Asking for Transport Directions

If we don’t know how to get to a place, we can use the expressions below to ask for transport directions. Both the verbs 坐 co5 and 搭 daap3 can mean ‘to take’. You can replace 坐 co5 with 搭 daap3 in the expressions below.

你	知	唔	知	麥花臣	點	去	呀	？
nei5	zi1	m4	zi1	mak6 faa1 san2	dim2	heoi3	aa3	?
you	know	not	know	MacPherson	how	go	SP

我	今晚	去	睇	演唱會	呀	。
ngo5	gam1 maan5	heoi3	tai2	jin2 coeng3 wui2	aa3	.
I	tonight	go	watch	singing concert	SP

Do you know for MacPherson [a stadium], how I go to there?

I will go there to watch a singing concert tonight.

我	今晚	去	麥花臣	睇	演唱會	呀	，
ngo5	gam1 maan5	heoi3	mak6 faa1 san2	tai2	jin2 coeng3 wui2	aa3	,
I	tonight	go	MacPherson	watch	singing concert	SP

你	知	唔	知道	可以	坐	咩	車	去	呀	？
nei5	zi1	m4	zi1 dou3	ho2 ji5	co5	me1	ce1	heoi3	aa3	?
you	know	not	know	can	take	what	public transport	go	SP

I will go to MacPherson to watch a singing concert tonight.

Do you know what public transport I can take to go there?

麥花臣	呀	？	可以	坐	火車	去	。
mak6 faa1 san2	aa4	?	ho2 ji5	co5	fo2 ce1	heoi3	.
MacPherson	SP		can	take	train	go

MacPherson? You can take the train to go there.

麥花臣	呀	？
mak6 faa1 san2	aa4	?
MacPherson	SP

可以	坐	巴士	或者	小巴	去	。
ho2 ji5	co5	baa1 si2	waak6 ze2	siu2 baa1	heoi3	.
can	take	bus	or	minibus	go

MacPherson? You can take the bus or minibus to go there.

你	可以	坐	巴士	去	金鐘	再	轉	地鐵	。
nei5	ho2 ji5	co5	baa1 si2	heoi3	gam1 zung1	zoi3	zyun3	dei6 tit3	.
you	can	take	bus	go	Admiralty	and then	change	subway

You can take the bus to go to Admiralty and then change to the subway.

我	知	可以	坐	巴士	去	，
ngo5	zi1	ho2 ji5	co5	baa1 si2	heoi3	,
I	know	can	take	bus	go

不過	我	唔	知	坐	邊	架	，
bat1 gwo3	ngo5	m4	zi1	co5	bin1	gaa3	,
but	I	not	know	take	which	CL

你	可以	上網	揾	下	。
nei5	ho2 ji5	soeng5 mong5	wan2	haa5	.
you	can	go on Internet	find	AP

I know you can take the bus to go there,

but I don’t know which one to take.

You can go on the Internet to have a search.

我	知道	樓下	有	㗎	小巴	經	嗰度	，
ngo5	zi1 dou3	lau4 haa6	jau5	gaa3	siu2 baa1	ging1	go2 dou6	,
I	know	downstairs	have	CL	minibus	pass through	there

不過	我	唔	知道	喺	邊度	落車	，
bat1 gwo3	ngo5	m4	zi1 dou3	hai2	bin1 dou6	lok6 ce1	,
but	I	not	know	at	where	get off

你	上車	嗰陣時	，	可以	問	下	個	司機	。
nei5	soeng5 ce1	go2 zan6 si4	,	ho2 ji5	man6	haa5	go3	si1 gei1	.
you	get on	when		can	ask	AP	CL	driver

I know there is a minibus downstairs that passes through there,

but I don’t know where to get off.

When you get on, you can ask the driver.

我	都	唔	知	呀	。
ngo5	dou1	m4	zi1	aa3	.
you	too	not	know	SP

I don’t know either.

We may ask follow-up questions based on the type of transport the other person suggests.

Subway or Train

地鐵	坐	去	咩	站	呀	？
dei6 tit3	co5	heoi3	me1	zaam6	aa3	?
subway	take	go	what	station	SP

For the subway, what station do I take it to go to?

10.

火車	坐	去	邊	個	站	呀	？
fo2 ce1	co5	heoi3	bin1	go3	zaam6	aa3	?
train	take	go	which	CL	station	SP

For the train, which station do I take it to go to?

11.

坐	去	旺角東	站	。
co5	heoi3	wong6 gok3 dung1	zaam6	.
take	go	Mong Kok East	station

Take it to go to Mong Kok East Station.

12.

坐	咩	線	呀	？
co5	me1	sin3	aa3	?
take	what	line	SP

What line do I take?

13.

坐	邊	條	線	呀	？
co5	bin1	tiu4	sin3	aa3	?
take	which	CL	line	SP

Which line do I take?

14.

