How to ask your teacher for sick leave in Chinese
You woke up with a fever and can't go to class today. You call your class teacher, Teacher Zhao, to ask for a day off.
How the conversation starts
赵老师 (Teacher Zhao) · class teacher
Wéi, nǐ hǎo! Yǒu shénme shì ma?喂，你好！有什么事吗？Hello? What's up?
Lǎoshī, wǒ shēngbìng le.老师，我生病了。Teacher, I'm sick.
Ask your teacher for sick leave
What you do
- Say you're sick
- Ask for the day off
- Say when you'll be back
What to say
- 老师，我生病了。Lǎoshī, wǒ shēngbìng le.Teacher, I'm sick.
- 我今天想请假。Wǒ jīntiān xiǎng qǐngjià.I'd like to take today off.
- 明天我来上课。Míngtiān wǒ lái shàngkè.I'll come to class tomorrow.
- 谢谢老师！Xièxie lǎoshī!Thank you, teacher!
Ask your teacher for sick leave
You have a fever and can't go to class tomorrow. You call your class teacher, Teacher Zhao, to ask for leave. You also want to know what you'll miss.
What you do
- Say you have a fever and can't come tomorrow
- Ask if you need to write a leave note
- Ask what the homework is
What to say
- 老师，我发烧了，明天不能去上课。Lǎoshī, wǒ fāshāo le, míngtiān bù néng qù shàngkè.Teacher, I have a fever and can't come to class tomorrow.
3 more sentences in this lesson, in the app.
Sick leave: a doctor's note and a missed quiz
You have a fever. The campus clinic (校医院) told you to rest for two days and gave you a note. You call your class teacher, Teacher Zhao. There's a short quiz in class tomorrow.
What you do
- Say you're ill and need two days off
- Tell him you have a note from the campus clinic
- There's a quiz tomorrow: ask if you can take it later
What to say
- 赵老师，我发烧了，医生让我休息两天。Zhào lǎoshī, wǒ fāshāo le, yīshēng ràng wǒ xiūxi liǎng tiān.Teacher Zhao, I have a fever. The doctor told me to rest for two days.
4 more sentences in this lesson, in the app.
Now say it out loud
In Kaiko, 赵老师 (Teacher Zhao) answers you out loud in Chinese, and a coach corrects you as you go.
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