How to Say ‘How many people will be in your party?’ in Traditional Chinese
請問您有幾位呢？
qǐng wèn nín yǒu jǐ wèi ne
[ching wen neen yoe jee way nuh]
💬 Usage Tip: [有幾位] is the common restaurant pattern for asking party size. [您] makes it polite, and [呢] softens the question rather than changing the basic meaning.
Phrase Breakdown
請問
qǐng wèn
[ching wen]
may I ask; excuse me
A polite opening before asking a question.
請問您有幾位呢？
May I ask how many people are in your party?
您有幾位呢？
nín yǒu jǐ wèi ne
How many people are in your party?
Used by restaurants to ask the number of guests.
請問您有幾位？
May I ask how many people there are?
Words in this phrase
您
nín
[neen]
you (polite)
Respectful form of 'you.'
請問您有幾位呢？
May I ask how many people are in your party?
有
yǒu
[yoe]
have
Used here to ask how many people your group has.
請問您有幾位呢？
May I ask how many people are in your party?
幾
jǐ
[jee]
how many
Used in questions about number.
請問您有幾位呢？
May I ask how many people are in your party?
位
wèi
[way]
person; guest
Polite measure word for people in service situations.
請問您有幾位呢？
May I ask how many people are in your party?
呢
ne
[nuh]
sentence-final particle
Softens the question and sounds more natural.
請問您有幾位呢？
May I ask how many people are in your party?
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