请稍等

請稍等

qǐng shāoděng

phrase

Meanings

1 please wait a moment
2 please hold

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

请稍等，我给您看看菜单。

Qǐng shāoděng, wǒ gěi nín kànkan càidān.

One moment please, I'll get you a menu.

HSK 4

您好，请稍等，我帮您转接。

Nínhǎo, qǐng shāoděng, wǒ bāng nín zhuǎnjiē.

Hello, please hold, I'll transfer you.

Tips

register

请稍等 is the formal service-industry standard, what you hear on hold with a call center, at a hotel front desk, or in a restaurant. Even more formal: 请稍候, common in automated systems and official announcements.

Stroke Order

请 qǐng

稍 shāo

等 děng