Speak local in Taipei

• 你好nǐ hǎoHello
• 謝謝xièxieThank you
• 不好意思bù hǎoyìsiExcuse me / sorry
• 我聽不懂wǒ tīng bù dǒngI don't understand
• 可以說慢一點嗎？kěyǐ shuō màn yìdiǎn ma?Could you speak more slowly?
• 你會說英文嗎？nǐ huì shuō Yīngwén ma?Do you speak English?

Emergency 119Police 110

Taiwan writes traditional characters and some words differ from the mainland's (垃圾 is lèsè here, not lājī). Pinyin is shown, though locals learn the Zhuyin phonetic script. Many older people speak Taiwanese Hokkien at home, but Mandarin works everywhere.

Read aloud by your device's own text-to-speech in Mandarin (Taiwan), so accents vary by phone and browser.