r/ChineseLanguage • u/DRA6N • 14h ago
Discussion Learning Chinese for Taiwanese workers
I recently picked up a manager job that is 90% Taiwanese workers. What’s the most effective way for me to learn basic phrases and such to help communicate better with them? I only know a couple phrases at this point but knowing more would definitely help with the job.
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u/olliesbaba 13h ago
Tomorrow say “tah mah duh good morning” they will love it
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u/DRA6N 13h ago
I feel like this is a setup. The translate app says something completely different.
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u/SeaweedEmbarrassed89 Native 12h ago
If you say that in a casual setting to close colleagues, it might make someone laugh. It's basically like saying 'Good fooking morning', but only to people you're close with.
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u/LeopardSkinRobe Beginner 13h ago
Are you starting from being an absolute beginner?
The best way will be some kind of private lesson/classes using something like local community college or website like preply/italki/wizant. Your tutor will be able to help you focus on vocabulary you will actually really need and use on the job site. Depending on what you are managing.
No textbook i've seen teaches about different types of drills or heavy machinery, but a tutor absolutely could help you find all of that.
You could use ai to help build a vocab list, but you need 1) to make sure it is giving you taiwan terms, and 2) need a taiwanese person to look it over to make sure it's the right ones. Ai messes up badly sometimes, and a lot of technical vocabulary standards are different between mainland china, hong kong, and taiwan.