<p>"做你有那个时" sounds very strange to me and honestly I wouldn't have known what you meant had I not read the English version</p>

<p>"劳驾" isn't really appropriate in this type of sentence either</p>

<p>something like </p>

<p>“不好意思，请问现在几点” is more natural sounding</p>

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hm527
<blockquote>
<p>劳驾、做你有那个时？</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This appears to be an almost word-for-word direct translation of:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Excuse me, do you have the time?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>But this expression is idiomatic in English, so it's not going to translate well.  I don't think it would be understandable.</p>
<h3>What's wrong with it?</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E5%8A%B3%E9%A9%BE/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">劳驾</a> = excuse me; I believe this is correct and polite (maybe a bit rare).  I'd probably say <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E9%BA%BB%E7%83%A6%E4%BD%A0%E4%BA%86" rel="nofollow noreferrer">麻烦你了</a> (&quot;trouble you&quot; = &quot;excuse me&quot;) followed by <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E8%AF%B7%E9%97%AE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">请问</a> (&quot;may I ask&quot;) so whoever I'm speaking to can notice I'm speaking Chinese before I start asking a question.</li>
<li>、 is the wrong comma; it's used for lists, like A、B和C.  See: <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/28335/commas-which-one-is-proper">Commas, which one is proper?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E5%81%9A" rel="nofollow noreferrer">做</a> = to do; this is not equivalent to &quot;do&quot; in the English sentence above, and is incorrect.  E.g. 做作业 = &quot;to do homework&quot;.</li>
<li><a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E4%BD%A0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">你</a> = you; this is correct.</li>
<li><a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E6%9C%89" rel="nofollow noreferrer">有</a> = to have; this matches the English sentence, but the English is idiomatic so it's not appropriate to translate this.  (We don't actually &quot;possess&quot; time.)</li>
<li><a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA" rel="nofollow noreferrer">那个</a> = that; this is incorrect.  Chinese doesn't have a simple notion of &quot;the&quot;.  See: <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/35638/how-to-express-the-in-chinese">How to express &quot;the&quot; in Chinese</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E6%97%B6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">时</a> = time; but it does not match &quot;time&quot; in the English sentence.  那个时 doesn't work; the closest is <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA%E6%97%B6%E9%97%B4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">那个时间</a> = &quot;that time&quot; (using <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E6%97%B6%E9%97%B4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">时间</a> = time).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Ordinary Chinese</h3>
<p>Probably the most natural option is:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>May I ask, what's the time now?<br />
请问，现在几点了？<br />
<sub>Qǐngwèn, xiànzài jǐ diǎnle?</sub></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Although 请问 could be replaced by many other alternatives.</p>

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<p>You could say something like</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>不好意思（劳驾），麻烦下现在的时间。</p>
</blockquote>

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Word-for-word translation from one language to another seldom work well, and usually ends up hilariously, like translating this simple Chinese sentence, 你吓我一跳, as "You scared me one jump"
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user11975
<p>打扰一下=(bother for a while) 对不起=(sorry)
but the meaning still can be use for the sentences
and the 你知道现在几点吗 meaning is (do you know what time now?)</p>

<p>I'm Chinese so I know it,
more accurately 
Excuse me=(不好意思)</p>

<p>for the whole translation is like this:
不好意思，你知道现在几点吗？(do you have the time)</p>

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I think you might be a bit confused with "do you have the time" vs. "do you have time". The former means "do you know what time it is" and the latter "are you free". So "请问你有空吗？" is not an accurate translation of "Do you have the time?"
monalisa
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you mean do you have the time meaning is same with ask people what time it's?
Le Parkour
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Yes, "do you have the time?" = "do you know what time it is?"
monalisa
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Le Parkour
<p>I'm self translating common phrases in English, and I tried to translate "Excuse me, do you have the time?" And I came up with:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>劳驾、做你有那个时？</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Is this a natural sounding sentence and is it correct?</p>

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This is as illegible as machine translation ... should be 不好意思，请问您有时间吗？
Fan Zheng
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for possible translation see iciba: 2. Do you have the time, please?请问现在几点钟了?来自互联网3. Excuse me, do you have the time?
打扰一下, 请问您的表几点了?（Such a word-for-word translation does not even work for any number of Western languages,why should it work for Chinese. 这样与原文逐字对应的方式甚至翻译成若干种西方语言行不通，为什么为中文可能会有道理呢？)
user6065
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@FanZheng 请问您有时间吗？is "do you have time?", not "do you have the time?"
monalisa
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That is not how languages work...
vermillon
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"請問" is used well.
Henry HO
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Just want to point out "劳驾" is only appropriate when you're asking someone to make way for you or to do you a favour."不好意思", "打扰您一下", or even "您好" is better.
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Does 劳驾、做你有那个时？ sound natural? ("Excuse me, do you have the time?")
# Does 劳驾、做你有那个时？ sound natural? ("Excuse me, do you have the time?")

