Say It in Chinese is an English-Chinese handbook aimed at helping the English-speaking visitor to China get around with the language.
The phonetic Hanyu pinyin and the simplified Chinese characters make for accurate standard pronunciation and character recognition. It should help in making a visit to China more pleasant and rewarding.
The official language of China is Putonghua (people's language), also known as Mandarin. Local dialects, like Cantonese and Shanghainese are also spoken. In major cities there are English-speaking staff in the hotels, and people will often approach you to practies their English. In many placese streets names are in pinyin, romanized versions of the Chinese, which makes it easy to get around with a map.
The phonetic Hanyu pinyin and the simplified Chinese characters make for accurate standard pronunciation and character recognition.
