How to Say "Excuse me" in Chinese (Mandarin): 打扰一下。

The characters in 打扰一下。

• 打

  To hit; to do.

  5 strokes

• 扰 / 擾

  To disturb, bother. 扌 (hand) is on the left.

打扰 is "to bother", so 打扰一下 is "sorry to bother you for a moment": excuse me. Use it before asking a stranger something.

More examples with 打扰一下。

• 打扰一下，洗手间在哪里？

  打擾一下，洗手間在哪裡？

  Dǎrǎo yíxià, xǐshǒujiān zài nǎlǐ?

  Excuse me, where is the bathroom?

• 对不起，打扰你了。

  對不起，打擾你了。

  Duìbuqǐ, dǎrǎo nǐ le.

  Sorry to bother you.