How to Say “Are you open now?” in Chinese
Shopping · HSK 2
"Are you open now?" in Chinese is 你们现在开门吗？ (Nǐ men xiàn zài kāi mén ma?). 开门 (kāi mén) literally means 'open the door' and is the most natural way to ask if a shop is open; far more common than 营业 in spoken Chinese. When calling a restaurant or shop, most Chinese speakers lead with 喂,你们现在开门吗? (Hello, are you open now?).
Primary translation
你们现在开门吗？
Nǐ men xiàn zài kāi mén ma?
Traditional: 你們現在開門嗎？
Variants by register
Formal
请问现在营业吗？
Qǐng wèn xiàn zài yíng yè ma?
Casual
现在开着吗？
Xiàn zài kāi zhe ma?
When to use it
开门 (kāi mén) literally means 'open the door' and is the most natural way to ask if a shop is open; far more common than 营业 in spoken Chinese. When calling a restaurant or shop, most Chinese speakers lead with 喂,你们现在开门吗? (Hello, are you open now?). The casual 开着吗 uses the aspect particle 着 (zhe) to indicate a continuing state; a subtle but important grammar point. In Taiwan, you'll also hear 有开吗? (yǒu kāi ma?) which uses 有 as a verb-aspect marker, a southern-dialect pattern that's spread through Taiwanese Mandarin.
Example sentences
你们现在开门吗？
Nǐ men xiàn zài kāi mén ma?
Are you open now?
开的，欢迎进来看看。
Kāi de, huān yíng jìn lái kàn kan.
Yes we're open; come on in and take a look.
不好意思，我们已经关门了。
Bù hǎo yì si, wǒ men yǐ jīng guān mén le.
Sorry, we've already closed.