In these exercises, you'll learn Chinese terms essential when travelling by taxi in China. You'll also learn Mandarin requests to ask the cab driver to drive you to your hotel. You'll also have a moment to learn Mandarin Chinese pronouns that Dani hasn't had a chance to teach you yet. Dani also teaches you several key verbs such as to go and to arrive.
You won't need to haggle with taxi drivers in China, as all fares should be based on the meter. Try to have small bills available to avoid any difficulty with getting change for large bills. Taxi drivers don't expect a tip in China, and none is necessary. Taxi drivers generally don't strike up conversation in China, although a few friendly words in Chinese would be appreciated.
Learn Chinese pronunciation by selecting the correct Chinese sound that represents the word or sentence shown. This will be an important tool to help you learn Chinese by improving your listening skills and helping you to engage in conversation. You will find that you can understand a large amount of sentences based on different combinations of the words you have learned up to now! Our Listening exercises are designed to help you practice and learn Chinese online without the need to use separate CDs, cassettes or podcasts. You can start to practice and learn Chinese free by availing of our first 10 free chapters.
The below shortcuts allow you to use your keyboard in completing this exercise: Press 1: Selects option number 1 Press 2: Selects option number 2 Press 3: Selects option number 3 Press 4: Selects option number 4