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Lesson 139 of 240

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Packages and delivery in Traditional Chinese

At a Taipei 7-Eleven, a parcel is waiting for Maya, but the clerk reads the wrong name. She gives the pickup code and clears up the mix-up.

Then Maya handles a meal delivery while away from home. She asks to change its destination and tells the driver where to leave it.

Practise useful phrases for collecting and sending parcels, plus arranging food delivery. Notice how a polite request can help when plans change.

By the end of this lesson

Pick up or send a parcel, give a pickup code, and tell a food delivery driver where to leave an order.

  • 我來取包裹I'm here to pick up a parcel.
  • 請放在門口Please leave it at the door.
  • 外送員快到了The delivery person is almost here.
  • 我的取貨編號是___My pickup code is [number].
  • 可以改送到這裡嗎？Can you deliver it here instead?
  • 我要寄一個包裹I want to send a parcel.

Scene — a parcel with the wrong name

At a 7-Eleven near Banyan Lane, a clerk sees a parcel listed under the wrong name. Maya has her pickup code ready, but must explain why she is there.

Later, she orders food while away from home and calls the driver. The mix-up stays ordinary; the fortune slip remains folded, and A-Li's soy milk is still unfinished.

Maya stands small at a neighborhood convenience-store counter while a clerk checks a wrapped parcel.

Learn — parcels and delivery

Learn how to pick up a parcel, give a pickup code, and send something at the counter. You will also practise talking with a food delivery driver.

Listen for the light ending in the phrase about someone arriving soon.

  1. Maya explains to the clerk that she has come to pick up a parcel.

    我來取包裹

    I'm here to pick up a parcel.

    When to use it: Use this at a counter when you arrive to collect a parcel.

  2. Maya asks a delivery driver by phone to leave her food outside the coworking-room door.

    請放在門口

    Please leave it at the door.

    When to use it: Tell a delivery driver where you would like the order left.

  3. Maya tells Yi-Jun the delivery person is almost here as a driver steps into the coworking entrance.

    外送員快到了

    The delivery person is almost here.

    When to use it: Use this to say that a delivery person will arrive soon.

    Say it: The final 了 has a light, neutral tone.

  4. Maya holds out her phone with the pickup code while the clerk hands her the parcel.

    我的取貨編號是___

    My pickup code is [number].

    When to use it: Give this when a clerk asks for the code to collect your parcel.

    For a pickup code, say each digit separately.

  5. Maya calls from a Banyan Lane café and asks for the food to be delivered there instead.

    可以改送到這裡嗎？

    Can you deliver it here instead?

    When to use it: Ask a driver to change the delivery destination to where you are.

    嗎 turns this request into a yes-or-no question.

  6. Maya tells the clerk she wants to send a parcel as she sets a box on the counter.

    我要寄一個包裹

    I want to send a parcel.

    When to use it: Tell the clerk you want to mail a parcel.

    一個 is a common measure phrase for counting one parcel.

Story — a mix-up at the counter

Maya stops at a 7-Eleven to collect a parcel. The clerk has read the wrong name, so Maya gives the pickup code.

Later, she is away from home when her meal delivery is on its way. Another day, she mails a parcel.

  1. Maya您好。Hello, politely.
  2. Convenience store clerk林小姐的包裹到了。A parcel for Miss Lin has arrived.
  3. Maya不好意思，我來取包裹。Excuse me, I'm here to pick up a parcel.
  4. Convenience store clerk可以看一下取貨編號嗎？May I see the pickup code?
  5. Maya我的取貨編號是四二七六。My pickup code is 4276.
  6. Convenience store clerk對不起，我看錯名字了。Sorry, I read the name wrong.
  7. Later, Maya is at the co-working space with Yi-Jun.
  8. Yi-Jun餐點快到了嗎？Is the meal almost here?
  9. Maya外送員快到了。The delivery person is almost here.
  10. Delivery driver餐點原本要送到家裡，對嗎？The meal was supposed to go to your home, right?
  11. Maya可以改送到這裡嗎？Can you deliver it here instead?
  12. Delivery driver餐點要放在哪裡？Where should I leave the meal?
  13. Maya請放在門口。Please leave it at the door.
  14. Another day, Maya goes to the counter to mail a parcel.
  15. Maya我要寄一個包裹。I want to send a parcel.
  16. Convenience store clerk好，請放在這裡。Okay, please put it here.

Practice — sort out a delivery

Try ten quick exercises for parcel pickup and food delivery. Choose the phrase that suits the moment, then build and complete useful lines.

Some exercises review polite greetings and apologies from earlier lessons.

0 of 10 done

  1. What does it mean?

    我來取包裹

  2. What do you say?

    You arrive at the counter. Greet the clerk politely.

  3. What do you say?

    You are ordering food. Ask the driver to leave it at your door.

  4. Build the line

    The delivery person is almost here.

    Tap the words in order.

  5. Fill the gap

    I'm here to pick up a parcel.

    我來____包裹

  6. Match the pairs

    Traditional Chinese

    我的取貨編號是___Drop the English here
    可以改送到這裡嗎？Drop the English here
    我要寄一個包裹Drop the English here
    我來取包裹Drop the English here

    English

    Drag an English line onto its Traditional Chinese, or tap one and then the other.

  7. What do you say?

    The clerk asks for your pickup code. Say the phrase that introduces your code.

  8. What did you hear?

  9. What do you say?

    Your delivery is going to an old address. Ask the driver to send it to your current location instead.

  10. What do you say?

    The clerk has read the wrong name. Get their attention politely before explaining.

Say it — your delivery phrases

Play Maya as she collects a parcel and later speaks with a delivery driver. Listen to each person's line, then answer out loud.

Use the pickup code in the cue, and finish with a request to send a parcel.

  1. Maya is at the 7-Eleven counter to collect her parcel.
  2. Convenience store clerk林小姐的包裹到了。A parcel for Miss Lin has arrived.
  3. Maya (you)Say you are here to pick up a parcel.

    我來取包裹

    I'm here to pick up a parcel.

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Recap — what you can say now

Traditional ChineseEnglish
我來取包裹I'm here to pick up a parcel.
請放在門口Please leave it at the door.
外送員快到了The delivery person is almost here.
我的取貨編號是___My pickup code is [number].
可以改送到這裡嗎？Can you deliver it here instead?
我要寄一個包裹I want to send a parcel.
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