Useful Chinese Words And Expressions Book One With Traditional Chinese Example Sentences

Useful Chinese Words and Expressions series is composed of twenty-one special topics, embracing all the most active and most commonly used Chinese words and expressions that are most often misused by people. Those learners with a better English knowledge are able to learn the essentials of Chinese easily and full of interest in the course of comparison and translation supported by the great amount of Chinese and English typical example sentences. This book has collected seven special topics as follows: Special Topic One Chinese Sentences with “搞” and English Relevant Words and Expressions Special Topic Two Chinese Directional Verbs and English Prepositions and Adverbs Special Topic Three Chinese Compound and Complex Sentences and their English Equivalents Special Topic Four Chinese Word Groups of Locality and English “There be… + Prepositional Phrase” Structure Special Topic Five Chinese Tense and English Tense Structure Special Topic Six Chinese Sentences with Consecutive-verb Word Groups and English Infinitive Special Topic Seven Comparison of Structures and Application between Chinese and English Interrogative Sentences

Useful Chinese Words and Expressions series is composed of twenty-one special topics, embracing all the most active and most commonly used Chinese words and expressions that are most often misused by people. Those learners with a better English knowledge are able to learn the essentials of Chinese easily and full of interest in the course of comparison and translation supported by the great amount of Chinese and English typical example sentences. This book has collected seven special topics as follows: Special Topic One Chinese Sentences with“把” and English “have/get +object + participle” Structure Special Topic Two Chinese Complements and English Strong End-Position Adverbials Special Topic Three Chinese Conditional Sentences of Supposition Relations and English Subjunctive Mood Special Topic Four Chinese Classifiers and English Partitives and Articles Special Topic Five Chinese Word Groups and English Phrases Special Topic Six Chinese Sentences with Subject-Predicate Word Group as Predicate and English Pre-position Object Special Topic Seven Chinese Auxiliaries and English Auxiliary Verbs

Useful Chinese Words and Expressions series is composed of twenty-one special topics, embracing all the most active and most commonly used Chinese words and expressions that are most often misused by people. Those learners with a better English knowledge are able to learn the essentials of Chinese easily and full of interest in the course of comparison and translation supported by the great amount of Chinese and English typical example sentences. This book has collected seven special topics as follows: Special Topic One Chinese Sentences with“把” and English “have/get +object + participle” Structure Special Topic Two Chinese Complements and English Strong End-Position Adverbials Special Topic Three Chinese Conditional Sentences of Supposition Relations and English Subjunctive Mood Special Topic Four Chinese Classifiers and English Partitives and Articles Special Topic Five Chinese Word Groups and English Phrases Special Topic Six Chinese Sentences with Subject-Predicate Word Group as Predicate and English Pre-position Object Special Topic Seven Chinese Auxiliaries and English Auxiliary Verbs

Useful Chinese Words and Expressions series is composed of twenty-one special topics, embracing all the most active and most commonly used Chinese words and expressions that are most often misused by people. Those learners with a better English knowledge are able to learn the essentials of Chinese easily and full of interest in the course of comparison and translation supported by the great amount of Chinese and English typical example sentences. This book has collected seven special topics as follows: Special Topic One Chinese Sentences with “是” and English Link-verbs Special Topic Two Chinese Passive Form and English Passive Voice Special Topic Three Chinese Condensed Sentences and English Contracted Sentences Special Topic Four Chinese Adjectives and English Adjectives Special Topic Five Chinese Sentences with Object-As-Subject Word Group and English Complex Object Special Topic Six Chinese Sentences of Existence or Appearance/ Disappearance and English “There be…” and “There + Verb” Structures Special Topic Seven Chinese Punctuation Marks and English Punctuation Marks

