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How to Say ‘Please save that seat for me.’ in Traditional Chinese

麻煩幫我留那個位子。

má fán bāng wǒ liú nà gè wèi zi

[mah fahn bahng waw liú nà guh way dzih]

💬 Usage Tip: Put 幫我 (bāng wǒ) before a verb to ask someone to do something for you. 幫我拍照 means "take a photo for me."

Phrase Breakdown

麻煩幫我留

má fán bāng wǒ liú

please hold for me

麻煩 (literally 'trouble') is a polite way to start a request. 幫我 means 'for me' and 留 means 'to keep or save'.

Example

麻煩幫我留一張票。

Please hold a ticket for me.

Words in this phrase

麻煩

má fán

[mah fahn]

excuse me; please

A polite word used to soften requests, similar to saying excuse me or please.

Example

麻煩一下，這個可以打包嗎？

Excuse me, can this be packed to go?

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.

我

wǒ

[waw]

The object form of I; the person receiving something.

Example

請把這個拿給我。

Please bring this to me.

留

liú

[liú]

to reserve; to save

Verb meaning to keep something for someone.

Example

請幫我留兩個位子。

Please save two seats for me.

那個位子。

nà gè wèi zi

that seat.

This is the object of the request: 那個 means 'that' and 位子 means 'seat'.

Example

那個位子有人嗎？

Is that seat taken?

Words in this phrase

那

nà

[nà]

that

A demonstrative pronoun used to refer to a specific thing.

Example

那房子是我的。

That house is mine.

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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