Language in China | |
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Jan 30, 2008 09:49 | |
guestshah | Hi, i am interested to go china. But i am not sure whether language will be one of a barrier. Is English a common and mutual language? |
Jan 30, 2008 22:34 | |
GUEST07197 | There are 1,300,000,000 Chinese and 1, 290,000,000 of them cannot speak English. I hope that answers your question. |
Feb 1, 2008 10:33 | |
| heyhey , i'm chinese guide, maybe you can teacher me enlish and i can teacher you chinese . so let's meet me . english is bad hotmail.com|supertoguilin |
Feb 1, 2008 19:07 | |
| Hey supertog, I am coming to China after the spring festival. I will be in Shanghai first then I will com to Guangxi province. I may be able to help you? |
Feb 2, 2008 10:19 | |
| wow , go to guangxi you must to guilin and yangshuo , haha , then you can teacher some spoken language,and i can teacher spoken chinese. let's me see the yangshuo ,because i often weekend at yangshuo ,else time i'm in guangzhou (monday until fri. |
Feb 4, 2008 02:18 | |
| i have been in china nearly 2 years. I've lived in beijing- where, relatively, there are many english speakers- for almost 1/2 that time. And even though I know a little chinese, I struggle with the language everyday. Unless you are perhaps going to Hong Kong or maybe even Shanghai, it wouldnt be a good idea to come to china without a tour guide. You can post online at local sites for someone to guide you, but you risk getting ripped off or worse. |
Feb 4, 2008 09:27 | |
| "Unless you are perhaps going to Hong Kong or maybe even Shanghai, it wouldnt be a good idea to come to china without a tour guide" I don't agree with this: sure the language is quite an issue, but if you have some previous expereince in travelling you can survive. I speak almost no Chinese but have travelled for nearly 6 months in total. It can be hard at times but if you are flexible and allow enough time it is not too difficult. A lot of advice depends on your budget as it is quite different travelling cheaply compared with flying from 4 star to 4 star hotel. I suggest you search through past threads and you will find a lot of info, then come back again with points that need clarifying. |
Feb 13, 2008 19:55 | |
| Go for It! practice your pantomime, carry a 'pictionary' such as point-it by Dieter Graf also a calculator for agreeing price or distance/time, pad of sketch paper for hostel/hotel staff to write the characters you'll need for the day. At train stations/bus stops ask the young well dressed woman if she speaks English, she will! |
Feb 14, 2008 13:25 | |
| if you go to the big cities, such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing and go to the center part of those cities, you can always find people speaking English and help you out. Nowadays, young people can more or less speak English to give directions and give information for tourists. But comparatively, in some small cities, it might be a bit difficult. |
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