In most restaurants in China, forks and knives are not provided on the dining tables. If you find difficulty to use chopsticks, you will have to... (read more)

Toilet is translated as 厕所 in Chinese. It is pronounced as 'cè suǒ'. Public toilet is 公共厕所 - gōng gòng cè suǒ 公共 (gōng... (read more)

In China, some food can be really spicy, mouth burning spicy. So, if you don't fancy spicy food, you'd better check before you have it. You can... (read more)

Its not impolite to ask ages in China, especially for old generations. There are several ways to phrase the question. You can say '你多大了(nǐ duō dà le ？)？' or '你几岁了(nǐ jǐ suì le)？' If you are 20 years old, you can answer it by... (read more)

If you want to ask a person his or her occupation, you can say '你是干什么的？' The pronunciation is nǐ shì gàn shí me de ？ The answer... (read more)

It is very common to talk about or discuss income, money issues with your colleagues or friends in China. If someone is rich, people always except... (read more)

When you want to say 'I'm looking for ...' in Chinese, you can say '我在找...' -- wǒ zài zhǎo 我 (wǒ) means I在 (zài) means the present tense, doing 找 (zhǎo) means look for Tom is written as 汤姆 in simplified Chinese. Its pronunciation... (read more)