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>I have a hard time imagining how you can get into business with people in Huaqiangbei without speaking Mandarin By speaking the same language as they do, whic
by DeathArrow 3y ago
>I have a hard time imagining how you can get into business with people in Huaqiangbei without speaking Mandarin
By speaking the same language as they do, which is Cantonese?
- ofrzeta 3y agoYou know, I got that idea from the Crowdsupply page that says "... sourcing tool for non-Mandarin speakers".
- lvturner 3y agoIt’s MOSTLY Mandarin you will hear spoken in Shenzhen, while it is true that Guangdong province is generally Cantonese speaking - Shenzhen is a city mostly made up of migrants from all over China so Mandarin is the lingua franca. Somewhat related, as a result of this, Shenzhen is a great place to try out many different regional Chinese foods.
- Taniwha 3y agoMost people are in Shenzhen are from other parts of China, you'll hear Mandarin (the default) Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien etc - most people probably speak some dialect of Mandarin as well as their birth language