How to Say ‘Sorry to trouble you.’ in Traditional Chinese
麻煩您了。
má fán nín le
[máfan nín luh]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: This is the standard polite close when someone has gone out of their way for you, like staff rearranging seating. Using 您 (nín) "you (polite)" makes it extra courteous, which suits a phone call to a restaurant.
Phrase Breakdown
麻煩
má fán
[máfan]
to trouble; to bother
To cause someone inconvenience.
不要麻煩別人。
Don't bother others.
您
nín
[nín]
you (polite)
Respectful form of 'you', used with customers, elders, or strangers.
請問您貴姓？
May I ask your surname?
了
le
[luh]
particle indicating a new situation or change
A very common sentence-final particle that shows a completed action or a change of state, like the feeling after a tense moment.
球場突然安靜了，大家都不說話了。
The stadium suddenly became quiet, and everyone stopped talking.
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