flashcard (bruce from Qingduo destination expert helpt  with this) please add more lines  

Please go away!                          "请离开!"

 

 

Do you have a available room      "你们有空房间吗?"

 

 

How much do you charge?                      "你收多少钱?"

 

The room is not good~~~~           "房间不好

 

 

Can you brings us to                            "你能带我们去...?"

 

 

Can I use the toilet?                               我能用厕所么?

 

How much do you charge for 1 day driving inclusive ~~~if you want to rent a car(including driver), it should be "包一天车的总费用是多少?"

 

Can you drive slower? ~~~你能开慢点吗?

 

 

We are not interested in this place/shop ~~~~我们对这个地方/商店不感兴趣

 

 

We are lost, can you tell me how to go to........? ~~~我们迷路了，你能告诉我们怎么去

 

 

Do you know a good hotel in this village?~~~你知道这个村子中好的宾馆/酒店吗？

 

 

How much do you charge for one room?~~~一个房间如何收费？

 

 

We need a lower price~~~~我们想价格更低些

 

 

Do you have internet?~~~~I think you want to know if the room has internet access. so, 你们(房间)有互联网吗?

 

 

We want to eat something in here~~~我们想在这儿吃点东西

 

 

We want to drink something here~~~我们想在这儿喝点东西

 

 

We only want vegetarian or meal with fish, we do not eat meat.~~~我们只吃素食和有鱼的菜，我们不吃肉。

 

Can you stop the car here?                   ~~~你能在这里停一下车吗?

 

Hello                                      Ni hao  (KNEE how)

Good-bye                              Zài jiàn  (ZYE jeeyen) (zye rhymes with eye)

Thank you                             Xiè xie   (SHE-ay she-ay) (merge she & ay into one syllable)

Sorry                                       Duì bu qi  (DWAY boo chee)

Where is the washroom?   Xi shou jiān zài nar ?  (SHE show jeeyen zye nar?)

Male                                          男 Nán (nahn)

Female                                    女 Nü (new)

It's too expensive!                 Tài guì le!  (TIE gway luh)

Learn Chinese from Confucius by Confucius (Linguistic Consultant to Lonely Planet Thorn Tree and Virtual Tourist)

Lesson 1: Ordering food at a restaurant Hello! Confucius has translated a menu from English into Mandarin complete with simplified Confucian romanization to assist you in China. * Rice = "Mee Fan" Corn = "You Mee" Fish Head = "You Toe!" Fish Skin = "You Pee!" Pork = "Jew Row" Pig's Ears = "Jew 'R' Dwoe" Peking Duck = "Cow Ya" Sea Cucumber = "High Shun" Steak = "New Pie" Spareribs = "Pie Goo" Mushrooms = "Mo' Goo" Carrots = "Who Lobo?" Potato = "Two Doe" Vegetables = "Shoe Sigh" French Fries = "Shoe T'yao" Salt = "Yen" Egg = 'G' Dan Grapes = Pooh Tao" Cheese = "Gone Lao" Yogurt = "Swan Nigh" Popsicle = "Bing Gooner" Ice Cream = "Bing Chee Lean" Jasmine Tea = "Moly Whaw Chaw!" Beer = "Pee Joe" Pepsi Cola = "Buy Shir Colla' "

Lesson 2 Use Cantonese in Hong Kong and Guangzhou Cantonese is useful when visiting Hong Kong and Guangzhou. If you try to use Cantonese with the local people, then you will be treated to more smiles and cheaper prices. This easy lesson once again uses English words to facilitate fluent Chinese pronunciation: Hello! = "Nay ho!" Good morning! = "Joe sawn!" Taxi! = "Dik see!" Let's getting off the bus (or subway) now! = "Loke chay!" (nudge nudge) How much does this cost? = "Gay doe cheen?" This is delicious! = "Ho Ho sick!" (For beverages say "ho yum") Let's eat! = "Sick fawn!" steamed rice = "bock fawn" fried rice = "chow fawn" Don't have any = "Mo" (Often used by shopkeepers and the 3 Stooges) You're crazy! = "Cheeee sing!" No problem! = "Mo mun tie" Foreign devil = "Say gwigh low" (Point at your nose when using this word) Check, please! = "Migh dawn!" Cantonese is very difficult to speak = "Gwong doe'ng wa hoe naan gong" You know that's not right, don't you? = Nay yawmo GOW choe waaah!* (emphasis on the GOW, which rhymes with "cow") * Use this phrase liberally in almost any situation with anybody that you encounter. Add a "cheeee sing" immediately afterwards for added effect (guaranteed uncontrollable laughter from all Cantonese speaking folks in your vicinity) "Nay yawmo GOW choe waaah; ... cheeee sing!"