Chinese phrase
预算已经批准了吗？ yù suàn yǐ jīng pī zhǔn le ma
Meaning
Has the budget been approved yet?
When to use it
This asks whether a budget has received approval yet. It is a neutral, polite question often used at work to check the status of a budget.
Example dialogue
我们明天要开会，预算已经批准了吗？ wǒ men míng tiān yào kāi huì yù suàn yǐ jīng pī zhǔn le ma
We have a meeting tomorrow. Has the budget been approved yet?
还没有，财务还在审批，可能下周才能批。 hái méi yǒu cái wù hái zài shěn pī kě néng xià zhōu cái néng pī
Not yet. Finance is still reviewing it, so it will probably be approved next week.