Useful Mandarin Chinese phrases
A collection of useful phrases in Mandarin Chinese. The phrases are shown in traditional Chinese characters first, then in simplified characters in [square brackets] and pinyin in (brackets).
See these phrases in any combination of two languages in the Phrase Finder. If you can provide recordings, corrections or additional translations, please contact me.
Note: the word 鱔魚 [鳝鱼] (shànyú) can be translated as eel, but refers specifically to the Asian swamp eel (monopterus albus), an eel-like fish found in China and other parts of Asia. 鰻魚 [鳗鱼] (mànyú) refers eels, that is any fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes. [Thanks to Ge Tianyu for pointing this out]
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Recordings, plus some corrections, provided by 吴蓝 (Wu Lan)
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Other collections of Mandarin phrases
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_chinese.htm
https://iwillteachyoualanguage.com/learn/chinese/chinese-tips/common-chinese-phrases
https://ltl-beijing.com/basic-mandarin/
https://wikitravel.org/en/Chinese_phrasebook
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