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Lonely Planet Cantonese Phrasebook & Dictionary : Phrasebook - Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet Cantonese Phrasebook & Dictionary

By: Lonely Planet, Chiu-yee Cheung, Tao Li

Paperback | 8 December 2024 | Edition Number 8

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Lonely Planet's Cantonese Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Cantonese phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Buy tickets to cultural events, barter with traders at the markets, and ask for directions to the local sights; all with your trusted travel companion. With language tools in your back pocket, you can truly get to the heart of wherever you go, so begin your journey now!

 

Get More From Your Trip with Easy-to-Find Phrases for Every Travel Situation! 

Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings 

Order with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoder 

Save time and hassles with vital phrases at your fingertips

Never get stuck for words with the 3500-word two-way, quick-reference dictionary

Be prepared for both common and emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminology

Meet friends with conversation starter phrases

Get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides



Inside Lonely Planet's Cantonese Phrasebook & Dictionary:

Full-colour throughout

User-friendly layout organized by travel scenario categories

Survival phrases inside front cover for at-a-glance, on-the-fly cues

Convenient features:

5 Phrases to Learn Before You Go

10 Ways to Start a Sentence

10 Phrases to Sound like a Local

Listen For - phrases you may hear 

Look For - phrases you may see on signs

Shortcuts - easy-to-remember alternatives to the full phrases 

Q&A - suggested answers to questions asked 

Covers:

Basics - time, dates, numbers, amounts, pronunciation, reading tips, grammar rules

Practical - travel with kids, disabled travellers, sightseeing, business, banking, post office, internet, phones, repairs, bargaining, accommodations, directions, border crossing, transport 

Social - meeting people, interests, feelings, opinions, going out, romance, culture, activities, weather 

Safe Travel - emergencies, police, doctor, pharmacist, dentist, symptoms, conditions

Food - ordering, at the market, at the bar, dishes, ingredients

The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Cantonese Phrasebook & Dictionary, a pocket-sized comprehensive language guide, provides on-the-go language assistance; great for language students and travellers looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in local culture.

 

Check out our Fast Talk Phrasebook mobile app for on-the-go language needs. (Available languages: German, Latin Spanish, European Spanish, French, and Italian.)


About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. 

 

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