Mandarin Chinese Travel Phrases

Mandarin Chinese / Putonghua

Mandarin Chinese / Putonghua is used in most of northern & southwestern China as well as parts of Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and in other Chinese communities around the world.

Varieties shown below:

Northeastern, Northern, Shaanxi, Southern, and Yunnan

See also Classical/Literary Chinese

Mandarin can be written several different ways, as illustrated by the Southern Mandarin translations below:

Simplified characters, traditional characters, and Zhuyin Fuhao (Bopomofo) phonetic ruby & linear text

Various romanization schemes have been developed for Chinese over the years, some are illustrated below using the Southern Mandarin translations:

Gwoyeu Romatzyh, Hanyu Pinyin, IPA, Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II, Tongyong Pinyin, Wade-Giles, and Yale,

Northeastern Mandarin / Dongbei dialect

The Dongbei dialect of Mandarin (Dongbeihua/Dongbeiguanhua) is used in the northeastern part of China.

[Northeastern Mandarin using simplified characters, as written in China]

[Northeastern Mandarin using Hanyu Pinyin romanization]

Language information at Wikipedia

Northern Mandarin

[Northern Mandarin using simplified characters, as written in China]

[Northern Mandarin using Hanyu Pinyin romanization]

Shaanxi / Guanzhong dialect

The Shaanxi dialect of Mandarin is used in Xi'an and the Guanzhong region of China.

[Shaanxi dialect of Mandarin using simplified characters]

[Shaanxi dialect of Mandarin using Hanyu Pinyin romanization]

Translation complements of the professional China Tour Online company.

Language information at Wikipedia

Alternate names for the Shaanxi dialect include Shaanxi hua, Guanzhong hua, and Xi'an hua

Southern Mandarin

Southern Mandarin using simplified characters, as written in China:

[Southern Mandarin using Hanyu Pinyin romanization]

Southern Mandarin using traditional characters, as written outside of China:

Southern Mandarin with Zhuyin Fuhao (Bopomofo) phonetic ruby text:

Southern Mandarin as Zhuyin Fuhao (Bopomofo) phonetic linear text:

[Southern Mandarin with Zhuyin Fuhao (Bopomofo) linear text]

Yunnan dialect

The Yunnan dialect belongs to the southwestern subdivision of Mandarin. It is used in the Yunnan province of China and parts of Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar.