🎙️7️⃣Weekend Plans – Talking About the Future in Chinese

In this episode, we’ll make weekend plans with a friend! You’ll learn how to express future intentions using 要, 打算, and 想 — and sound natural when talking about your upcoming plans in Chinese. 🌞☕

星期五下午，下班前，新同事问我：“你周末打算做什么？”我说：“我打算去公园散步，还要去超市买东西。”她说：“我也想去公园，我们一起去吧！”我笑着说：“好啊，周六见！”

Xīng qī wǔ xià wǔ, xià bān qián, xīn tóng shì wèn wǒ: “Nǐ zhōu mò dǎ suàn zuò shén me?”Wǒ shuō: “Wǒ dǎ suàn qù gōng yuán sàn bù, hái yào qù chāo shì mǎi dōng xi.”Tā shuō: “Wǒ yě xiǎng qù gōng yuán, wǒ men yì qǐ qù ba!”Wǒ xiào zhe shuō: “Hǎo a, zhōu liù jiàn!”

• 打算 — plan to / intend to

• 要 — will / going to / need to

• 想 — want to / would like to