Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary: Chinese-English English-Chinese [Fully Romanized] - Softcover

Dong, Li

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804845670 ISBN 13: 9780804845670

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

This is the most up-to-date Mandarin Chinese Dictionary available today.

Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary has both Chinese to English and English to Chinese sections. Its compact size allows for easy transport without limiting the content. This Mandarin dictionary is perfect for Chinese language students, or business people and tourists traveling to China who wish to learn Chinese. It contains over 25,000 words and expressions (including all the required words for the official HSK Chinese Proficiency Examination), carefully selected to cover all important aspects of life and commerce in China. In addition, extensive information on Chinese grammar and Mandarin pronunciation are included.

This Chinese dictionary contains the following features:

• 25,000 Chinese words and expressions.
• Chinese–English and English–Chinese sections
• Up-to-date local Chinese slang and idioms.
• A guide to Mandarin pronunciation and Chinese Grammar.
• An explanation of Mandarin tones and syllables.
• An introduction to writing Chinese and stroke order.
• Radical and stroke indexes for easy reference.
• All the Chinese vocabulary included in the HSK language examinations.
• Romanized forms (hanyu pinyin) including tones for accurate pronunciation.
• Extensive notes with detailed tips on usage and social context.
• Parts of speech, common phrases and idiomatic expressions.

Other dictionaries in this bestselling series you might be interested in include: Concise Japanese Dictionary, Concise Korean Dictionary, and Concise Vietnamese Dictionary.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This completely revised and expanded Tuttle dictionary includes:

ò 25,000 words and expressions including slang and idioms

ò A guide to pronunciation and introduction to tones and grammar

ò All vocabulary needed to pass the HSK language examinations

ò Hanyu Pinyin romanizations giving highly accurate pronunciations

ò Extensive notes with detailed tips on usage and social context

ò Parts of speech, common phrases and idiomatic expressions

ò Character components, measure words, radical and stroke indexes

ò The most complete and up-to-date dictionary available today

Li Dong is an experienced educator who has taught Chinese to

foreigners for more than 40 years in China, the UK, the USA and New

Zealand. He has published many articles on Chinese lexicography and

is the author of the Tuttle BeginnerÆs Chinese Dictionary, Tuttle

LearnerÆs Chinese-English Dictionary, Tuttle Chinese-English

Dictionary, Tuttle English-Chinese Dictionary, Tuttle Compact Chinese

Dictionary, and Tuttle Pocket Chinese Dictionary.

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0804845670
• ISBN 13: 9780804845670
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 704