One Minute Mandarin
eBook - ePub

One Minute Mandarin

A Beginner's Guide to Spoken Chinese for Professionals

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

One Minute Mandarin

A Beginner's Guide to Spoken Chinese for Professionals

About this book

Designed specifically for busy professionals, this practical introduction to spoken Mandarin Chinese is ideal for those who only need the most important phrases to get by on the street and in meetings. Each phrase is written in pinyin rather than Chinese script, making them easy to learn and pronounce. Along with invaluable cultural information and tips on etiquette, this guide also offers access to a website where accompanying audio files may be downloaded and used for pronunciation practice.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Chinese Pronunciation: A guide to pinyin spelling
  8. 1: How do you do Mr Wang? / NĂ­ hao WĂĄng xian sheng?
  9. 2: I am very happy to meet you / WĂł hen gao xĂŹng jiĂ n dĂ o ni
  10. 3: Welcome to China! / Huan yĂ­ng ni lĂĄi zhong guĂł
  11. 4: Long time no see! / HĂĄo jiu bĂș jiĂ n
  12. 5: He/she is Chinese / Ta shÏ zhong guó rén
  13. 6: Can you speak English? / Ni huÏ shuo ying wén ma?
  14. 7: Let me invite you to dinner / WĂł qĂ­ng ni chi fĂ n
  15. 8: Who is he? / Ta shĂŹ shuĂ­?
  16. 9: What time is it now? / XiĂ n zĂ i jĂ­ dian?
  17. 10: I like to eat Chinese food / WĂł xi huan chi zhong can
  18. 11: May I? OK? / KĂ© yi ma?
  19. 12: We are old friends / Wo men shÏ lao péng you
  20. 13: Beijing is beautiful / Beijing hén piào liang
  21. 14: No problem! / Méi wÚn tí!
  22. 15: How do you know that? / NĂ­ zenme zhi dĂ o?
  23. 16: What is this? / ZhÚ shÏ shénme?
  24. 17: Let me think about it / RĂ ng wo xiang yĂŹ xiang
  25. 18: Heaven’s above! / Lao tian yĂ©!
  26. 19: Climb higher see further / GÚng shàng yi céng lóu
  27. 20: Ladies and Gentlemen! / Xian sheng men, nu shĂŹ men
  28. 21: A Beginner’s Vocabulary for Adults
  29. 22: An Introduction to the Chinese Writing System
  30. Appendix A: Common Chinese surnames and forms of address
  31. Appendix B: Country names
  32. Bibliography