wǒ xiān qù

I'll first go

我 (wǒ) means 'I'. 先 (xiān) means 'first'. 去 (qù) means 'go'. Together they announce what you'll do before anything else.

Example

我先去洗手。

I'll go wash my hands first.

Words in this phrase

我

wǒ

[wǒ]

A pronoun referring to oneself.

Example

我是老師。

I am a teacher.

先

xiān

[shyen]

first

Used to say you will do something before anything else.

Example

我先看看，不急著買。

I'll look first; I'm not in a hurry to buy.

去

qù

[chyoo]

to go

A common verb meaning to go to a place or attend something.

Example

今天晚上我不能去這家餐廳用餐。

Tonight I can't go to this restaurant to dine.

放行李喔。

fàng xíng lǐ ō

put down my luggage, okay?

放 (fàng) means 'put' or 'place'. 行李 (xíngli) means 'luggage'. 喔 (o) softens the sentence.

Example

行李放這裡就好。

Just put the luggage here.

Words in this phrase

放

fàng

[fàng]

to put; to place

To set something down somewhere.

Example

把書放在桌上。

Put the book on the table.

行李

xíng lǐ

[xíngli]

luggage; baggage

Bags and suitcases you bring when traveling.

Example

你的行李很重。

Your luggage is heavy.

喔

[oh]

oh; sentence-softening particle

Adds a friendly, relaxed tone to responses like 好喔.

Example

可以做熱的喔。

We can make it hot, okay.

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