Mandarin Phrasebook & Dictionary
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Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Mandarin phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Order authentic street food, chat over a game of mah jong and bargain at the market -all with your trusted travel companion. With language tools in your back pocket, you can truly get to the heart of wherever you go, so begin your journey now!
Get More From Your Trip with Easy-to-Find Phrases for Every Travel Situation!
Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings Order with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoder Save time and hassles with vital phrases at your fingertips Never get stuck for words with the 3500-word two-way, quick-reference dictionary Be prepared for both common and emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminology Meet friends with conversation starter phrases Get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides
Inside Lonely Planet Phrasebook & Dictionary:
Full-color throughout User-friendly layout organized by travel scenario categories Survival phrases inside front cover for at-a-glance on-the-fly cues
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Basics – time, dates, numbers, amounts, pronunciation, reading tips, grammar rules Practical – travel with kids, disabled travellers, sightseeing, business, banking, post office, internet, phones, repairs, bargaining, accommodations, directions, border crossing, transport Social – meeting people, interests, feelings, opinions, going out, romance, culture, activities, weather Safe Travel – emergencies, police, doctor, chemist, dentist, symptoms, conditions Food – ordering, at the market, at the bar, dishes, ingredients
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook & Dictionary, a pocket-sized comprehensive language guide, provides on-the-go language assistance. Great for language students and travellers looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in local culture.
About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, and has been connecting travellers and locals for over 25 years with phrasebooks for 120 languages, more than any other publisher! With an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community, Lonely Planet enables curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves.
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Mandarin Phrasebook & Dictionary
With more than one billion speakers worldwide, Mandarin is the most widely spoken language on the planet. How can you miss the chance to communicate with one in seven people on earth? With language tools in your back pocket, you can truly get to the heart of wherever you go, so begin your journey now!
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Basics – time, dates, numbers, amounts, pronunciation, reading tips, grammar rules Social – meeting people, interests, feelings, opinions, going out, romance, culture, activities, weather Food – ordering, at the market, at the bar, dishes, ingredients Sustainable Travel – communication, community involvement, recycling, transport, accommodations, shopping, food, sightseeing And so much more!
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Publisher : Lonely Planet Publications; 10th edition (September 18, 2018)
Language : English
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 1786571692
ISBN-13 : 978-1786571694
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 3.7 x 0.5 x 5.55 inches
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J. de Moor –
Great resource during recent layovers in China
During 2 recent whole-day layovers in Xiamen, China we were able to use this book along with a handy translation app on our phones to communicate our way around the city and Gulangyu. I attempted to pronounce the words but apparently my accent was bad so I would just point to the Mandarin characters in the book. I wouldn’t have ventured out on my own without it!
Sally –
Fantastic….and very easy to read!
I gave this book as a gift to a wonderful friend from China who speaks Mandarin and wants to learn English. He likes it immensely!
Win-Winn –
Good way to keep your Mandarin fresh
Some of the phrases are a bit dated and Beijing style, but it is great for review and vocabulary building.
ShopwornAngel –
Useful book; it’s Beijing Mandarin
As someone who understands and speaks some Mandarin, I find this book as a helpful refresher. I like that it’s short/small but has a lot of relevant sections and phrases. I also own the Japanese version of this book, which is a lot smaller, and the Mandarin one has even more info, which I like.I notice they teach you Beijing style Mandarin. If you speak it as written, you end words with an R sound at the end of your words, which might make you sound like you are a foreigner learning Chinese in an American classroom. For example, the word for “here” is written in the book as “zhe-er” rather than “zhe li” (the latter is what is said by all the Chinese Mandarin-speaking folks that I know!).
SweetMoon –
Don’t leave home without it
Take this book and read it first!!! Excellent help in China.
Hyung Min-Soek –
Helpful
I use this guide every day, several times!
Senator –
Useful phrases and dictionary. Biggest drawback…pinyin tone markings too small…difficult to decipher.
GrünerFrosch –
Eine handliche und gut aufgebaute Lernhilfe, die einem die wichtigsten Grundregeln und Phrasen näher bringt. Ersetzt kein Mandarin-Lehrbuch, aber für den Preis unschlagbar für alle Interessenten der chinesischen Sprache!
Miguel Angel Ruiz Ferrer –
La guía de vocabulario es estupenda (tiene cosas muy interesantes de leer, además, como tips culturales), pero es que el Chino es muy difícil! He probado otras guías de conversación de LP antes (Ruso) y funcionan, pero creo que el problema es que es muy complicado trasladar en una guía tan corta el tema de los tonos en chino. Aunque leas la palabra bien, si no atinas el tono, te van a mirar como a un marciano y no van a entender nada. Al final terminamos usando Google Translate con la opción de descarga offline.
iq01 –
Good phrase book
Martin –
I just don’t understand the point of including mandarin characters at all if they’re going to be so small as to be unreadable.