Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook & Dictionary

Lonely Planet's Mandarin Phrasebook and Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful 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 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, and get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides.

This pocket-sized comprehensive language guide is packed with user-friendly features including survival phrases inside the front cover for at-a-glance cues, 5 Phrases to Learn Before You Go, 10 Ways to Start a Sentence, and shortcuts to help you sound like a local. It covers everything from the basics—time, dates, numbers, pronunciation and grammar—to practical topics like transport, accommodation and border crossing, social situations including romance and going out, safe travel essentials for emergencies, and extensive food vocabulary for ordering at restaurants and markets.

The perfect choice for language students and travellers looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in local culture, this guide provides on-the-go language assistance wherever your journey takes you.