Essential Chinese Phrases
This is a companion booklet that you must have before you go to China. It consists of many basic words and expressions you will definitely find very useful when you begin your journey in China. These sentences and phrases have been printed out in three forms: English, PinYin and Chinese. The PinYin (phonetics) will help you to speak them out once you have learned PinYin from Chinese960.com. The best of all, you can point to the Chinese characters if you have a hard time speaking.
| Contents | ||
 (1) At the Airport |
 (2) Greetings & Daily Phrases |
 (3) Introductions |
 (4) Asking Directions |
 (5) At The Hotel |
 (6) Telephone |
 (7) Money |
 (8) Banking |
 (9) At The Post Office |
 (10) Dining Out |
 (11) Shopping |
 (12) Hospital |
 (13) At the Pharmacy |
 (14) At the barbershop |
 (15) Time & Date |
 (16) Numbers |
 (17) Colors |
 (18) Weather & Temperature |
 (19) Departure/Farewell |
 (20) Signs |
 (21) Conversion Table |
 (22) Emergency Numbers |
 (23) Before the Olympic Games |
 (24) In the midst of Olympic Games |
 (25) In a gym |
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Instructions & Helpful Tips
1.Explanation of a sentence structure
| Hi! | nǐ hǎo | 你好 |
| English Sentence | PinYin(phonetics) | Chinese Sentence |
2. “ü” will be printed out as its written form (ü) throughout this booklet.
3.Pinyin separated by hyphens represent Chinese characters that are put together to mean one word in English.
For example:zǎo-shang
早上（meaning“morning＂）
4.Emergency numbers may vary from province to province or from city to city.
