How to Say “What’s your phone number?” in Japanese

by Tomoyuki Higuchi

How do you say “What’s your phone number?” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

What’s your phone number?

電話番号教えて？

　denwabangou* oshiete

If you want to ask politely, you can say :

電話番号教えていただけますか？

　denwabangou* oshiete itadakemasuka

When it is obvious that you are talking about a phone number you can simply say “番号 bangou” which means “number”.

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• 電話番号 denwabangou　＝　phone number
• … 教えて？ … oshiete　＝　Can you tell me …?

The literal translation of “電話番号教えて？” is “Can you tell me your phone number?”.

We do not usually say “あなたは anatawa (= you)”, “あなたの anatano (= your)” or “わたしに watashini (= me)” in everyday conversation.