🇨🇳 Chinese · A1 · Communicating

Making an appointment

Shanghai

Vocabulary

  • 约to make plans / to invite
  • 约时间to schedule a time
  • 有空to have free time / available
  • 有事to be busy / have something on
  • 见面to meet (in person)
  • 地点location / place
  • 方便convenient
  • 改天another day
  • 确认to confirm
  • 时间time
  • 明天tomorrow
  • 后天the day after tomorrow

Making Plans

Asking if someone is free

  • 你明天有空吗?— Are you free tomorrow?
  • 你周末方便吗?— Is the weekend convenient for you?

If available

  • 有空,什么事?— I am free, what is it?
  • 我明天有空。— I am free tomorrow.

If not available

  • 我明天有事。— I am busy tomorrow.
  • 我不方便。— It is not convenient for me.
  • 改天吧。— Let's do it another day.

Making specific plans

  • 我们在哪里见面?— Where shall we meet?
  • 几点见?— What time shall we meet?
  • 我们约下午三点。— Let's meet at 3 PM.

Confirming

  • 好的,确认了。— Okay, confirmed.
  • 不见不散!— See you there! (lit. "We will not leave until we meet")
Chengdu

Expressions

  • 你明天有空吗?Are you free tomorrow?
  • 你周末方便吗?Is the weekend convenient?
  • 我明天有事。I am busy tomorrow.
  • 改天吧。Let us do it another day.
  • 我们在哪里见面?Where shall we meet?
  • 几点见?What time shall we meet?
  • 我们约下午三点。Let us meet at 3 PM.
  • 好的,确认了。Okay, confirmed.
  • 不见不散!See you there!

Common mistakes

  • 你有空明天吗
    你明天有空吗

    Time words like 明天 come before the predicate.

  • 我们见面在咖啡厅
    我们在咖啡厅见面

    Location phrases with 在 go before the verb.

  • 我改天
    改天吧

    改天 is a suggestion — always say 改天吧, not 我改天 alone.

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