{"id":12454,"date":"2016-08-11T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=12454"},"modified":"2016-08-09T12:30:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T16:30:05","slug":"buying-a-cell-phone-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/buying-a-cell-phone-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying a Cell Phone in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once you land in China, there are two things you’re going to want to make sure you have at all times – toilet paper and a cell phone<\/strong> (\u624b\u673a – sh\u01d2u j\u012b). If you’re heading to China and your phone isn’t unlocked, one of your first orders of business will surely be to buy yourself a new one. This can be a daunting task in a new language, but don’t worry – we’re here to help!<\/p>\n

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Xiaomi phones.
Image by gyroscopio from flickr.com.<\/p><\/div>\n

You’ve got plenty of choices when it comes to buying a cell phone. Rather than grunting and pointing at the phones in the display cases in your local electronics market, why not learn the Chinese names for some of the most popular companies? Let’s start with popular foreign brands first:<\/p>\n