Survival Chinese Phrasebook & Dictionary: How to Communicate without Fuss or Fear Instantly! (Mandarin Chinese Phrasebook & Dictionary)

(Paperback, Third Edition)

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This book contains all the necessary words and phrases for speakingMandarin Chinese in any kind of setting. Perfect for students, tourists, orbusiness people learning Mandarin or traveling to China or Taiwan, it alsocontains a beginner guide to the Mandarin language, allowing for a deeperunderstanding of Chinese than a typical Mandarin phrasebook or Chinesedictionary. The book is broken into four basic sections: Common ChineseExpressions and Key Words, Essential Chinese Communication Tools,Chinese Travel Vocabulary, and making your own sentences. All Chinesewords and phrases are written in Romanized form (pinyin ) as wellphonetically, making pronouncing Chinese a breeze. For example, the wordfor reservation, yuding is also written as yuu-deeng . Authentic Chinesecharacters (hanzi ) are also included so that in the case of difficulties the bookcan be shown to the person the user is trying to communicate with.

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"Learn a few words of Mandarin. Survival Chinese has a useful pronunciation guide for the Romanised pinyin words." --The Telegraph

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Boye Lafayette De Mente has been involved with Japan, China, and Korea since the late 1940s as a member of a U.S. intelligence agency, student, trade journalist, editor, and author working out of Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He is a graduate of Jochi University in Tokyo and The American Institute for Foreign Trade (now Thunderbird: The School of Global Management). His 70-plus books include Japan's Cultural Code Words, Business Guide to Japan, and Japan Unmasked.