Human's Business Chinese Phrasebook is a comprehensive anguage guide for business people. It includes a CD that will allow you to have an immediate translator on your MP3 player and will help you to have an accurate pronunciation of Mandarin tones, one of the most important things to get oneself understood. The CD has a very user-friendly display so you wil only have to choose the theme and the topic you desire.

Talk the talk in Mandarin Chinese with the confidence of a native. Tell the cab driver where you really want him. to go. Seal that business deal. Whether schmoozing with China's movers and shakers or just asking the waiter for some salt, our business phrasebook helps you to communicate in accurate Mandarin, every time. CD included and fully audio-enabled with our Touch and Talk peru helpful in learning pronunciation of tones.

INTRODUCTION

 1 Pinyin System

Pinyin syllables

Finals

Initials

 2 The Writing System

 3 Language Difficulties

 4 DW Grammar Notes

Referring to people

Expressing possession

Referring to things

Word order

Nouns: articles and plural

To be

Describing things

Adjectives

Degree

Comparing things

Asking questions (yes/no)

Question words

To have

To be able to (can)

Obligations and prohibitions

To want

To dare

Possibility/probability

Time and Tense

Specifying location

Expressing direction

Conjunctions

COMMU NICATION

 1 Basic Communication

Greetings

Introducing yourself

Introducing others

Exchaging business cards

Closing a conversation

Small talk

 2 Telephoning

Making a call

Answering a call

Cell phones

 3 Making Appointments

Setting the time and place

Changing appointments

 4 Email & the Interact

GETING DOWN TO BUSINESS

 1 Company Description

 2 Company Structure

Job titles

Finding your way around the office

Responsibilities

 3 Tools for Business

Computer supplies

Office supplies

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

 Cultivating "guanxi"

 1 Meetings

Getting started

Presenting options

Moving on

Asking for clarification

Making a suggestion

Giving feedback

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OUT AND ABOUT

REFERENCE

DICTIONARY

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS