请稍等

請稍等

qǐngshāoděng

phrase

Meanings

1 please wait a moment
2 please hold

Characters

Examples

您好，请稍等，我帮您转接。

Nín hǎo, qǐng shāoděng, wǒ bāng nín zhuǎnjiē.

Hello, please hold, I'll transfer you.

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.

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 (qǐng shāo hòu), common in automated systems and official announcements.

Stroke Order

请 qǐng

稍 shāo

等 děng