Instant Chinese: How to Express Over 1,000 Different Ideas with Just 100 Key Words and Phrases! (a Mandarin Chinese Phrasebook & Dictio Contributor(s): De Mente, Boye Lafayette (Author), Fan, Jiageng (Revised by) |
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ISBN: 0804845379 ISBN-13: 9780804845373 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: February 2016 Click for more in this series: Instant Phrasebook |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Chinese - Foreign Language Study | Multi-language Phrasebooks - Travel | Asia - China |
Dewey: 495.1 |
Series: Instant Phrasebook |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4" W x 5.9" L (0.35 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
Features: Glossary, Illustrated, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: It's amazing how 100 key words and phrases provide instant communication Do you want to speak conversational Mandarin Chinese but are too busy to study it? Are you visiting China for a short time and want a Mandarin phrase book to help you communicate in the Chinese language? If so, this Mandarin phrasebook and dictionary is for you. It's tiny 0.4 x 4.1 x 5.9 inches size makes it incredibly convenient to travel with but without losing the essential content for communication. This new, expanded edition contains 15% more content, fun manga-style illustrations, and additional information on which destinations, personalities and trends are hot in China right now The idea of Instant Chinese is simple--learn 100 words and phrases and say 1,000 things. The trick is knowing which 100 words to learn, but the author Boye Lafayette De Mente has solved the problem, choosing only those words you'll hear again and again. Even with a vocabulary this small, you'll be surprised how quickly and fluently you too can communicate in Mandarin Chinese. Words are repeated in different combinations, building familiarity without effort. All phrases are given in both simplified Chinese characters and standard Hanoi Pinyin romanization. A brief guide to pronunciation allows the user to say the phrases correctly. An English-Chinese dictionary makes looking up a word or phrase simple and quick. Here's a sample of what you'll be able to do with this Chinese phrasebook:
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