Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook and CD

Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook & CD is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Mandarin phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Order dishes with ease, ask directions and chat to locals - 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. Order with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoder. Save time and hassles with vital phrases at your fingertips and 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, and get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides.

Inside you'll find full-colour pages with a user-friendly layout organised by travel scenario categories. Survival phrases inside the front cover provide at-a-glance on-the-fly cues. Coverage includes basics like time, dates, numbers, pronunciation and grammar rules; practical sections on travel with kids, sightseeing, business, shopping, bargaining, accommodations, directions and transport; social topics including meeting people, interests, going out, romance and culture; safe travel advice for emergencies, police, doctor and medical situations; and comprehensive food vocabulary for ordering, market shopping and understanding dishes and ingredients.

This pocket-sized comprehensive language guide provides on-the-go language assistance, perfect for language students and travellers looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in local culture.