Lonely Planet China Phrasebook & Dictionary

Lonely Planet's China Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels, offering the most relevant and useful phrases and vocabulary from Cantonese, Mandarin, Tibetan, and many more regional dialects for all your travel needs.

Strike up a conversation with locals, ask for directions to historic sights, and order delicacies at bustling markets—all with your trusted travel companion. With language tools in your back pocket, you can truly get to the heart of wherever you go. 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's China Phrasebook & Dictionary:

• Full-colour throughout for an engaging experience.
• User-friendly layout organised by travel scenario categories.
• Survival phrases inside the front cover for at-a-glance, on-the-fly cues.

Convenient Features:

• 5 Phrases to Learn Before You Go.
• 10 Ways to Start a Sentence.
• 10 Phrases to Sound Like a Local.
• Listen For - phrases you may hear.
• Look For - phrases you may see on signs.
• Shortcuts - easy-to-remember alternatives to the full phrases.
• Q&A - suggested answers to questions asked.

Covers:

• 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, accommodation, 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.

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