How to make weekend plans in Chinese
You run into your friend Xiaomei. She wants to make plans for the weekend. Keep it simple and friendly.
How the conversation starts
小美 (Xiaomei) · your friend
Make weekend plans
What you do
- Say what you want to do on the weekend
- Ask if your friend wants to join
- Agree on a time
What to say
- 我想去___。Wǒ xiǎng qù ___.I want to go to ___.
- 你想去吗？Nǐ xiǎng qù ma?Do you want to go?
- 什么时候？Shénme shíhou?When?
- 好啊。Hǎo a.Sure.
- 我们一起去吧。Wǒmen yìqǐ qù ba.Let's go together.
Make weekend plans
You run into your friend 小美 (Xiaomei) at a coffee shop. She's free this weekend but has no plans, and happy to go along with yours: suggest what to do together and when.
What you do
- Say you don't have plans yet and ask about theirs
- Suggest an activity to do together
- Suggest when and where to meet
What to say
- 我还没有安排。你呢？Wǒ hái méiyǒu ānpái. Nǐ ne?I don't have plans yet. How about you?
3 more sentences in this lesson, in the app.
Weekend plans: a holiday crowd and a cousin
You run into your friend 小美 (Xiaomei) in Beijing. This weekend is the National Day holiday. You'd like to go to the Great Wall on Saturday, but the nearest section, Badaling, gets packed on holidays; Mutianyu is quieter. She has a cousin visiting from Hangzhou.
What you do
- Suggest going to the Great Wall on Saturday
- She says it'll be packed: decide together where and when to go instead
- She asks to bring her cousin: say yes and fix where to meet
What to say
- 星期六我们去长城怎么样？Xīngqīliù wǒmen qù Chángchéng zěnmeyàng?How about going to the Great Wall on Saturday?
4 more sentences in this lesson, in the app.
Now say it out loud
In Kaiko, 小美 (Xiaomei) answers you out loud in Chinese, and a coach corrects you as you go.