Sentence examples for mandarin I from inspiring English sources

Though I speak a bit of Mandarin, I stayed out of the conversation.

Because I speak some Mandarin, I found it easy to talk with people in China.

This time, being a few years older and having learned some conversational Mandarin, I was able to begin piecing together my story.

Instead of spending all that time learning a little Mandarin, I should have focused on learning about cross-cultural communication and global negotiation.

Speaking almost no Mandarin, I set out on the journey she had imagined, and travelled from Hong Kong to Shanghai, from Xi'an to Luoyang to Beijing.

Listening to Mamma Mia in Mandarin I was amused to hear that in the chorus of Abba's Money, Money, Money, the singers revert to English.

The -- let's say, unique -- interpretation of The Mandarin: Is that what you liked about the part?

Sir William Empson (whose biography, Among the Mandarins, I have been reading, and about whom I have posted ) once wrote a vilanelle, Missing Dates, one of whose metaphors derives from an experiment that reminds me of the Safar Center's zombie dogs.

I'm not picking up much Mandarin, but I feel like I might be gaining profound insights into Chinese culture.

I think I could say "I love chocolate" in Mandarin, although I don't suppose the immediate future will make this a necessity.

I could tell from his accent that he probably didn't speak Mandarin and I thought it was funny, because I didn't either.