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Office Survival Chinese: "确认" — The Safest Word in the Workplace

Office Survival Chinese: "确认" — The Safest Word in the Workplace

确认

quèrèn

Business Chinese Buzzwords

商务热词

Buzzwords

In the workplace, many misunderstandings and mistakes stem from one reason — failure to 确认. Today we'll dive into this most widely applicable and most frequently used safety word in the workplace.

Core Meaning

确认

quèrèn

confirm

(to ensure the accuracy of information by asking or verifying.)

Useful Sentences

请确认一下

qǐng quèrèn yíxià.

Please confirm it.

方案我发你了,请确认一下。

Fāng'àn wǒ fā nǐ le, 

qǐng quèrèn yíxià.I've sent you the plan. 

Please confirm it.

文件发你邮箱了,请确认一下。Wénjiàn fā nǐ yóuxiāng le, 

qǐng quèrèn yíxià.I've sent the document to 

your email. Please confirm it.

确认一下[something]

quèrèn yíxià [something]

Confirm something

我们确认一下开会时间。Wǒmen quèrèn yíxià kāihuì shíjiān.Let's confirm the meeting time.

你跟小李确认一下收货地址。Nǐ gēn Xiǎo Lǐ quèrèn 

yíxià shōuhuò dìzhǐ.You and Xiao Li need to 

confirm the delivery address.

已确认

yǐ quèrèn

Confirmed

客户行程已确认

Kèhù xíngchéng yǐ quèrèn

Customer itinerary confirmed.

数据核对已确认

Shùjù héduì yǐ quèrèn

Data verification confirmed.

Common Collocations

已确认

yǐ quèrèn

       confirmed      

待确认

dài quèrèn

to be confirmed / TBC  

确认收到

quèrèn shōudào

confirm receipt    

Quiz

  1. What should you say to ask someone to check a document for correctness?

    A.请确认一下这个文件

    B.我确认一下这个文件

    C.这个文件已确认

  2. What does "待确认" mean?

    A. Already confirmed

    B. No need to confirm

    C. Not yet confirmed, needs to wait

  3. How do you respond when you've checked the data and found no issues?

    A.待确认,没问题

    B.已确认,没问题

    C.请确认一下,没问题

A-C-B

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