Ask to add a WeChat contact, agree who scans, and send a short first message, location, or photo.
Adding a contact and having a useful conversation are different tasks. A new contact may not recognize a bare 你好, and a location pin may not identify which entrance of a large building you mean. After exchanging contact details, give the person a clue about who you are and make the next arrangement specific.
Write a recognizable first message and agree on a meeting point
1 You and a new acquaintance talked about meeting at the same cafe tomorrow at three. You send your first message.
Give a new contact the context of where you met before arranging the next conversation. They practice permission to add a contact, identifying yourself after a meeting, and clarifying time and place. Use a contact code to add a person; use the checkout lesson for payment codes.
The first message reminds the recipient where the two people met.
A
You你好，我是昨天中文课上的安娜。
nǐhǎo, wǒshìzuótiānzhōngwénkèshangdeānnà.
Hi, I'm Anna from yesterday's Chinese class.
B
Contact你好，想起来了。明天还上课吗？
nǐhǎo, xiǎngqǐlaile. míngtiānháishàngkèma?
Hi, I remember. Are you going to class tomorrow too?
A
You上，还是下午三点吗？
shàng, háishixiàwǔsāndiǎnma?
Yes. Is it still at three in the afternoon?
B
Contact对，教室也没变。
duì, jiàoshìyěméibiàn.
Yes, and the classroom hasn't changed.
The pin has not settled which door
The chat recovers the entrance and inside/outside distinction, not merely a shared building name.
A
You我到了，你在哪个门？
wǒdàole, nǐzàinǎgemén?
I'm here. Which entrance are you at?
B
Contact西门，门外。
xīmén, ménwài.
The west entrance, outside.
A
You我在东门，我过去找你。
wǒzàidōngmén, wǒguòqùzhǎonǐ.
I'm at the east entrance. I'll come find you.
B
Contact好，我在这里等。
hǎo, wǒzàizhèlǐděng.
Okay, I'll wait here.
Adding a contact and arranging a meeting
可以加你微信吗
Ask permission to add the person. Give the other person room to accept or decline the request.
我扫你吧。
You are offering to scan the other person's code. If they say the same sentence, the roles reverse.
你好，我是刚才的安娜。
Use your own name and the real shared context. Add the place if the reader may not recognize you.
请把位置发给我。
Ask for the location to be sent. If the site has multiple entrances, ask which one as a separate detail.
我把照片发给你。
This says you will send a photo to the reader. Check the actual chat recipient before sharing personal images.
Making a new chat easy to recognize
Ask before opening the scanner
可以加你微信吗 asks whether the other person is comfortable adding you. 我扫你吧 offers to scan their code. The speaker is 我, and the person whose code is scanned is 你. If they say 我扫你吧, show the contact code they need, not an unrelated payment screen. Accept a declined contact request and continue or end the conversation politely.
Make your first message recognizable
你好，我是刚才的安娜 identifies you as Anna from the recent meeting. A more specific version is 我是刚才在咖啡店跟你聊天的安娜, identifying the shared place and interaction. Use the details that really apply, and do not share a home address just to prove your identity. If the meeting was yesterday, 昨天 replaces 刚才, which means just now or a short time ago.
Still the same plan, or a choice?
还是 has more than one conversational job. 明天还是在那家店见吗 checks whether the previous plan still stands. 在咖啡店见，还是在车站见 asks the person to choose between two locations. Look at the alternatives, not just the single word. Reply with the day, time, and place to settle the plan.
A pin and an entrance name complement each other
位置 is a location; 发定位 commonly refers to sending a map pin in this context. 门外 means outside the entrance, not inside the building. If the other person says 我到了, ask 你在哪个门 when there are several doors. 东门 and 西门 are different entrances. Confirm the entrance or landmark where you will actually meet.
What you might hear back
你扫我吧。
nǐsǎowǒba.
You scan my code.
The other person wants you to use the scanner. Confirm you are exchanging contacts, not initiating a payment.
还是原来的时间吗？
háishiyuánláideshíjiānma?
Is it still the original time?
Confirm whether the earlier arrangement still works for you.
我在门外。
wǒzàiménwài.
I'm outside the entrance.
Ask which entrance if that remains unclear. 外 changes the meeting point from inside to outside.
Read the meeting arrangement
A contact says 我扫你. Who operates the scanner?
The contact, because they are the speaker of 我. You show the relevant contact code.
Does 还是 always present two alternatives?
No. It can check whether an earlier plan still stands. Look for the actual alternatives in the sentence.
A person sends a pin for a large mall. What might still need clarification?
The entrance and whether they are inside or outside. A building-level location may not settle either.