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How to Say ‘I'll hold it for you until Wednesday first.’ in Traditional Chinese

我先幫您保留到星期三。

wǒ xiān bāng nín bǎo liú dào xīng qī sān

[wo shyen bāng nín bǎoliú dow xīngqísān]

Phrase Breakdown

我先幫您

wǒ xiān bāng nín

I'll first, for you

This is a polite service phrase. 您 (nín) is the respectful 'you'.

Example

我先幫您登記。

Let me register you first.

Words in this phrase

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.

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.

幫

bāng

[bāng]

to help

To assist someone with a task.

Example

我們已經幫客人預訂座位。

We have already helped guests book seats.

您

nín

[nín]

you (polite)

A polite form to address 'you'.

Example

這是為您準備的。

This is prepared for you.

保留到星期三。

bǎo liú dào xīng qī sān

hold it until Wednesday

保留 (bǎoliú) means 'reserve'. 到 (dào) means 'until', and 星期三 (xīngqīsān) means 'Wednesday'.

Example

可以保留到星期五嗎？

Can you hold it until Friday?

Words in this phrase

保留

bǎo liú

[bǎoliú]

to hold; to reserve

To keep something set aside for someone.

Example

位子會保留十分鐘。

The seat will be held for ten minutes.

到

dào

[dow]

to arrive at; until; to

A verb or preposition meaning to arrive, reach, or up to a point.

Example

很高興見到你。

I’m very happy to see you.

星期三

xīng qī sān

[xīngqísān]

Wednesday

Third day of the week; 星期 plus the number three.

Example

我們星期三見。

See you on Wednesday.

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