How to Say ‘May I have your name?’ in Traditional Chinese
請問您的名字是？
qǐng wèn nín de míng zì shì
[chihng-wuhn neen duh ming-dzuh shih]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: In Taiwan, staff may ask this to record the reservation under a name. A slightly fuller version like [請問怎麼稱呼？] can sound especially polished in customer service.
Phrase Breakdown
請問
qǐng wèn
[chihng-wuhn]
May I ask
A polite way to start a question.
請問您的名字是？
May I ask what your name is?
您的
nín de
Words in this phrase
您
nín
[neen]
You
Formal or polite version of 'you'.
您的名字是什麼？
What is your name?
的
de
[duh]
Of (possessive)
Shows possession.
這是您的名字。
This is your name.
名字
míng zì
[ming-dzuh]
Name
A word by which a person is known.
請問這裡的名字是什麼？
May I ask what the name here is?
是
shì
[shih]
Is/Are/Am
Verb to be for identification.
這是您的。
This is yours.
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