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Useful Chinese phrases for international students

Practical, direct guidance for international students. This public page helps you understand the task; Qiao turns it into a personalized checklist and reminders in the mobile app.

Practical guide

Useful Chinese phrases for international students

A small set of practical Chinese phrases can reduce first-week friction during dorm check-in, registration, transport, shopping, banking and health visits. Students should also save addresses in Chinese when possible.

Who this guide is for

Students with beginner Chinese who need functional phrases for real campus and city situations.

This is a practical student guide, not legal advice. Always confirm final requirements with your university, official documents or local authorities.

Step-by-step explanation

Start with identity and help phrases

Learn how to say you are an international student and need help.

Prepare dorm and registration phrases

Practice asking where to check in, what documents are needed and who to contact.

Save transport phrases

Keep your campus gate and dorm address ready to show or say.

Use screenshots carefully

Screenshots help, but make sure names and addresses are readable in Chinese.

Documents or things to prepare

1

Your university name in Chinese

2

Dorm address in Chinese if available

3

Campus gate name

4

Passport name spelling

5

Offline translation or phrasebook

6

Emergency contact phrases

Common mistakes

Only learning greetings and not task phrases.
Showing an English-only address to a driver or delivery worker.
Not saving your university's Chinese name.
Depending on live translation without data.

What depends on your city or university

  • University and dorm names vary by campus.
  • Local transport wording depends on the city.
  • Banking and clinic phrases depend on the service you need.
  • Some official terminology should come from university documents.

Qiao tip

Qiao tip

Use the public guide to understand the task, then open Qiao to personalize it by city, university, arrival date and Chinese level.

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Qiao can turn this guide, your city, university, arrival date and Chinese level into a personal first-week plan.

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