Originally Posted by
newguy888
Dai wo chu Xi-Lai-Deng Futian, bu Xi-Lai-Deng Huaqiang
die-wah-choo shee-lie-deng foo-tee-ann, boo shee-lie-deng wa-cheeong
"take me to Sheraton Futian, not Sheraton Huaqiang (Four Points)"
good try but I doubt anyone would understand that, I'm fully bilingual in mandarin and english and I have a pretty hard time trying to figure it out.
Anyways the mandarin name for fourpoints is Fu Peng.
For those who do not speak mandarin, I'd advise to approach hotel concierge to write down destination on piece of paper, they will normally give you a hotel card when you take a taxi from hotel.
I've yet to meet a cabbie in china that can understand english.