Beijing Travel Essentials: Useful Mandarin Chinese Phrases
Useful Chinese Phrases
Chinese is the world's most spoken language with over 900 million speakers around the globe. As well as mainland China, Mandarin can be heard in both Taiwan and Singapore where the language has official status and among the millions of ex-pat Chinese around the world in the USA, UK, Japan and other countries. The language has two written versions for the thousands of Chinese characters that make up the language. Simplified Chinese is used in mainland China and throughout South East Asia whereas traditional Chinese characters are used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Learning a few simple phrases before any visit to China can make your stay so much more enjoyable and hassle-free. Chinese people warm to any visitor who makes an effort to speak some of their language, however bad it is. Mandarin has four tones numbered 1 through 4. The first is a high tone ā, second is a high rising tone third is a low falling-rising tone ă and fourth is a high falling tone Below are a few basic phrases to help you on your way. Listen to some useful Mandarin phrases here, the numbers in Mandarin here, introductions & looking for an apartment here and greetings, weather, days of the week and travel words here. The Basicsyes shì Meeting PeopleHello nĭ hăo
GeneralWhere is ......? ......zai năli? EmergenciesCall a doctor! Dǎ diànhuà gěi yīshēng Food & DrinkDo you have vegetarian food? Nǐ yǒu sùshí ma? Numbers in Mandarin1 yī 一
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