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When I got to China for my study abroad trip I didn’t know any Chinese. Strike that, I knew how to count to three and thought I knew the word for mushroom (but I didn’t). In order to survive I was forced to spend my first few weeks in Chengdu totally attached to my more experienced classmates. In an effort to save you from a similar fate, here’s a list of need to know (and hopefully easy to remember) Mandarin words:
Hello – Ni Hao
Goodbye- Zai Jian
Water- Shui
Beer- Pi jiu
Taxi- chu zu che
Take a taxi- Da di
Bus- gong gong qi che
Egg Fried Rice- Dan chao fan
What’s this?- Zhe shi shen me?
I want that- Wo yao na ge
I don’t want it- Bu yao
Where is the bathroom?- Ce suo zai nar?
Mushroom- Mo gu
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