会在忙吗
“Could he be busy right now?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
伦敦那边是下午三点半
“it's 3:30 p.m. in London.”
会 在忙吗
“Could he be busy right now?”
喂
“Hello.”
“I really want to talk, but I worry I might be interrupting them.”
Checking whether someone 'is busy' before initiating a talk reflects Chinese relational politeness to avoid putting undue burden on the other party.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
currently busy
Commonly used in phone calls and messaging to ask if the other party has time to talk.
Frames the self-directed query as an uncertain yes-no question reflecting inner doubt.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(Are you busy? Let's meet tonight.)”
“I'm already busy!”
“I'm too busy for this. Who isn't busy?”
“What are you up to these days? Nothing.”
“Ugh, I'm still busy.”
“What are you doing? Get down to work.”