Mandarin and is most often spoken in Tianjin. Any you can speak would prove useful since interaction with foreigners is somewhat limited.
Learning a few of the city bus routes for popular destinations may be useful (and especially for leaving the train stations and other tourist areas where taxis might try to rip you off).
The Most Frequently Asked Travel Questions about Tianjin
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