How to Say ‘I'm going to eat dinner first.’ in Traditional Chinese
我先去吃晚餐。
wǒ xiān qù chī wǎn cān
[wo xiān qù chī wǎncān]
💬 Usage Tip: Here 先 (xiān) "first" means "for now" or "before anything else." It's a handy way to excuse yourself, as in 我先走了 "I'm heading off now."
Phrase Breakdown
我先去
wǒ xiān qù
I'll go first / I'm going to go
先 means 'first'. 我先去 is often used to excuse yourself politely.
我先去洗澡。
I'm going to take a shower first.
Words in this phrase
我
wǒ
[wo]
I; me
The first-person pronoun used to talk about yourself.
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
[xiān]
first; in advance
Indicates doing something before something else.
我先點餐。
I'll order first.
去
qù
[qù]
go
To move or travel to a place.
我今天要去圖書館
I am going to the library today.
吃晚餐。
chī wǎn cān
eat dinner
吃 means to eat. 晚餐 means dinner.
我們七點吃晚餐。
We eat dinner at seven.
Words in this phrase
吃
chī
[chī]
to eat
The basic verb for eating food.
我們去吃晚餐吧。
Let's go eat dinner.
晚餐
wǎn cān
[wǎncān]
dinner
The evening meal.
晚餐想吃什麼？
What do you want for dinner?
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