Chinese for emergencies
Nobody plans to need this page. Short, clear sentences work better than polite ones when something has gone wrong, so every line here is as plain as it can be.
The phrases you hope not to use: getting help, the emergency numbers, feeling unwell, and losing a passport or a wallet.
Getting help
In mainland China, 110 is the police, 120 is an ambulance, and 119 is the fire service. Save them in your phone before you travel, along with your embassy's number and your hotel's address in characters.
The numbers to call
For anything medical, type it into a translation app and show the screen. Guessing at vocabulary you half remember is worse than admitting you do not have the words, and a pharmacist can read a screen faster than they can decode an accent.
Feeling unwell
Lost or stolen
The daily course builds these phrases into real conversation, one short lesson a day. Days 1 to 7 need no account, and a free account opens the rest of the first month.
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