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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 14 hours, 3 minutes ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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