How to Say ‘The bill, please’ in Traditional Chinese
請幫我結帳
qǐng bāng wǒ jié zhàng
[qǐng bāng wo jiézhàng]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Many Taiwanese restaurants have you pay at the counter on your way out rather than at the table, so you may not need to ask at all. Tipping isn't expected, though some sit-down places add a 10% service charge.
Phrase Breakdown
請幫我
qǐng bāng wǒ
please help me
A polite way to start a request: 'please (do something) for me'.
請幫我叫計程車。
Please call a taxi for me.
Words in this phrase
請
qǐng
[qǐng]
please
Used to make polite requests.
請問你要喝什麼？
May I ask what you would like to drink?
幫
bāng
[bāng]
to help
To assist someone with a task.
我們已經幫客人預訂座位。
We have already helped guests book seats.
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.
結帳
jié zhàng
[jiézhàng]
to pay the bill
To settle the bill.
服務生，我要結帳。
Waiter, I'd like to pay.
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