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-23)

I'm self translating common phrases in English, and I tried to translate "Excuse me, do you have the time?" And I came up with:

> 劳驾、做你有那个时？

Is this a natural sounding sentence and is it correct?

**Tags:** translation, grammar, writing-critique

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This is as illegible as machine translation ... should be 不好意思，请问您有时间吗？  
> **username_2**: for possible translation see iciba: 2. Do you have the time, please?请问现在几点钟了?来自互联网3. Excuse me, do you have the time? 打扰一下, 请问您的表几点了?（Such a word-for-word translation does not even work for any number of Western languages,why should it work for Chinese. 这样与原文逐字对应的方式甚至翻译成若干种西方语言行不通，为什么为中文可能会有道理呢？)  
> **username_3**: @FanZheng 请问您有时间吗？is "do you have time?", not "do you have the time?"  
> **username_4**: That is not how languages work...  
> **username_5**: "請問" is used well.  
> **username_6**: Just want to point out "劳驾" is only appropriate when you're asking someone to make way for you or to do you a favour."不好意思", "打扰您一下", or even "您好" is better.  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_7 on 2015-10-26. Score: 1

"做你有那个时" sounds very strange to me and honestly I wouldn't have known what you meant had I not read the English version

"劳驾" isn't really appropriate in this type of sentence either

something like

“不好意思，请问现在几点” is more natural sounding


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### Answer by username_8 on 2019-11-16. Score: 1

> 劳驾、做你有那个时？

This appears to be an almost word-for-word direct translation of:

> Excuse me, do you have the time?

But this expression is idiomatic in English, so it's not going to translate well. I don't think it would be understandable.

### What's wrong with it?

* [劳驾](http://youdao.com/w/%E5%8A%B3%E9%A9%BE/) = excuse me; I believe this is correct and polite (maybe a bit rare). I'd probably say [麻烦你了](http://youdao.com/w/%E9%BA%BB%E7%83%A6%E4%BD%A0%E4%BA%86) ("trouble you" = "excuse me") followed by [请问](http://youdao.com/w/%E8%AF%B7%E9%97%AE) ("may I ask") so whoever I'm speaking to can notice I'm speaking Chinese before I start asking a question.
* 、 is the wrong comma; it's used for lists, like A、B和C. See: [Commas, which one is proper?](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/28335/commas-which-one-is-proper)
* [做](http://youdao.com/w/%E5%81%9A) = to do; this is not equivalent to "do" in the English sentence above, and is incorrect. E.g. 做作业 = "to do homework".
* [你](http://youdao.com/w/%E4%BD%A0) = you; this is correct.
* [有](http://youdao.com/w/%E6%9C%89) = to have; this matches the English sentence, but the English is idiomatic so it's not appropriate to translate this. (We don't actually "possess" time.)
* [那个](http://youdao.com/w/%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA) = that; this is incorrect. Chinese doesn't have a simple notion of "the". See: [How to express "the" in Chinese](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/35638/how-to-express-the-in-chinese)
* [时](http://youdao.com/w/%E6%97%B6) = time; but it does not match "time" in the English sentence. 那个时 doesn't work; the closest is [那个时间](http://youdao.com/w/%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA%E6%97%B6%E9%97%B4) = "that time" (using [时间](http://youdao.com/w/%E6%97%B6%E9%97%B4) = time).

### Ordinary Chinese

Probably the most natural option is:

> May I ask, what's the time now?  
> 请问，现在几点了？  
> Qǐngwèn, xiànzài jǐ diǎnle?

Although 请问 could be replaced by many other alternatives.


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### Answer by username_9 on 2015-10-27. Score: 0

You could say something like

> 不好意思（劳驾），麻烦下现在的时间。

> **Comments:**
> **username_10**: Word-for-word translation from one language to another seldom work well, and usually ends up hilariously, like translating this simple Chinese sentence, 你吓我一跳, as "You scared me one jump"  

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### Answer by username_11 on 2015-10-23. Score: -3

打扰一下=(bother for a while) 对不起=(sorry)
but the meaning still can be use for the sentences
and the 你知道现在几点吗 meaning is (do you know what time now?)

I'm Chinese so I know it,
more accurately
Excuse me=(不好意思)

for the whole translation is like this:
不好意思，你知道现在几点吗？(do you have the time)

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: I think you might be a bit confused with "do you have the time" vs. "do you have time". The former means "do you know what time it is" and the latter "are you free". So "请问你有空吗？" is not an accurate translation of "Do you have the time?"  
> **username_11**: you mean do you have the time meaning is same with ask people what time it's?  
> **username_3**: Yes, "do you have the time?" = "do you know what time it is?"  

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