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Basic Mandarin Chinese Travel Phrases: Days & Numbers

Writer: Roxy Fleming
Roxy Fleming
Oct 24
4 min read

Spoken in:Ā China, Singapore, Taiwan; also Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macau, and Malaysia.

Language known locally as:Ā PĒ”tōnghuĆ  (China), GuóyĒ” (Taiwan), and HuĆ”yĒ” (Singapore and Malaysia).Ā 

Alphabet:Ā Chinese characters for writing; Hanyu Pinyin is the standard Romanization system.


Traveling to a Mandarin Chinese speaking country and don't know a word of Mandarin Chinese?


No problem!


Travel With Confidence has you covered!!!


I'm Roxy, a veteran solo traveler who has been on the road since 2008. Every time I visited a new country, I found I needed to know a certain set of phrases to win the smiles of the locals 😃 After a while I realised I had created a master list of travel phrases; and I knew that if I had these phrases translated before landing in my new destination, then I would leave there with more than just photos and memories, I’d leave knowing I’d connected with the people who made each place special.Ā You see I learnt that you don’t need to be fluent in a language to make a big difference; sometimes, just a few simple phrases can turn a stranger into a friend.



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I began buying travel phrasebooks but soon realised they were full of unnecessary phrases which were simply added in to fill pages! All that meant was carrying around dead weight. šŸ‘ŽšŸ¼ No thank you!


That's why I decided to create my own phrasebook!


What began as a personal project, evolved into a mission to help fellow travelers worldwide. With the help of native speakers I met along my way, I began translating my list of phrases into 114 languages. Why 114 you ask? There are over 7,000 languages worldwide, but I determined that all you would need is 114 languages to communicate in every single country. 😮


I have now published my translations in a book called Travel With Confidence The World Phrasebook; which is available to download or purchase from Amazon.


In the meantime, here are my basic Mandarin Chinese travel phrases, for free šŸ¤‘


Basic Mandarin Chinese Travel Phrases

Mandarin Chinese Days & Numbers


English

Mandarin

Pinyin

Pronunciation

Monday

ę˜ŸęœŸäø€

xīngqī yī

shing-chee yee

Tuesday

星期二

xīngqī èr

shing-chee arr

Wednesday

ę˜ŸęœŸäø‰

xīngqī sān

shing-chee san

Thursday

ę˜ŸęœŸå››

xīngqī sƬ

shing-chee sir

Friday

ę˜ŸęœŸäŗ”

xīngqī wǔ

shing-chee woo

Saturday

ę˜ŸęœŸå…­

xīngqī liù

shing-chee lyoo

Sunday

星期天 / ę˜ŸęœŸę—„

xīngqī tiān / xīngqī rƬ

shing-chee tyan / shing-chee ri


English

Mandarin

Pinyin

Pronunciation

0

零

lĆ­ng

ling

1

äø€

yī

ee

2

二

ĆØr

arr

3

äø‰

sān

san

4

四

sƬ

Sir

5

äŗ”

wĒ”

woo

6

六

liù

lyoo

7

七

qī

chee

8

八

bā

bah

9

九

jiĒ”

jyoo

10

十

shĆ­

shr

11

åäø€

shƭyī

shr-ee

12

åäŗŒ

shí’èr

shr-arr

13

åäø‰

shƭsān

shr-san

14

十四

shƭsƬ

Shr-sir

15

åäŗ”

shĆ­wĒ”

shr-woo

16

十六

shíliù

Shr-lyoo

17

åäøƒ

shƭqī

shr-chee

18

十八

shƭbā

shr-bah

19

十九

shĆ­jiĒ”

Shr-jyoo

20

äŗŒå

ĆØrshĆ­

arr-shr

21

äŗŒåäø€

èrshíyī

arr-shr ee

25

äŗŒåäŗ”

ĆØrshĆ­wĒ”

arr-shr woo

30

äø‰å

sānshƭ

san-shr

40

四十

sƬshƭ

sir-shr

50

äŗ”å

wǔshí

woo-shr

60

六十

liùshí

lyoo-shr

70

äøƒå

qīshƭ

chee-shr

80

八十

bāshƭ

bah-shr

90

九十

jiǔshí

jyoo-shr

100

一百

yƬbĒŽi

ee-bye

101

一百零一

yƬbĒŽi lĆ­ng yÄ«

ee-bye ling ee

150

äø€ē™¾äŗ”å

yƬbĒŽi wĒ”shĆ­

ee-bye woo-shr

200

两百

liĒŽng bĒŽi

lyang bye

1,000

äø€åƒ

yƬ qiān

ee chyen

10,000

一万

yĆ­ wĆ n

ee wan

100,000

åäø‡

shĆ­ wĆ n

shr wan

1,000,000

一百万

yƬ bĒŽi wĆ n

ee bye wan


Now you've got all the Mandarin Chinese Days & Numbers travel phrases nailed, search through my other blogs to find:


  • Mandarin Chinese Greetings Travel Phrases

  • Mandarin Chinese Travel Basics Travel Phrases

  • Mandarin Chinese Food & Dining Travel Phrases


I'm busy uploading my entire book onto this website, so you can have it all for free. Why? Because I know that not everyone can afford to buy everything they want. I was a poor traveler for MANY years myself, so I know the struggle!


Therefore these blogs are my gift to travelers worldwide šŸŽ


However, if you don't want to spend all day searching through blogs and want your very own copy of my book to have at hand, when and where you need it, then head over to Amazon now and grab a copy.


The best thing about having your very own copy is:


You won't ever have to rely on wifi or data to communicate what you need!


From my many years of travel, this is without a doubt THE BEST REASON TO OWN MY BOOK!


You may think that everywhere has wifi or signal these days because that's the world you are used to. But when you land in a third world country or you trek out into remote locations, you quickly realise that your phone is absolutely useless in your new environment!


So make sure you're prepared for all eventualities and don't get caught out!



Want to look inside the book?


Download a sample version here šŸ‘‡šŸ½


Travel With Confidence The World Phrasebook

The Perfect Travel Companion!


Don't shop on Amazon? Send me an email at travelwithconfidence.world@gmail.comĀ and I'll arrange a personal copy direct to you!


Stay safe and happy travels,

Roxy.

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