With stunning new design and layout and the most up-to-date travel information, the market's most indispensable phrasebook has been reinvented, and is better than ever. Gem Mandarin will give you the right word at the right time -- every time.

Using your phrasebook

Pronouncing Mandarin

Top ten tips

Talking to people

 Hello/goodbye, yes/no

 Key phrases

 Celebrations

 Making friends

 Work

 Weather

Getting around

 Asking the way

 Bus and coach

 Metro

 Train

 Taxi

 Boat and ferry

 Air travel

 Customs control

Driving

 Car hire

 Driving and petrol

 Breakdown

 Car parts

 Road signs

Staying somewhere

 Hotel (booking)

 Hotel (desk)

 Camping

 Self-catering

Shopping

 Shopping phrases

 Shops

 Supermarket

 Food (fruit and veg)

 Clothes

 Department store

 Bookshop/music shop

 Antique shop

 Maps and guides

 Post office

 Photos

Leisure

 Sightseeing and tourist office

 Entertainment

 Leisure/interests

 Music

 Cinema

 Theatre/opera

 Television

 Sport

 Skiing

 Walking

Communications

 Telephone and mobile

 Text messaging

 E-mail

 Internet

 Fax

Practicalities

 Money

 Paying

 Luggage

 Repairs

 Laundry

 Complaints

 Problems

 Emergencies

Health

 Pharmacy

 Doctor

 Dentist

Different types of travellers

 Disabled travellers

 With kids

Reference

 Measurements and quantities

 Numbers

 Days and months

 Time

 Time phrases

Eating out

 In a bar/cafe

 At the teahouse

 In a restaurant

 Vegetarian

 Wines and spirits

 Spirits and liqueurs

Menu reader

Grammar

Public holidays

Signs and notices

Dictionary

 English - Mandarin