Survival Chinese Phrasebook & Dictionary: How to Communicate without Fuss or Fear Instantly! (Mandarin Chinese Phrasebook & Dictionary) (Survival Phrasebooks)

I am very happy with this book. I am currently trying to learn Mandarin before returning to china this year for a second trip. This book is very helpful for beginners to get the basics you need when traveling to a new place. The book provides pronunciation guides and has both Pinyin and characters as you go along. i use this as supplemental material to actual language learning course work and it is great since it gives you the more useful vocabulary that you don't usually get in a class or through online tutorials.

Very helpful handbook that gives examples of hundreds of Chinese phrases to you in most situations you come across!

This book was a lifesaver!! I'm not a Mandarin speaker but it enables me to get quick-and-dirty phrases down and to produce them to an understandable degree. When in doubt, the written characters were clutch. I would highly recommend this book to anyone traveling to China or (where I went) Taiwan.

I wanted something for survival: Where’s the lav or closest lunch place. Didn’t meet my needs for a short visit. May be good for a longer visit.

Don't waste your time trying to speak Mandarin as you will never, ever, master the tonality of the language. Just use the book as a visual guide that you can show to non English speakers.

Super easy to use and came in really handy on my trip to china. All the info is laid out so concisely. Total life saver

Awesome pocket resource.

Really helped me learn how to pronounce pinyin. Also tons of useful vocabulary.

Handy book to take on a trip.

Excellent travellers guide. Everything at hand in one little book including excellent Chinese Mandarin pronunciation guide. I was pleasantly surprised and equally happy to see the provision of the aid to pronuncing the language correctly. I think it is thoughtful out of this world. This Mandarin phrase book is a much needed gem. I also like that the book is slightly larger than the norm of that size - good thinking - because all the other small books I've come across are very hard on the eye to read. This survival Chinese, is truly how to communicate in Chinese without fuss or fear - instantly. It is beautifully laid out and easy to follow. After listening to the tones and sounds from a recorded source, with a little practice you are good to go. Highly recommended.

Even my Chinese wife likes it for learning English

We don't speak Chinese and first visit to China so this was a really useful little book. Very helpful with pronouncing the Chinese words and we managed a few sentences and greetings! Helpful information.

Ok I think. Bought it for someone who did not want to go to China.....as a joke😂Looked useful though. I will have it back if he does not need it.