Essential Mandarin

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Learn essential daily and business Mandarin with a simple click. Simply click beside each word and expression to listen to their pronunciations and learn. These are also published in the following magazines in China: CityTalk, German Chamber Shanghai Ticker Magazine, Here Dongguan.

For Meat Lovers Which way to go? Self-introduction Chinese New Year Festivals and Holidays Answering Phone Calls Telling the Time Polite Requests Money Exchange In the Bar In the Post Office About Driving Trade Fair Chinese New Year 2009

Telling the Time Pinyin Chinese character English Listen Lǐ xiǎojiě, wǒmen míngtiān xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn kāihuì , zěnmeyàng ? 李小姐，我们明天下午两点开会， 怎么样？ Miss Li, let's have a meeting tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, ok? Liǎng diǎn wǒ yào qù jiàn yīgè kèhù, sān diǎn zěnmeyàng ? 两点我要去见一个客户，三点怎么样？ I will meet a client at 2 o'clock, what about 3 o'clock? Méi wèntí , shùnbiàn wèn yīxià , Lucy zài ma ? 没问题，顺便问一下，Lucy在吗？ No problem, by the way, is Lucy in? Tā zuótiān qù Shànghǎi ch?chāi le. 她昨天去上海出差了。 She went to Shanghai yesterday for a business trip. Nǐ zhīdào tā shénme shíhou huílái ma ? 你知道她什么时候回来吗？ Do you know when will she come back? Dàgài xiàgè xīngqīèr xiàwǔ huílái. 大概下个星期二下午回来。 She will probably come back next Tuesday afternoon. Xièxiè nǐ, míngtiān jiàn. 谢谢你，明天见。 Thank you, see you tomorrow.

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