Full Description
Master Chinese script with this straightforward guide from Teach Yourself - the No. 1 brand in language learning. Read and write Chinese script is a clear step-by-step guide to the written language, with plenty of examples from real-life texts to show how it works in context and lots of exercises to reinforce your learning. This new edition has an easy-to-read page design.
Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course.
Learn effortlessly with new, easy-to-read page design:
AUTHOR INSIGHTS
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.
USEFUL VOCABULARY
Easy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking.
TEST YOURSELF
Tests in the book to keep track of your progress.
TRY THIS
Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
Contents
: Introduction
: 01 Origins of the script
: 02 How Chinese characters are formed
: 03 Writing Chinese characters: basic rules, strokes and word order
: 04 How words are formed
: 05 Signs (1): At the hotel
: 06 Signs (2): Directions
: 07 Signs (3): Shopping
: 08 Entertainment: Going places
: 09 The weather
: 10 How to use a Chinese-English dictionary
: Key to the exercises
: Table of radicals
: Pronunciation guide
: Some useful public signs and notices
: Chinese-English vocabulary
: English-Chinese vocabulary
