How to Say ‘I'm going to buy drinks.’ in Traditional Chinese
我去買飲料。
wǒ qù mǎi yǐn liào
[wo qù mǎi yǐnliào]
💬 Usage Tip: Two actions can sit side by side with no "to" between them: 去 "go" + 買 "buy". The same pattern gives 去吃飯 "go eat".
Phrase Breakdown
我去
wǒ qù
I'll go
我 (I) + 去 (to go). Use a falling tone on 去.
我去學校。
I'm going to school.
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.
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.
買飲料。
mǎi yǐn liào
buy drinks.
買 means to buy, with a third tone. 飲料 means drinks. 買 and 飲 are both third tones, so 買 rises: mái yǐnliào.
你想買飲料嗎？
Do you want to buy a drink?
Words in this phrase
買
mǎi
[mǎi]
to buy
To pay money for something.
我想買便當。
I want to buy a lunchbox.
飲料
yǐn liào
[yǐnliào]
drink; beverage
Any drink, often bottled or from a shop.
冰箱裡有飲料。
There are drinks in the fridge.
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