Useful Chinese Phrases and Questions For Your Package Delivery

It’s common for people to order express delivery 快递 (kuàidì) in China as it’s fast and convenient. However, sometimes different circumstances may “prevent” you from receiving your kuaidi. For instance, you’re not able to pick up your parcel because you’re in a meeting. In this article, we would like to introduce seven Chinese phrases and questions to you as you may need them to have your kuaidi delivered.

Chinese Phrases For Your Package Delivery

Please wait a moment.

请等一下。
Qǐng děng yī xià.
Please wait a moment.

Many people often come across such a situation where they are in the middle of something when the kuaidi guy arrives. This is one of the Chinese phrases that can be used to ask the deliveryman to wait for you to pick up your parcel. The character “等” (děng) means “to wait”, and the structure “verb + 一下 yī xià” means “to do a bit of something”. Meanwhile, using Chinese phrases like this can also make you sound more polite.

Leave it at the door.

放在门口。
Fàng zài ménkǒu.
Leave it at the door.

This is one of the most useful Chinese phrases you need if you are not at home when the kuaidi guy arrives with your parcel. “放” (fàng) means “to put”, and “门口” (ménkǒu) means “entrance or gate”. Generally speaking, it’s safe to ask the kuaidi guy to leave your parcel at the door in China. Here are two more similar Chinese phrases that you can use when you ask the deliveryman to put down your parcel:

放在这里。
Fàng zài zhèli。
Put it here.

放在桌子上。
Fàng zài zhuōzi shàng。
Put it on the table.

Chinese Questions For Your Package Delivery

Where are you?

你在哪儿？
Nǐ zài nǎr?
Where are you?

Imagine such a scenario, the kuaidi guy is calling you as he wants to ask you to come downstairs to pick up your parcel. However, you don’t see him after arriving downstairs. At this moment, you might want to call him and ask where he is. The question “你在哪儿?” (nǐ zài nǎr?) comes in handy in this situation.

EXAMPLE

A: 你在哪儿?
Nǐ zài nǎr?
Where are you?

B: 我在楼下。
Wǒ zài lóuxià.
I’m downstairs.

VOCABULARY

在
zài
to be in/at

哪儿
nǎr
where

楼下
lóuxià
downstairs

Can you come tomorrow?

你可以明天来吗？
Nǐ kěyǐ míngtiān lái ma?
Can you come tomorrow?

In addition to the situation mentioned above, sometimes you might want the kuaidi guy to postpone the delivery time as you are not available when he is coming to deliver your parcel. Instead of some of the frequently-used Chinese phrases, this question is exactly what you need to ask if you would like to do that. “明天” (míngtiān) means “tomorrow”, and it can be replaced by the following words:

下午
xiàwǔ
afternoon

晚上
wǎnshàng
evening

五点
wǔ diǎn
5 o’clock

星期三
xīngqīsān
Wednesday

EXAMPLE

你可以星期三来吗?
Nǐ kěyǐ xīngqīsān lái ma?
Can you come on Wednesday?

We hope these phrases and questions will be useful and help you next time you’re shopping on Taobao. To find out more interesting phrases and questions in Chinese, check out one of our blog posts 5 Chinese Phrases For Shopping on Taobao