坐	東鐵線	。
co5	dung1 tit3 sin3	.
take	East Rail Line

Take the East Rail Line.

15.

坐	屯馬線	再	轉	東鐵線	。
co5	tyun4 maa5 sin3	zoi3	zyun3	dung1 tit3 sin3	.
take	Tuen Ma Line	and then	change	East Rail Line

Take the Tuen Ma Line and then change to the East Rail Line.

16.

喺	咩	站	轉車	呀	？
hai2	me1	zaam6	zyun3 ce1	aa3	?
at	what	station	change	SP

What station do I change trains at?

17.

喺	邊	個	站	轉車	呀	？
hai2	bin1	go3	zaam6	zyun3 ce1	aa3	?
at	which	CL	station	change	SP

Which station do I change trains at?

18.

喺	紅磡	站	轉車	。
hai2	hung4 ham3	zaam6	zyun3 ce1	.
at	Hung Ham	station	change

Change trains at Hung Ham Station.

19.

地鐵	點	坐	呀	？
dei6 tit3	dim2	co5	aa3	?
subway	how	take	SP

For the subway, how do I take it?

20.

坐	屯馬線	去	紅磡	站	，
co5	tyun4 maa5 sin3	heoi3	hung4 ham3	zaam6	,
take	Tuen Ma Line	go	Hung Ham	station

去	到	紅磡	站	就	轉	東鐵線	，
heoi3	dou3	hung4 ham3	zaam6	zau6	zyun3	dung1 tit3 sin3	,
go	VP	Hung Ham	station	then	change	East Rail Line

跟住	坐	去	旺角東	站	。
gan1 zyu6	co5	heoi3	wong6 gok3 dung1	zaam6	.
and then	take	go	Mong Kok East	station

Take the Tuen Ma Line to go to Hung Ham Station.

When you have gone to Hung Ham Station, then change to the East Rail Line.

And then, take it to go to Mong Kok East Station.

Bus

21.

巴士	坐	幾多號	呀	？
baa1 si2	co5	gei2 do1 hou6	aa3	?
bus	take	what number	SP

For the bus, what number do I take?

22.

巴士	坐	邊	架	呀	？
baa1 si2	co5	bin1	gaa3	aa3	?
bus	take	which	CL	SP

For the bus, which one do I take?

23.

坐	九	號	。
co5	gau2	hou6	.
take	9	number

Take Number 9.

24.

喺	咩	站	落車	呀	？
hai2	me1	zaam6	lok6 ce1	aa3	?
at	what	stop	get off	SP

What stop do I get off at?

25.

喺	邊	個	站	落車	呀	？
hai2	bin1	go3	zaam6	lok6 ce1	aa3	?
at	which	CL	stop	get off	SP

Which stop do I get off at?

26.

喺	太平道	落車	。
hai2	taai3 ping4 dou6	lok6 ce1	.
at	Peace Avenue	get off

Get off at Peace Avenue.

27.

喺	總站	落車	。
hai2	zung2 zaam6	lok6 ce1	.
at	terminal	get off

Get off at the terminal.

Minibus

28.

小巴	坐	幾多號	呀	？
siu2 baa1	co5	gei2 do1 hou6	aa3	?
minibus	take	what number	SP

For the minibus, what number do I take?

29.

小巴	坐	邊	架	呀	？
siu2 baa1	co5	bin1	gaa3	aa3	?
minibus	take	which	CL	SP

For the minibus, which one do I take?

30.

坐	七十四	號	。
co5	cat1 sap6 sei3	hou6	.
take	74	number

Take Number 74.

31.

喺	邊度	落車	呀	？
hai2	bin1 dou6	lok6 ce1	aa3	?
at	where	get off	SP

Where do I get off at?

32.

喺	奶路臣街	落車	。
hai2	naai5 lou6 san4 gaai1	lok6 ce1	.
at	Nelson Street	get off

Get off at Nelson Street.

When we need to get off a minibus in Hong Kong, we need to shout to let the driver know where we want to get off at. If we want to know when and what we should shout, we can ask:

33.

點	嗌落	呀	？
dim2	aai3 lok6	aa3	?
how	shout to get off	SP

How do I shout to get off?

34.

你	見	到	廣華醫院
nei5	gin3	dou2	gwong2 waa4 ji1 jyun2
you	see	VP	Kwong Wah Hospital

就	嗌	「	麥花臣	有落	」	。
zau6	aai3	“	mak6 faa1 san2	jau5 lok6	”	.
then	shout	“	MacPherson	have get off	”

When you see Kwong Wah Hospital,

then shout “MacPherson has get off”.

The punctuation marks 「…」 function like the quotation marks “…” in English.

35.

你	過	咗	廣華醫院
nei5	gwo3	zo2	gwong2 waa4 ji1 jyun2
you	pass	VP	Kwong Wah Hospital

就	嗌	「	麥花臣	有落	」	。
zau6	aai3	“	mak6 faa1 san2	jau5 lok6	”	.
then	shout	“	MacPherson	have get off	”

When you have passed Kwong Wah Hospital,

then shout “MacPherson has get off”.