Useful Chinese Words and Expressions series is composed of twenty-one special topics, embracing all the most active and most commonly used Chinese words and expressions that are most often misused by people. Those learners with a better English knowledge are able to learn the essentials of Chinese easily and full of interest in the course of comparison and translation supported by the great amount of Chinese and English typical example sentences. This book has collected seven special topics as follows: Special Topic One Chinese Sentences with “是” and English Link-verbs Special Topic Two Chinese Passive Form and English Passive Voice Special Topic Three Chinese Condensed Sentences and English Contracted Sentences Special Topic Four Chinese Adjectives and English Adjectives Special Topic Five Chinese Sentences with Object-As-Subject Word Group and English Complex Object Special Topic Six Chinese Sentences of Existence or Appearance/ Disappearance and English “There be…” and “There + Verb” Structures Special Topic Seven Chinese Punctuation Marks and English Punctuation Marks

A handy Mandarin Chinese phrasebook and guide to the Chinese language, Survival Chinese contains basic vocabulary necessary for getting around. This book contains all the necessary words and phrases for speaking Mandarin Chinese in any kind of setting. Perfect for students, tourists, or business people learning Mandarin or traveling to China or Taiwan, it also contains a beginner guide to the Mandarin language, allowing for a deeper understanding of Chinese than a typical Mandarin phrasebook or Chinese dictionary. The book is broken into four basic sections: Common Chinese Expressions and Key Words, Essential Chinese Communication Tools, Chinese Travel Vocabulary, and making your own sentences. All Chinese words and phrases are written in Romanized form (pinyin) as well phonetically, making pronouncing Chinese a breeze. For example, the word for "reservation", yuding is also written as yuu-deeng. Authentic Chinese characters are also included so that in the case of difficulties the book can be shown to the person the user is trying to communicate with. Key features of Survival Chinese include: Hundreds of useful Chinese words and expressions. An A-Z index which allows the book to function as a English to Chinese dictionary. Romanized forms, phonetic spellings, and Chinese Characters (Hanzi) for all words and phrases. A concise background and history of the Chinese language. A complete guide to Chinese pronunciations. A concise guide to using Chinese tones. A brief introduction to Chinese grammar.

500 Common Chinese Proverbs and Colloquial Expressions is a dictionary of key Chinese proverbs or suyu. Suyu are vivid and colourful expressions widely used in Chinese language. The smooth use of chengyu in Chinese writing and of suyu in spoken Chinese not only makes communication more effective, it is also an indicator of mastery of the language. This dictionary will provide an ideal resource for all intermediate to advanced learners of Chinese. Concise and practical, it draws upon a large corpus of authentic language data to present 500 of the most commonly used Chinese suyu. The suyu are listed and organised according to their frequency, enabling easy and convenient access for the reader. Each proverb listing: is given in both simplified and traditional characters offers an English translation, followed by English equivalents is followed by two examples, written in Chinese, Pinyin and English, plus explanations and usage notes. Examples are given in the form of dialogues reflecting typical situations, and helpful cultural annotations are provided throughout. A Pinyin index, a stroke index and a Chinese word index are presented at the back of the book and accompanying audio is also available for free download at www.routledge.com/9780415501491. Recorded by native speakers and covering the whole range of proverbs, expressions and example sentences featured in the book, this invaluable resource will help students to build up strong comprehension and communication skills. This dictionary is suitable both for class use and independent study and will be of keen interest to students and teachers of Chinese alike.

Chinese-English Comparative Studies is the one-volume edition of Useful Chinese Words and Expressions series. It is composed of twenty-one special topics, embracing all the most active and most commonly used Chinese words and expressions that are most often misused by people. Each special topic of the book consists of three parts, namely, discussion of relevant commonly used Chinese words and expressions, “Comparison and Translation Demonstration” and “Translation Tips”. A large amount of meticulously selected typical example sentences are prepared for comparison and translation demonstration, so that those learners with a better English knowledge are able to learn the essentials of Chinese easily and full of interest in the course of comparison and translation. The targeted readers are high school and college students; those who are teaching Chinese or English or those who are engaged in translation work; those who have interest in Chinese- English comparison and translation. The book is also designed to be a practical work for foreign learners who have already mastered a certain number of Chinese words and expressions and the essentials of Chinese grammar.