Beginner's Mandarin Chinese Dictionary: The Ideal Dictionary for Beginning Students [HSK Levels 1-5, Fully Romanized]

Description

Beginner's Mandarin Chinese Dictionary is specifically designed for beginning students of Chinese. It covers the 2,500 basic vocabulary items, including all vocabulary prescribed for Levels 1-5 of the standard test of proficiency in Chinese, Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK). Entries are arranged alphabetically using the standard Hanyu Pinyin system of Romanization. All Chinese words and phrases in the book are given in Chinese characters and Romanized form to enable immediate and accurate pronunciation. An analysis of word-formation is provided to understand the ways that words with two or more syllables are formed. Example sentences are presented with pinyin and English equivalents, to show how each main word is used correctly. A radical and character index allow you to quickly look up any character.

Li Dong is an educator with more than 40 years of experience teaching Chinese in China, the UK, USA and New Zealand. He has published numerous articles on Chinese lexicography and is the author of five other Chinese dictionaries published by Tuttle Publishing: Tuttle Beginner's Chinese Dictionary, Tuttle Chinese-English Dictionary, Tuttle English-Chinese Dictionary, Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary, and Tuttle Compact Chinese Dictionary.

"This small dictionary contains a wealth of information essential to beginning students of Chinese. It meets the growing need for a high-quality, user-friendly dictionary for use by foreigners wishing to learn Chinese. The many example sentences given will also be very helpful to Chinese students of English." --Professor Tian Sanji, Dean of the College of Culture, Beijing Language and Culture University