Learn Mandarin Chinese Travel Vocabulary

Traveling abroad, whether for business or pleasure, is a wonderful way to expand your horizons. Being able to experience other cultures first-hand is a valuable experience that adds an extra dimension to your outlook on life. Besides being exposed to new sights and new food, foreign travel also gives you the chance to communicate in another language. China and Taiwan are great places to practice your Mandarin Chinese because relatively few people speak English. Practice Before You Leave Since Mandarin is one of the harder languages to learn, give yourself plenty of study time before your trip. With its tones and written characters, Mandarin can be more challenging than other Western languages. If you can master the tones and a few simple phrases, however, doors will open when you visit China, Taiwan, Singapore or Malaysia, making your visit all the more rewarding. This vocabulary list of traveling words and phrases will come in handy when you first arrive, and also for traveling around the country. Click on the links in the Pinyin column to hear the audio files. English Pinyin Traditional Characters Simplified Characters airport fi j chng train station hu ch zhn bus station gng chzhn bus stop gng ch tngko zhn plane fi j train hu ch bus q ch shuttle bus ji b ch taxi j chng ch boat chun ticket pio return ticket li hu pio boarding pass dng j zhng check in dngj passport h zho timetable sh k bio gate dng j mn Where can I buy a ticket? Zi nli mi pio? ? ? How much is a ticket to ? Y zhng do ... de pio du sho qin? ...? ...? I would like a ticket to .. W mi y zhng do ... de pio. ... ...