Chinese Vocabulary for: Making plans with friends
Making plans with friends in Mandarin is everyday language you'll use all the time. This page gives you the vocabulary and sentences for suggesting a time, place, or activity and for confirming or changing plans. The content is aimed at A2–B2 learners and HSK 3–6, so you get real-life phrases for texting or talking. Learning these with example sentences and spaced repetition will make arranging meetups much easier.
When you'd use this
Use this when suggesting or confirming plans: time, place, activity, or when you need to reschedule or check if someone is free.
Key vocabulary
- 有空yǒu kòng• free / have time
- 一起yī qǐ• together
- 什么时候shén me shí hou• when
- 哪里nǎ lǐ• where
- 见面jiàn miàn• to meet up
- 约yuē• to arrange / date
- 改天gǎi tiān• another day
- 到时候dào shí hou• when the time comes
- 确定què dìng• to confirm
- 没问题méi wèn tí• no problem
- 再说zài shuō• we'll see / talk later
- 到时候见dào shí hou jiàn• see you then
- 放鸽子fàng gē zi• to stand someone up
- 准时zhǔn shí• on time
Example sentences
你这周末有空吗？
Nǐ zhè zhōu mò yǒu kòng ma?
Are you free this weekend?
我们一起吃饭吧。
Wǒ men yī qǐ chī fàn ba.
Let's eat together.
什么时候见面？
Shén me shí hou jiàn miàn?
When shall we meet?
到时候见。
Dào shí hou jiàn.
See you then.
确定了吗？
Què dìng le ma?
Is it confirmed?
改天再约。
Gǎi tiān zài yuē.
Let's arrange for another day.
Common mistakes / natural phrasing
'有空' is 'free' (have time). '到时候' means 'when the time comes' or 'then'—'到时候见' is 'see you then.' '放鸽子' is colloquial for standing someone up. '再说' can mean 'we'll talk about it later' or 'we'll see.'
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