Traditional Chinese - Asking for Help

Lesson 10 of 152

A traveler in Taiwan politely asking for help at a busy station, with Traditional Chinese lesson text nearby. The scene highlights Taiwan Mandarin phrases for asking for help.

Goal: Calm phrases for when you need a hand, a phone, or a grown-up-yak level of backup.

Free traditional Chinese lessons with Taiwan Mandarin audio and speaking practice.

When your day goes sideways, your Mandarin can still stand up straight. Today you’ll practice calm, useful help phrases for phones, urgent situations, and asking someone to come with you.

Small phrases, big relief. Let’s make your “help!” sound polite and clear in Taiwan Mandarin.

Level A1: This lesson gives you a small but mighty help button for real life. You’ll practice asking someone to call for you, borrow a phone, ask what to do next, say something is an emergency, ask someone to look at something, come with you, or find another helper. The goal is simple: sound polite, clear, and ready when you need support.

After this lesson you'll be able to:

  • At A1, ask for practical help in simple spoken Mandarin.
  • Ask someone to call another person or service for you.
  • Borrow a phone politely and naturally.
  • Say that something is urgent and ask what to do next.
  • Ask someone to look at something, come with you, or find another person to help.
A friendly Taiwan street scene with someone holding a phone and asking for assistance, shown with Traditional Chinese learning elements. The image supports the lesson topic of asking for help in Taiwan Mandarin.

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1. Reading + Listening Practice

Hear core phrases, repeat aloud.

你可以幫我打給___嗎？

Nǐ kěyǐ bāng wǒ dǎ gěi ___ ma?

Can you call ___?

Meaning: Can you call ___ for me?

When to use: Use this when you need the listener to phone a person, place, or service for you.

Tip: Don’t leave the blank unclear; say who or what you want the person to call.

你可以幫我打給警察嗎？

Nǐ kěyǐ bāng wǒ dǎ gěi jǐngchá ma?

Can you call the police for me?
你可以幫我打給飯店嗎？

Nǐ kěyǐ bāng wǒ dǎ gěi fàndiàn ma?

Can you call the hotel for me?

可以借我用一下你的手機嗎？

Kěyǐ jiè wǒ yòng yíxià nǐ de shǒujī ma?

Can I use your phone?

Meaning: Can I use your phone?

When to use: Use this when your phone is dead, missing, or not working and you need to borrow someone’s mobile phone briefly.

Tip: In Taiwan, this usually means a mobile phone, not a landline.

不好意思，可以借我用一下你的手機嗎？

Bù hǎoyìsi, kěyǐ jiè wǒ yòng yíxià nǐ de shǒujī ma?

Excuse me, can I use your phone?
我的手機沒電了，可以借我用一下你的手機嗎？

Wǒ de shǒujī méi diàn le, kěyǐ jiè wǒ yòng yíxià nǐ de shǒujī ma?

My phone is out of battery. Can I use your phone?

我該怎麼辦

Wǒ gāi zěnme bàn?

What should I do?

Meaning: What should I do?

When to use: Use this when you need advice about the next step.

我迷路了，我該怎麼辦？

Wǒ mílù le, wǒ gāi zěnme bàn?

I’m lost. What should I do?
我的錢包不見了，我該怎麼辦？

Wǒ de qiánbāo bú jiàn le, wǒ gāi zěnme bàn?

My wallet is missing. What should I do?

這是緊急狀況

Zhè shì jǐnjí zhuàngkuàng.

It's an emergency.

Meaning: It’s an emergency.

When to use: Use this when the situation is urgent and you need help right away.

Tip: Use this for truly urgent situations, not just small inconveniences.

請快一點，這是緊急狀況。

Qǐng kuài yìdiǎn, zhè shì jǐnjí zhuàngkuàng.

Please hurry. It’s an emergency.
他受傷了，這是緊急狀況。

Tā shòushāng le, zhè shì jǐnjí zhuàngkuàng.

He is injured. It’s an emergency.

你可以看一下這個嗎？

Nǐ kěyǐ kàn yíxià zhège ma?

Can you look at this?

Meaning: Can you look at this?

When to use: Use this when you want someone to check, read, inspect, or pay attention to something.

你可以看一下這個嗎？我看不懂。

Nǐ kěyǐ kàn yíxià zhège ma? Wǒ kàn bù dǒng.

Can you look at this? I don’t understand it.
這張單子很重要，你可以看一下這個嗎？

Zhè zhāng dānzi hěn zhòngyào, nǐ kěyǐ kàn yíxià zhège ma?

This form is important. Can you look at this?

你可以陪我一起去嗎？

Nǐ kěyǐ péi wǒ yìqǐ qù ma?

Can you come with me?

Meaning: Can you come with me?

When to use: Use this when you want someone to accompany you somewhere to help with a situation.

我有點害怕，你可以陪我一起去嗎？

Wǒ yǒudiǎn hàipà, nǐ kěyǐ péi wǒ yìqǐ qù ma?

I’m a little scared. Can you come with me?
我要去服務台，你可以陪我一起去嗎？

Wǒ yào qù fúwùtái, nǐ kěyǐ péi wǒ yìqǐ qù ma?

