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I voted for 1 although I have what I would call a "supermarket" level of Chinese (Mandarin). I can converse for about 20 minutes assuming I have never met the p

by boyter 16y ago

I voted for 1 although I have what I would call a "supermarket" level of Chinese (Mandarin). I can converse for about 20 minutes assuming I have never met the person before before running out of things to say :)

jarek 16y ago
20 minutes straight is damn impressive. I would have classified that as fluent. (Though I guess it depends on knowledge of business/academic/etc language.)