Note: The spoken Chinese Mandarin language has 4 spoken tones. We have attempted to re-create those below where after each syllable we tell you (1), (2), (3), or (4) as they correspond to each of the 4 tones. We encourage you to complement your Xianzai.com Emergency Chinese newsletter with a good offline study program.

NEW WORDS
(1) Door charge: men(2) piao(4)
(2) Free: mian(3) fei(4)
(3) Drink: yin(3) liao(4)
(4) Beer: pi(2) jiu(3)
(5) Cocktail: ji(1) wei(2) jiu(3)
(6) Dance: tiao(4) wu(3)
(7) Coat-room: da(4) yi(1) jian(1)

LESSON

• How much is the door charge?
  men(2) piao(4) duo(1) shao(3) qian(2)?
  
• Do I get a free drink?
  wo(3) ke(2) yi(3) yao(4) yi(4) bei(1) mian(3) fei(4) yin(3) liao(4) ma?
  
• Two beers please.
  liang(3) bei(1) pi(2) jiu(3).
  
• Would you like a cocktail?
  ni(2) yao(4) yi(4) bei(1) ji(1)wei(2) jiu(3) ma?
  
• Will you dance with me?
  ni(2) he(2) wo(3) tiao(4) wu(3) ma?
  
• Where is the coat-room?
  da(4) yi(1) jian(1) zai(4) na?

* Tip: Every large town and city in China has at least one nightclub, and often many more, and they are quickly becoming one of the most popular forms of entertainment in China. Drinks tend to be a little more expensive in nightclubs compared with restaurants and you will often be asked to pay a cover or door charge.

Some nightclubs have live bands and some play disco, 80's, house, trip, hip-hop - the list goes on. Some play exclusively western music while others play a mixture of western, canto-pop and mainland disco.