One Minute Mandarin: A beginner's guide to spoken Chinese for professionalsHeading off to China for a business trip? Don't know a word but want to impress? Grab One Minute Mandarin and make the most of your travelling time! One Minute Mandarin is designed for anyone who hasn't got time to study Mandarin seriously, but wants the essential phrases to get by in the street and in meetings. It is written in pinyin rather than Chinese script to make learning easy, and it covers the basics of grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, with an emphasis on spoken Mandarin. It includes invaluable phrases and quotes that can be worked into speeches, and tips on etiquette and culture that will make even a brief stay in China a richer experience. One Minute Mandarin is accompanied by a website with downloadable audio files for your iPod or laptop. You can use it to tune in your ear to key phrases in Mandarin and practise your pronunciation. |
Contents
1 How do you do Mr Wang? | 1 |
2 I am very happy to meet you | 7 |
3 Welcome to China | 12 |
4 Long time no see | 16 |
5 Heshe is Chinese | 22 |
6 Can you speak English? | 27 |
7 Let me invite you to dinner | 32 |
8 Who is he? | 37 |
14 No problem | 72 |
15 How do you know that? | 75 |
16 What is this? | 80 |
17 Let me think about it | 85 |
18 Heavens above | 90 |
19 Climb higher see further | 94 |
20 Ladies and Gentlemen | 100 |
21 A beginners vocabulary for adults | 110 |
9 What time is it now? | 41 |
10 I like to eat Chinese food | 50 |
11 May I? Ok? | 54 |
12 We are old friends | 61 |
13 Beijing is beautiful | 67 |
22 An introduction to the Chinese writing system | 133 |
Common Chinese surnames and forms of address | 140 |
Country names | 144 |
Bibliography | 146 |
Common terms and phrases
Analects of Confucius băi bàn biàn Bié cài cháng characters chéng China Chinese Chinese language Chinese surnames Confucian Confucius Cultural note cuò dài dào Dao De Jing Daoist diăn dòng duì example fang foreign gão gōng guest guò guó rén hão hěn huà huì jiàn jiào jìn jing jiŭ kàn ké yi kuài lái language lão liăng Mandarin meaning méi míng nán néng nián péng pinyin pronunciation Proverb Qin dynasty Qing Ràng Related expressions rén róng shàng sheng shénme shì shù shuō sound speakers spoken spoken Chinese surnames syllable tài tiān tone tóng unstressed verb wàn wàng wèi wén word xi huan xià xiàn xiăng Xião xiè xie xing yào yì diăn ying yóu yuán yuè zài zhăn zhăng Zhè zhēn zhông zhōng guó zhù zuì zuò