Learn Mandarin – How To Ask Somebody for Their Phone Number
In this video you’ll learn how to ask someobody for their phone number. This can be extremely useful when dating in China or Taiwan or for guys trying to pick up girls (or visa-versa!!!). Okay – to ask for somebody’s phone number in Chinese you say: qǐng wèn nǐ de diàn huà hào mǎ jǐ hào (请问你的电话号码几号?).
Let’s break it down. Qǐng wèn (请问) means or excuse me or literally “please ask”. Nǐ de (你的) means your. that de is the possessive in Mandarin Chinese. Diàn huà (电话) means phone and hte characters literally mean “electric word”. Hào mǎ (号码) menas number. Be sure you get the tones right here – fourth tone, third tone. If you confuse them and use third tone, first tone you’re asking “okay? (好吗?)” I know it’s tough but you need to try to get your tones right from the very beginnning. Finally, jǐ hào (几号) means “what number” or literally “how many number.
So, qǐng wèn nǐ de diàn huà hào mǎ jǐ hào – What’s your phone number?