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How to Say ‘Give me a chance’ in Simplified Chinese

就给我一个机会

💬 Usage Tip: This phrase is often used for asking someone out or in negotiations.

🇨🇳 In China: It's common in romantic contexts and seen as direct yet polite.

Phrase Breakdown

就

just

Used for emphasis or to show immediacy.

Example

现在就开始。

Start right now.

给

give

To present someone with something.

Example

请给我水。

Please give me water.

我

me

Refers to oneself in a sentence.

Example

这是给我的。

This is for me.

一个

a/an (one)

Denotes the number one as well as used as an indefinite article.

Example

给我一个苹果。

Give me an apple.

机会

opportunity

A time or set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.

Example

我有一个机会。

I have an opportunity.

Word-by-Word Breakdown

就

[jiù]

just, then

Indicates a direct action following another.

Example

你就给我一个机会证明。

Just give me a chance to prove.

给

[gěi]

to give

To present voluntarily and without expecting compensation.

Example

然后就给我一个机会。

Then give me a chance.

我

[wǒ]

I, me

Used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself.

Example

你就给我一个机会。

You give me a chance.

一

[yī]

one

The single unit, cardinal number.

Example

请给我一个机会。

Please give me one chance.

个

[gè]

measure word

Generic measure word for nouns.

Example

给我一个机会。

Give me a chance.

机会

[jī huì]

opportunity, chance

A time or set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.

Example

这是我的机会。

This is my opportunity.

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