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How to Say ‘I'll save nine seats for you.’ in Traditional Chinese

我幫您留九個位子。

wǒ bāng nín liú jiǔ gè wèi zi

[wǒ bahng nín liú jiǔ guh way dzih]

Phrase Breakdown

我幫您留

wǒ bāng nín liú

I'll reserve for you

Say 'wǒ bāng nín liú'. 幫您 is the polite 'for you'.

Example

我幫您留一張桌子。

I'll reserve a table for you.

Words in this phrase

我

wǒ

[wǒ]

A pronoun referring to oneself.

Example

我是老師。

I am a teacher.

幫

bāng

[bahng]

to help

A common verb meaning to help or assist someone.

Example

請幫我叫計程車。

Please help me call a taxi.

您

nín

[nín]

you (polite)

Respectful form of 'you'.

Example

謝謝您的訂位。

Thank you for your reservation.

留

liú

[liú]

to save; to reserve

To keep something aside for someone.

Example

請幫我留一張桌子。

Please save a table for me.

九個位子。

jiǔ gè wèi zi

nine seats

Say 'jiǔ ge wèizi'. Keep 個 and 子 light.

Example

我們要九個位子。

We need nine seats.

Words in this phrase

九

jiǔ

[jiǔ]

nine

The number 9, used with measure words such as 個 or 位 when counting seats or people.

Example

我想訂九個人的桌子。

I'd like to book a table for nine people.

個

gè

[guh]

general classifier

A very common measure word used with many everyday objects and items.

Example

我想要一個這個。

I would like one of this.

位子

wèi zi

[way dzih]

seat

A casual Taiwan Mandarin word for a seat or available table space in a restaurant.

Example

請問還有位子嗎？

Excuse me, are there still seats available?

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