New Members NadjaGER Posted April 17, 2018 at 07:46 AM New Members Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 at 07:46 AM Most likely, the rubric for my question is not the best choice, but ... I am certain somebody could help me to to put this Shanghai address in (the right) order ?. I want to write a letter to my niece in Shanghai, ... ... but now I am not sure if the order I noticed her address would be the right order to label an envelope. I noticed it like that: House 1xy, Block X 123 Lxy Hx Quxyz Pxyz Road XY Lxy District Shanghai 20xxx0 Jiushi Western Suburban I know (from GOOGLE), the postcode should be on top and "VR China" must be written in the last row. But what about the rest of the location information (these are much more then I usually have to write in German addresses) and where to put her name in? I'm curious about an answer and (even on this little topic) looking forward to learn something new. Thanks und Danke schon mal vorab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted April 17, 2018 at 08:35 AM Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 at 08:35 AM There are two issues here: 1. How an address in China should be written in Chinese. 2. How a romanized or English address in China should be written on a letter sent from outside China. The first is written big-to-small: country-province-city-district and so forth, ending with the addressee. The second depends on what your overseas postal administration wants. Usually you can follow Western-style formatting, that is, addressee-to-country. In the U.S., at least, you can use Chinese characters, but you have to also interline romanization, and include "China" and the city in English. (At least that's what the rulebook says.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted April 17, 2018 at 10:26 AM Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 at 10:26 AM Shanghai Niece House 1xy, Block X 123 Lxy Hx Quxyz Pxyz Road XY Lxy District Shanghai 20xxx0 Not sure what 'Jiushi Western Suburban' is or where that should go. Naming city, city district, street, and the rest of the exact address should be enough. You could also add her phone number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted April 17, 2018 at 10:52 AM Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 at 10:52 AM If possible get your niece to email you the address in Chinese, then print it out and stick it on the envelope, with the necessary English to get it to China. At the very least get the zip code nice and clear so it gets reasonably close. What you've given is a bit confused, but assuming she's actually in Jiushi Western Suburban *Garden*, which looks to be a very nice villa development, hope you're getting to go and visit, and that you can't put any Chinese on... ZIP CODE in big numbers Shanghai District Road Jiushi Western... House / Block Name PR CHINA Put the PR China bit wherever your post people expect to see it, it won't matter once it goes on the plane. I suspect the local post office will be used to mail to that development not being in Chinese. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted April 17, 2018 at 11:24 AM Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 at 11:24 AM 57 minutes ago, Lu said: You could also add her phone number. I think this is important. It has saved the day for me a couple times here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Daniel Wdong Posted April 18, 2018 at 07:47 AM New Members Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 at 07:47 AM The format of the address: House/apartment No. Street/Road District City PR China Postcode:### You can write the name of the receiver on the cover of the envelope.It doesn't matter if you slightly change the format, people still can get that:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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