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First things
first.
A practical checklist for your first visit to Shenzhen. Get connected, find your way to your hotel and try four useful phrases in Mandarin.
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SHENZHEN / WITH A LOCAL
A calmer
arrival.
Checklist, destination card & Mandarin phrases
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Before you leave
When you arrive
AT THE TAXI RANK OR STATION
Say it in Mandarin.
Show the Chinese or try the pinyin beneath it. Read the marks as pitch: ā level, á rising, ǎ dipping, à falling. An unmarked syllable is light.
Please take me to this address.
请带我去这个地址。
Qǐng dài wǒ qù zhège dìzhǐ.
Excuse me, where is this entrance?
请问，这个入口在哪里？
Qǐngwèn, zhège rùkǒu zài nǎlǐ?
Where is the metro customer service center?
请问，地铁客服中心在哪里？
Qǐngwèn, dìtiě kèfú zhōngxīn zài nǎlǐ?
Where is the International Service Center?
请问，国际服务中心在哪里？
Qǐngwèn, guójì fúwù zhōngxīn zài nǎlǐ?
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