Niubi!：The Real Chinese You Were Never Taught in School

YoucanstudyChineseforyears,butdoyoureallyknowhowtotalklikeanativespeaker?ThenextbookinPlume'sforeignlanguageslangseries,Niubi!willmakesureyoulearnallthecolorfulvernacularwordsandphrasesusedbyChinesepeopleofallagesinavarietyofsituations,includingflirtinganddating,wheelinganddealing,andevenspecificInternetslang-nottomentionplentyofChinesewordsthatare...well,bestnottomention.Accessibleandusefultocompletenovices(Niubi!newbies),intermediatestudentsofMandarinChinese,orjustanyonewhoenjoyscursinginotherlanguages,thisirreverentguideispackedwithhilariousanecdotesandillustrations,miniculturallessons,andcontextualexplanations.Sowhetheryou'replanningatriptoBeijing,flirtingwithanonlineacquaintancefromShanghai,orjustwanttostartafightinChinatown-Niubi!willensurethatnothingyousayislostintranslation.