I need to go to the service desk. Can you come with me?

可以請你找人來幫忙嗎？

Kěyǐ qǐng nǐ zhǎo rén lái bāngmáng ma?

Can you get someone, please?

Meaning: Can you get someone to help, please?

When to use: Use this when the listener may not be the right person to help, but can find someone else who can.

我不知道找誰，可以請你找人來幫忙嗎？

Wǒ bù zhīdào zhǎo shéi, kěyǐ qǐng nǐ zhǎo rén lái bāngmáng ma?

I don’t know who to ask. Can you get someone to help, please?
這裡有人受傷，可以請你找人來幫忙嗎？

Zhèlǐ yǒu rén shòushāng, kěyǐ qǐng nǐ zhǎo rén lái bāngmáng ma?

Someone here is injured. Can you get someone to help, please?

2. Conversational Listening Practice

Hear phrases in a real mini-conversation.

At a small train station in Taiwan, Anna needs help because her friend is injured and her phone is dead.

Two people at a Taiwan train station discussing an urgent situation and using a phone, with Traditional Chinese dialogue support. The scene illustrates natural Taiwan Mandarin for getting help.

What kind of help does Anna need?

Portrait of Anna in a Traditional Chinese lesson dialogue

Anna

不好意思，可以借我用一下你的手機嗎？我的朋友受傷了。

Bù hǎoyìsi, kěyǐ jiè wǒ yòng yíxià nǐ de shǒujī ma? Wǒ de péngyǒu shòushāng le.

Excuse me, can I use your phone? My friend is injured.

Portrait of David in a Traditional Chinese lesson dialogue

David

當然。這是緊急狀況嗎？

Dāngrán. Zhè shì jǐnjí zhuàngkuàng ma?

Of course. Is it an emergency?

Portrait of Anna in a Traditional Chinese lesson dialogue

Anna

對，這是緊急狀況。你可以幫我打給119嗎？

Duì, zhè shì jǐnjí zhuàngkuàng. Nǐ kěyǐ bāng wǒ dǎ gěi yāo yāo jiǔ ma?

Yes, it’s an emergency. Can you call 119 for me?

Portrait of David in a Traditional Chinese lesson dialogue

David

可以。你可以看一下這個嗎？這是地址。

Kěyǐ. Nǐ kěyǐ kàn yíxià zhège ma? Zhè shì dìzhǐ.

Yes. Can you look at this? This is the address.

Portrait of Anna in a Traditional Chinese lesson dialogue

Anna

謝謝。我該怎麼辦？

Xièxie. Wǒ gāi zěnme bàn?

Thank you. What should I do?

Portrait of David in a Traditional Chinese lesson dialogue

David

先坐這裡

Xiān zuò zhèlǐ.

Sit here first.

Portrait of Anna in a Traditional Chinese lesson dialogue

Anna

你可以陪我一起去嗎？可以請你找人來幫忙嗎？

Nǐ kěyǐ péi wǒ yìqǐ qù ma? Kěyǐ qǐng nǐ zhǎo rén lái bāngmáng ma?

Can you come with me? Can you get someone to help, please?

Portrait of David in a Traditional Chinese lesson dialogue

David

沒問題，我馬上找站務員。

Méi wèntí, wǒ mǎshàng zhǎo zhànwùyuán.

No problem. I’ll get a station staff member right away.

3. Guided Practice

Quizzes and matching to lock in meaning.

How do you ask, “Can you call the hotel for me?”

Your phone is dead. Which phrase asks to borrow someone’s phone briefly?

Which phrase means “What should I do?”

Which phrase asks someone to find another person who can help?

My phone is out of battery. Can I use your phone?

我的手機沒電了，我需要打電話，___

Please hurry. It’s an emergency.

請快一點，有人受傷了，現在是___。

I’m a little scared. Can you come with me?

我有點害怕，不想一個人去，___

Match the core phrases

Match the extra phrases

4. Speaking Practice

Say phrases yourself (mic/recording).

Recording stays on your device only. Check speech uses your browser's speech tools when available.

Say this phrase out loud:

你可以幫我打給___嗎？

Nǐ kěyǐ bāng wǒ dǎ gěi ___ ma?

Can you call ___ for me?

Say this phrase out loud:

可以借我用一下你的手機嗎？

Kěyǐ jiè wǒ yòng yíxià nǐ de shǒujī ma?

Can I use your phone?

Say this phrase out loud:

我該怎麼辦

Wǒ gāi zěnme bàn?

What should I do?

Say this phrase out loud:

這是緊急狀況

Zhè shì jǐnjí zhuàngkuàng.

It’s an emergency.

Say this phrase out loud:

你可以看一下這個嗎？

Nǐ kěyǐ kàn yíxià zhège ma?

Can you look at this?

Say this phrase out loud:

你可以陪我一起去嗎？

Nǐ kěyǐ péi wǒ yìqǐ qù ma?

Can you come with me?

Say this phrase out loud:

可以請你找人來幫忙嗎？

Kěyǐ qǐng nǐ zhǎo rén lái bāngmáng ma?

Can you get someone to help, please?