Quote: (05-01-2010 04:39 PM)Vacancier Permanent Wrote:
Alpha,
In view of making my trip to Asia and specially in China as memborable and enjoyable as possible, I'm thinking of taking a course to learn the lingo. Which one would you say is the most useful (mandarin or cantonese)?
Thanks.
mandarin. Canto is mainly spoken in HK and Guangdong, and even then people there mostly speak mandarin as well.
For the full exp, i would recommend the basics. It will really cut down on your fun and women if you need a translator or cant speak basics for yourself. It also gets you respect, and people are more willing to open up with their crappy english if you give them a taste of your crappy mandarin