Light Rail

36.

輕鐵	坐	咩	線	呀	？
hing1 tit3	co5	me1	sin3	aa3	?
light rail	take	what	line	SP

For the light rail, what line do I take?

37.

輕鐵	坐	邊	條	線	呀	？
hing1 tit3	co5	bin1	tiu4	sin3	aa3	?
light rail	take	which	CL	line	SP

For the light rail, which line do I take?

38.

輕鐵	坐	幾多號	線	呀	？
hing1 tit3	co5	gei2 do1 hou6	sin3	aa3	?
light rail	take	what number	line	SP

For the light rail, what line number do I take?

39.

坐	五零七	(線)	。
co5	ng5 ling4 cat1	(sin3)	.
take	507	line

Take Line 507.

40.

喺	咩	站	落車	呀	？
hai2	me1	zaam6	lok6 ce1	aa3	?
at	what	stop	get off	SP

What stop do I get off at?

41.

喺	邊	個	站	落車	呀	？
hai2	bin1	go3	zaam6	lok6 ce1	aa3	?
at	which	CL	stop	get off	SP

Which stop do I get off at?

42.

喺	屯門碼頭	落車	。
hai2	tyun4 mun4 maa5 tau4	lok6 ce1	.
at	Tuen Mun Ferry Pier	get off

Get off at Tuen Mun Ferry Pier.

If we don’t know where the station or the stop is, we can ask:

43.

地鐵站	喺	邊度	呀	？
dei6 tit3 zaam6	hai2	bin1 dou6	aa3	?
subway station	be at	where	SP

Where is the subway station?

44.

個	巴士站	喺	邊度	呀	？
go3	baa1 si2 zaam6	hai2	bin1 dou6	aa3	?
CL	bus stop	be at	where	SP

Where is the bus stop?

There is usually more than one bus stop or minibus stop near us. Therefore, we usually add the classifier 個 go3 before 巴士站 baa1 si2 zaam6 (‘bus stop’) or 小巴站 siu2 baa1 zaam6 (‘minibus stop’) to form a definite noun phrase to refer to the specific one we should go to.

45.

喺	街市	後邊	。
hai2	gaai1 si5	hau6 bin6	.
at	wet market	behind

It is behind the wet market.

The other person may be very kind and offer to walk us to the station or the stop.

46.

使唔使	帶	你	去	地鐵站	呀	？
sai2 m4 sai2	daai3	nei5	heoi3	dei6 tit3 zaam6	aa3	?
need not need to	take	you	go	subway station	SP

Do I need to take you to the subway station?

47.

我	帶	你	去	個	巴士站	吖	。
ngo5	daai3	nei5	heoi3	go3	baa1 si2 zaam6	aa1	.
I	take	you	go	CL	bus stop	SP

Let me take you to the bus stop.

48.

我	帶	你	去	個	巴士站	嘞	。
ngo5	daai3	nei5	heoi3	go3	baa1 si2 zaam6	laak3	.
I	take	you	go	CL	bus stop	SP

I can take you to the bus stop.

49.

好	呀	，	唔該	。
hou2	aa3	,	m4 goi1	.
good	SP		thank you

Good. Thank you.

50.

唔使	喇	，	我	自己	去	得	喇	。
m4 sai2	laa3	,	ngo5	zi6 gei2	heoi3	dak1	laa3	.
not need to	SP		I	on my own	go	okay	SP

You don’t need to. I go there on my own is okay.

The other person may also offer to give us a ride.

51.

使唔使	車	你	去	呀	？
sai2 m4 sai2	ce1	nei5	heoi3	aa3	?
need not need to	give a ride	you	go	SP

Do I need to give you a ride to go there?

52.

我	車	你	去	吖	。
ngo5	ce1	nei5	heoi3	aa1	.
I	give a ride	you	go	SP

Let me give you a ride to go there.

53.

我	車	你	去	嘞	。
ngo5	ce1	nei5	heoi3	laak3	.
I	give a ride	you	go	SP

I can give you a ride to go there.

54.

好	呀	，	唔該	。
hou2	aa3	,	m4 goi1	.
good	SP		thank you

Good. Thank you.

55.

唔使	喇	，
m4 sai2	laa3	,
not need to	SP

我	自己	坐	車	去	得	喇	。
ngo5	zi6 gei2	co5	ce1	heoi3	dak1	laa3	.
I	on my own	take	public transport	go	okay	SP

You don’t need to.

I take public transport on my own to go there is okay.

56.

唔使	喇	，	我	坐	地鐵	去	好	方便	。
m4 sai2	laa3	,	ngo5	co5	dei6 tit3	heoi3	hou2	fong1 bin6	.
not need to	SP		I	take	subway	go	very	convenient

You don’t need to. I take the subway to go there is very convenient.