3. There are a few handy phrases you'll want to learn in Chinese: the name of your country, "sorry", "it's okay" and "where is…?"
About 90% of the time, the first question a Chinese person asks you will be "Which country are you from?" If you can't say anything else, at least learn the name of your country. It will put a very satisfied smile on the asker's face when you respond. Other phrases that I found very useful when I first came were "sorry", "it's okay," and "where is…?" (The last one comes in really handy. Whenever I'd be trying to get somewhere, I would just walk up to a random person on the street, point at an address on my phone, and say "Where is….?")
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Foreign tourists pose for photos on the Mount Huangshan in east China's Anhui province on August 12, 2012.[Photo/IC] |
I’ve lived in China for quite a considerable time including my graduate school years, travelled and worked in a few cities and still choose my destination taking into consideration the density of smog or PM2.5 particulate matter in the region.
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