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Mandarin For Airline Employees
This page was produced in response to a request on the Lonely Planet Thorntree Forum (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2064448) which reads:
Is there a website with airline vocabulary,specifically for flight attendants? Thanks heaps!! p.s cross-posted in China.
Lesson 1 - Boarding
English phrase Pinyin Hear this Good morning zao shang hao 
Good afternoon xia wu hao Good evening wan shang hao What is your seat number ni de zuo wei shi ji hao This way please zhe bian qing Ladies and gentlemen nu shi men, xian sheng men Welcome to this flight to ... The flight time will be ... We have to count the number of passengers before take off Please remain seated Lesson 2- Safety Issues
English phrase Pinyin Hear this Please fasten your seat belt qing xi hao an quan dai Please turn off your computer qing guan bi dian niao Please turn off your mobile phone qing guan bi shou ji Please put your seat upright qing tiao hao ni de wei zi Please put your table away qing shou hao ni de xiao zuo zi Please put your bag under the seat qing ba ni de bao fang dao wei zi xia mian Please put your bag in the locker qing ba ni de bao fang dao xiang zi li We are going through an area of turbulence Lesson 3 - Food and Drink
English phrase Pinyin Hear this Would you like a drink ni xian he dian shen mo Meat or chicken zhu rou hai shi ji rou Chicken or fish ji rou hai shi yu Tea or coffee cha hai shi ka fei Lesson 4- In-flight Information
English phrase Pinyin Hear this There are toilets at the front ce suo zai qian mian There are toilets at the back ce suo zai hou mian We will be landing soon wo men hen kuai jiu jiang luo le We will be landing in 30 minutes* wo men san shi fen zhong hou jiang luo We will be landing in one* hour wo men yi xiao shi hou jiang luo The movie program will start shortly dian ying jie mu ma shang kai shi We have just landed at ... The local time is ... dan di shi jian wei and the temperature is... Thank you for flying with us * - For other numbers please see Useful Chinese
For other languages you can check out this set of posts. Be warned: many are tongue-in-cheek; some are outright naughty.
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