How to Say ‘Can offset one hour’ in Traditional Chinese
可以折抵一小時
kě yǐ zhé dǐ yī xiǎo shí
[kuh yee zhédǐ ee xiǎoshí]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Restaurants often stamp or validate your parking ticket so one hour or so is free. Ask the staff before you leave, since the lot won't do it for you.
Phrase Breakdown
可以
kě yǐ
[kuh yee]
can; may; okay
Indicates that something is possible or acceptable.
晚上見面也可以。
Meeting in the evening is also okay.
折抵
zhé dǐ
[zhédǐ]
to offset; to deduct
To use something to reduce a cost.
點數可以折抵現金。
Points can be used to offset cash.
一
yī
[ee]
one; a/an
The number one; before a classifier or noun, it can mean one single item.
一球就讓全場安靜了。
That one goal made the whole stadium go quiet.
小時
xiǎo shí
[xiǎoshí]
hour
A unit of time of sixty minutes.
我等了兩個小時。
I waited two hours.
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