Lonely Planet MandarinPhrasebook & Audio CD is your passport to the most relevant Mandarin phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Find the perfect authentic yum cha, express your appreciation of your host's culinary prowess or converse over a game of mah jong -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!

• Listen & Learn with our audio CD
• 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
• Get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides

Inside Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook & Audio CD:

• Audio CD includes 375 key phrases
• Full-colour throughout phrasebook
• User-friendly layout organised by travel scenario categories
• Survival phrases inside front cover for at-a-glance on-the-fly cues

Convenient features

• 5 Phrases to Learn Before You Go
• 10 Ways to Start a Sentence
• 10 Phrases to Sound like a Local
• Listen For - phrases you may hear
• Look For - phrases you may see on signs
• Shortcuts - easy-to-remember alternatives to the full phrases
• Q&A - suggested answers to questions asked

Covers

• Basics - time, dates, numbers, amounts, pronunciation, reading tips, grammar rules
• Practical - travel with kids, disabled travellers, sightseeing, business, banking, post office, internet, phones, repairs, bargaining, accommodations, directions, border crossing, transport
• Social - meeting people, interests, feelings, opinions, going out, romance, culture, activities, weather
• Safe Travel - emergencies, police, doctor, chemist, dentist, symptoms, conditions
• Food - ordering, at the market, at the bar, dishes, ingredients

The Perfect Choice:Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook & Audio CD, a pocket-sized comprehensive language guide with accompanying audio CD, provides on-the-go language assistance. Great for language students and travellers looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in local culture.

Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Anthony Garnaut, Tim Lu.

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet is the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, and has been connecting travellers and locals for over 25 years with phrasebooks for 120 languages.