China Phrasebook & Dictionary

Lonely Planet’s China Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful phrases and vocabulary from Cantonese, Mandarin, Tibetan and many more regional dialects, for all your travel needs. Strike up a conversation with locals, ask for directions to historic sights, and order delicacies at bustling markets; 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! 

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’s China Phrasebook & Dictionary:

Full-colour throughout

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 

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, accommodation, 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

ISBN: 9781786576309

Edition: 3rd

Publication Date: December 2024

Writers: Lonely Planet

384 pages | Dimensions: 93mm width × 140mm height

Next edition due: August 2030