<p>Mandarin:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>请你让一让可以吗？</p>
</blockquote>

<p>or</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>麻烦你给我腾位置可以吗？</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Cantonese:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>唔该借个位？</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The statements are similar.</p>

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WDC
<p>There are a lot of ways to ask people to move aside to give room</p>

<p>Mandarin: </p>

<p>能請你坐開些嗎? (would you please sit aside a little?)</p>

<p>能請你騰一騰空位嗎? (would you please make some room for me?)</p>

<p>Cantonese:</p>

<p>唔該坐過啲 (please site aside a bit)</p>

<p>唔該坐開小小 (please sit aside a little)</p>

<p><em>In Cantonese, to ask people to move aside, we say 唔該借一借, or 唔該借歪, you can use these phrase in your example too</em></p>

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Tang Ho
<p>Assume Bob is sitting on the couch.</p>

<p>In Mandarin, how would Alice politely ask Bob to move over and make room for her?</p>

<p>Is this different for Cantonese?</p>

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Usually, people in the subway car say: 能(往那边)窜一下吗？，往那边窜一下呗？. In English, it's like saying *can you scooch down a bit?*.
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How to say, "Could you please move over?" (Cantonese and Mandarin)
# How to say, "Could you please move over?" (Cantonese and Mandarin)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-04)

Assume Bob is sitting on the couch.

In Mandarin, how would Alice politely ask Bob to move over and make room for her?

Is this different for Cantonese?

**Tags:** mandarin, cantonese

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Usually, people in the subway car say: 能(往那边)窜一下吗？，往那边窜一下呗？. In English, it's like saying *can you scooch down a bit?*.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2018-07-04. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

There are a lot of ways to ask people to move aside to give room

Mandarin:

能請你坐開些嗎? (would you please sit aside a little?)

能請你騰一騰空位嗎? (would you please make some room for me?)

Cantonese:

唔該坐過啲 (please site aside a bit)

唔該坐開小小 (please sit aside a little)

*In Cantonese, to ask people to move aside, we say 唔該借一借, or 唔該借歪, you can use these phrase in your example too*


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-07-04. Score: 1

Mandarin:

> 请你让一让可以吗？

or

> 麻烦你给我腾位置可以吗？

Cantonese:

> 唔该借个位？

The statements are similar.


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