I'm coming in March for about a week for work. I don't speak any Mandarin and my coworkers won't be there until my third day there. Is it difficult to travel around the city, navigate transit, order food with just a translating app? I'd love any recommendations on what to see and what to eat.

Good bars with open mic days or pool table

Hi everyone,

I am a Korean-Canadian male moving to Nanjing for work in August 2025.

I have a few questions:

• Is there a foreign community I can join?
• How is the Korean food? Are there Korean grocery stores?

If you have any advice about living in Nanjing, such as the cost of living, I would greatly appreciate it. I’d also love to connect with local people! :)

Names Ozzie from the Manchester, England. Been in China for over 7 years new to Nanjing would like to connect with some folk make some friends. Very easy going also if anyone is into playing squash that would be cool too. My wechat Ozzie92.

Hi guys!

I know this question was asked a thousand times, but I’m still wondering about it. Could you please tell me your opinion about how much money does a student require to live an active comfortable life in Nanjing. Like, having meals outside and ordering deliveries, going out occasionally, traveling during vacations and exploring the city itself.

Could you please tell me how much would that life require (excluding accommodation (travels could be excluded as well since they are too much occasional expenses))?

I came here recently and I would like to meet new friends and exchange culture and share activities together.
I'm Algerian guy, I like photograpy and videogrpahy, hiking, football (or soccer), sharing good jokes and nourishing the brain with smart topics

I have never done this before. I am a Chinese who moved to Nanjing with my wife and found myself in great need of local friends to hang out with. In addition, due to some reasons, I need to improve my English recently. So I thought, why not try to meet some foreign friends and that's why I'm here. If anyone wants to know more about Nanjing, I might be able to help a bit. But! My English is not good (probably at the level of a five or six-year-old child), so if you are interested, you can contact me. Really. I am going crazy here without any friends.

i am looking to buy used cameras from nanjing for good pricese

Recently, I start to learning German, but the grammar and vocabulary are totally different with English. So I was wondering, can I find a language partner in Nanking? Gerade habe ich das Deutschlernen angefangen, ich finde, die Grammatik und Wortschatz sind schneller als Englisch. Deswegen möchte ich ein Deutschsprache Partner finden, um sich mal Deutsch zu verbessern.

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hey you guys, l'm currently studying in Nanjing, is there anyone who wants to talk to me or we can vist some scenic spots together. I am so bored these days.

Hello, I am planning to travel in the Asian region. I would like to know the best and cheapest websites or ways to book tickets in advance from china.

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Hi everyone, my name is Mike and I'm an American moving to Nanjing from Shenzhen after Chinese New Year. I'm hoping to find a D&D group or other table-top role playing games. I'm also into board games if there's a good group for that too. I'd rather be a player but if there are no DMs around, I can DM.

Hello everyone!

I am, very likely, moving to Nanjing early next year. I am from Latin America and have been studying mandarin for a few years now (and even so, cannot have a full conversation yet). The plan is to start a PostDoc at Nanjing University.

I decided to make this post because I am scared (lol), I need help and advice on how to settle in China. Stuff like how to look for an apartment, how to negotiate rent, what would be the best course of actions and strategies to manage everything, since this is my first time in China. I have no idea where to start! Is there a website where I could look for acommodations? Should I stay 1 week in a hotel and visit some apartments before making my decision? Should I get myself a cellphone with AI translation to communicate better?

I have so many questions that I can't even list them all here. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

谢谢你们！

Hi All, I know this is a long shot but I am an adoptee currently here in Nanjing wanting to do a bit of birth parent searching in the area where I was found by the police. We printed out some fliers to handout etc. Unfortunately, I do not speak mandarin (😔) but I was wondering if there might be someone here who does speak mandarin that would be able to help me out with translating for a couple hours ASAP. My mom and I can work around your schedule we are here until 04 Dec. TIA!

Does anyone know of any casual football (soccer) games I could join, preferably in Qixia area?

I'm here for a few months and looking for something socialable to keep fit.

Thanks!

This is a local in Nanjing. A friend from India recommended an Indian restaurant in Nanjing to me, and I really like it. Do you guys know which restaurants in Nanjing are favored by foreigners but not known to locals? Please recommend any country and cuisine to me.

Hello, I was wondering if you could answer a question I have regarding hotels in China. (you've probably seen this duplicate post, but I have posted this message in another China related group!)

I'll be going to Nanjing, Jiangsu China in January, so I know the weather will be very cold (Im from UK), so, what hotels have heating in their rooms?
As an example, my friend had stayed in a Holiday Inn Express (in Nanjing), she went in late September and had said the aircon was on cold, so it was freezing for her. I did contact another Holiday Inn hotel (in Nanjing) and they said pretty much the same thing, eg no heating at this hotel.
I've had a look at other hotels, like: Moderna by Fraser, Sheraton, Holiday Inn (Express), Novotel, Moxy, Nanjing Central hotel etc, but looking at their online reviews its a guessing game whether their rooms are heated during winter time.

So, would you know of budget-friendly Nanjing hotels (both International and local) that have heating in their rooms, during winter?
Just an FYI, I'll need to travel to Nanjing city centre, so a hotel nearby, not necessarily in the city centre is fine (I'll be travelling back and forth via taxi anyway).
Thanks!

Hi. I have moved nanjing in this year. I wonder any offline English community in Nanjing. I am from South Korea and about 30yo man. I wanna make friends who live in nanjing as foreigners.

Hi, so I am a tourist. I ended up at a restaurant in the mall, and all the waiters would randomly call out chant something in unison periodically. I didn't catch it on my phone, and can't find a recording of it.

I did find the restaurant on YouTube, so maybe one of you knows about it and can help me understand this interesting phenomenon?

Thanks 🙏🏻!

https://youtu.be/maZqEM3PIfQ?feature=shared (Added link)

Hello Nanjing community,

I’ve got a job offer in Nanjing, but as I have read, the district is quite far from the city centre and from what I’ve read is a quiet university town, that could be difficult for foreigners who don’t speak Chinese. Can anyone give me any information about Qixia district?

How much is an average apartment? Also, is rent paid quarterly or monthly? Is it easy to use public transport to see the rest of Nanjing?

I don’t really drink much so I’m not bothered with nightlife. I love nature and getting outside when I can. I understand this district is not an ideal location, but would it be nice to stay for a year and to save money?

I appreciate any advice you could offer. Thank you in advance 🙏🏻

Visiting Nanjing next weekend, any tips on good coffee shops, craft beer places, cool districts etc a bit beyond lonely planet and a Google search recs would be helpful.

Thinking of doing a Purple Mountain Hike 1 day and the Nanjing Massacre museum the other day.

Will definitely be back in future for the Mausoleum and City Wall hikes! Can't believe people say Nanjing is boring, it seems to have a lot of cool things to do.

I live in Suzhou and think there is way more than here.

Where do you guys usually get together during Halloween?
any suggestions for bars or clubs or even streets where people dress up and have fun next Friday night?

Do you know somewhere like old souvenir shop and astronomy center and a shop that has weird things lmao

The winter

Hi all, in Nanjing at the moment. I’ve been getting more into tea lately and am keen to get into gongfucha brewing. Someone regifted me a porcelain set with a gaiwan, but I’d really love to get a teapot or two.

Is anyone aware of a trustworthy place to check out some Yixing (or other) teaware locally. I know there’s a lot of passing off in the field - random clays being passed off as Yixing zisha, semi hand made or slipcast stuff being passed off as fully hand made etc, so it would be nice if anyone had a shop they trusted they could recommend.