Fun with Chinese Characters 1: The Straits Times Collection 1 (English and Chinese Edition)

Tan Huay Peng; Huoping Chen

ISBN 10: 1604801158 / ISBN 13: 9781604801156

Published by Master Communications, Inc., 2012

About this Item

All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fun with Chinese Characters 1: The Straits Times Collection 1 (English and Chinese Edition)
• Publisher: Master Communications, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1604801158
• ISBN 13: 9781604801156
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

Fun with Chinese Characters (in three volumes) makes learning Chinese characters entertaining and memorable! Every page contains all the information you need to learn a Chinese character: the origin (etymology) of a character, its description and an entertaining illustration by cartoonist Tan Huay Peng. Knowing the origin greatly simplify the recognition the characters. The cartoons which accompany each character are often comical and clever. Examples of how the character is used in compound phrases are offered.
First volume contains an in-depth introduction on the genesis of the characters. The third volume contains index of all 480 characters and their location. The series does not have to be used in sequence.

Volume 1 has 176 characters. The characters are written in traditional and simplified characters and has romanized pinyin pronunciation. Stroke orders, definition and example sentence make this book a valuable resource. Learning Chinese characters has never been so much fun!

From the Publisher

In this first ever North American Editions, Fun with Chinese Characters help anyone interested in Chinese to learn about Chinese characters in a fun, easy and entertaining way. No background in Chinese is required to enjoy the book.