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  • Do you need to speak Chinese?

    Posted by iTravelChina on 2026年9月30日 at pm7:07

    In Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu’s tourist areas: no. Elsewhere: you will manage, but it will be harder.

    What actually helps is not grammar — it is about twenty words and a translation app. Specifically:

    • Numbers, so you can understand prices
    • “This one” and “that one”, for pointing at food
    • “Where is…”, for the address you have written down
    • “Thank you” and “sorry”

    And screenshots of your hotel address in Chinese, because that is what you will show taxi drivers.

    How much Chinese did you actually need?

    iTravelChina replied 2 weeks, 1 day ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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