"What's your Hong Kong phone number?"

Translation: 你的香港电话号码是多少？

[bleakorange7]

说”你的香港电话号码是什么“不可以吗？

[EvelynYap]

Yes, I think this is the better way to ask for a phone number: 你的电话号码是什么? "What is your phone number" versus the example/answer given ~是多少?which is like asking "How many~". Can any native speaker enlighten us, please?

[Kovac031]

can confirm ... 多少 is what I've been told by my 老师 is the more correct form for phone numbers.

[Brian509442]

"How many" is used for phone numbers, even though "what" seems more clear for English speakers.

[qwieny]

I don't understand

[Angel509]

What's the difference if you place the phrase Hong Kong after phone number as opposed to before?

[Gabrielle145359]

香港 describes/modifies 电话号码, so it has to come first. That's just how the word order works in Chinese, at least, in a simple sentence structure like this. This is my understanding. I'm not a native Chinese speaker.

[DimitriIva9]

How do I know where to put 是 in the sentence

[kaufman413]

Would it work without the 是？Just: 你的香港电话号码多少?

[Kovac031]

no ... the sentence needs a verb somewhere

[ScarlettB_17]

Shouldn't the translation be: 你的香港的电话号码是多少？Since 香港 modifies 电话号码, isn't the 的 particale necessary? Thanks for any clarification.

[Fizeg]

你的香港的电话号码 don't we need 的 after 香港 as well?
In English we definitely don't, but in Russian, for example, we do.

[ElChupacab8]

As a native chinese speaker saying 'How much is your phone number?' is really strange. 什么 would be correct

[Nihao-183]

Why should we add De in the sentence?

[qwieny]

I don't know why i got it wrong