Tell you a simple way to do it, open the google map, find the address you want to go and use google translate it into Chinese and show the driver. Oh yeap, it can talk too.

> And taxi drivers do not carry calculators to bargain with you. Just try to tell him where you want to go and want him to wait. He won't even let you finish your sentence and drive away.

Oh for heaven's sake. People without two words of Mandarin to rub together do this all the time, and have even written to describe their experiences here in the past. All it takes is the smallest amount of gumption: get your hotel reception to write down your needs in Chinese (date and time of departure, destination, and time of return) and just show that to a few drivers. Prices are done with a pen, or with a mobile phone screen. Every single driver has a cell phone, and probably so do you.

> And taxi drivers do not carry calculators to bargain with you. Just try to tell him where you want to go and want him to wait. He won't even let you finish your sentence and drive away.

I dont think so, some drivers are very polite, if you have good luck you may meet driver who can talk English