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 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, 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.

Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook & CD is your handy passport to the most relevant and useful Mandarin phrases and vocab for all your travel needs. Order dishes with ease, ask directions and chat to locals; all with your trusted travel companion.

There's no need to lose face, forgo the Peking duck or miss the slow boat down the Yangtze. This phrasebook will prove more valuable on the road than a bicycle in Beijing. Combining the phrasebook with the audio CD means that you can listen and improve your pronunciation before you travel. Or even play a phrase to people you meet while traveling - just transfer the MP3 files on the CD to your portable media device. Audio Pack Includes: 400 key phrases on CD for practical, social and emergency situations 3500 word two-way dictionary

Full Lonely Planet Phrasebook Our best-selling Mandarin phrasebook gives you: fast access to all the travel phrases you need a 3500-word two-way dictionary - a mouth-watering menu decoder to help you order the right meal

While travelling in China, you'll hear many people call out " Hollo ", the only English they know. Get beyond the basics and let the world's most spoken language turn your trop into an experience. Whether sampling the nightlife and markets or trying out the range of exotic cuisine, you'll never 'lose face' by not knowing what to say.

Lonely Planet's Mandarin Phrasebook and Dictionaryis your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Indian 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. Get More From Your Trip with Easy-to-Find Phrases for Every Travel Situation! Feel at easewith essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings Order with confidence,explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoder Save timeand hassles with vital phrases at your fingertips Never get stuck for wordswith the 3500-word two-way, quick-reference dictionary Be preparedfor both common and emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminology Meet friendswith conversation starter phrases Get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides InsideLonely Planet's Mandarin Phrasebook and Dictionary: Full-colourthroughout User-friendly layoutorganised by travel scenario categories Survival phrasesinside 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 QandA - 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 The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Mandarin Phrasebook and 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: Lonely Planet, a Red Ventures Company, is the world's number one travel guidebook brand. Providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973, Lonely Planet reaches hundreds of millions of travellers each year online and in print and helps them unlock amazing experiences. Visit us at lonelyplanet.com and join our community of followers on Facebook (facebook.com/lonelyplanet), Twitter (@lonelyplanet), Instagram (instagram.com/lonelyplanet), and TikTok (@lonelyplanet). 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' Fairfax Media (Australia)

Presents a phrasebook covering basic Mandarin Chinese language words and phrases for common situations