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[quote=GUEST35220,356481]hi i am wondering if i could get help here, or someone could please point me in a right direction about how to correctly translate and explain a Chinese address. it is for my friend, and i know it is valid since she has been living tehre several years and receives regular Chinese mail mailed within China. problem is, that when we translate it completely doesnt make sense. specifically, i need to be able to send her mail from USA, to Baiyun, Guangzhou. here, my address is as follows in the following format: Firstname Lastname Building Number, Street Name Apt. # if applicable City Name, State, Zip code USA for example Mr. First Last 9999 Funky St. #22 Valencia, CA 91356 USA Now here is the Chinese address in question, i changed the numeric values on it but the rest is real and i just cant get this right. 广州市 白云区 增槎路 螺勇街 12号 749室 What i translate it to is: Pinyin : Shi 503, Hao 29 Luo Yong Jie, Zeng Cha Lu, Bai Yun Qu, Guang Zhou Shi my closest english equivalent is: Room 502, 29 Luoyong St Zeng Cha Road Baiyun Area, Guangzhou City now this has many problems. 1st, both, "lu" and "jie" mean street. needless to say you can not have 1 building on same street. there can be only one. 2nd, we can not find the equivalent of a zip code for Baiyun. I found 510000 posted by this site as well as postal services etc. but no one anywhere seems to have one specifically for Baiyun Area. is there one ? or do i just use the general Guangzhou code ? next, my post services do not rtecognize Baiyun at all, only 510000 Guangzhou for city, and Guangdong for province. in the Chinese address there isnt even any mention of the Guangdong province. I am having real difficulties putting this into correct usable format. could someone thats familiar with this please help ? I know this is a travel site, so maybe can someone please give me a link to a site where I may get a correct answer to this ? Thanks. [/quote]
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