HSK 5 · Function Words

劳驾 láojià “excuse me” in Chinese

Traditional 勞駕

What 劳驾 means

  1. excuse me

How to say 劳驾

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale劳láo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale驾jià4th tone, falling

劳驾 in a sentence

  1. 劳驾，来一杯咖啡。

    Láojià, lái yì bēi kāfēi.

    Excuse me, a cup of coffee, please.

    Sentence #4265144 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 可否劳驾你帮我个忙？

    Kěfǒu láojià nǐ bāng wǒ ge máng?

    Excuse me, could you do me a favour?

    Sentence #7774366 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 劳驾 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 劳 (láo) with each of its parts in a different colour
劳láoto toil; labour
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 力strength · lì
The character 驾 (jià) with each of its parts in a different colour
驾jiàto harness
  • 加to add to · jiāSound part
  • 马horse · mǎMeaning part

马 hints at the meaning (horse); 加 (jiā) hints at the sound. Compare it with jià.

How to write 劳驾

劳 7 strokes · 驾 8 strokes

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劳驾 (láojià) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 劳驾 (láojià). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 劳驾

Words with 劳

疲劳píláo · tired劳动láodòng · work勤劳qínláo · hardworking操劳cāoláo · to work hard功劳gōngláo · credit

Words with 驾

驾驶jiàshǐ · to drive

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极其jíqí · extremely居然jūrán · unexpectedly颗kē · measure word for small round things (a pearl可见kějiàn · it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)厘米límǐ · centimetre连忙liánmáng · promptly临时línshí · temporary陆续lùxù · in turn

FAQs

劳驾 (láojià) means “excuse me”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it láojià: láo with a 2nd tone, then jià with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 劳驾 is written 勞駕. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type laojia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 劳驾 from the suggestions. Typing laojia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
劳驾 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.