Fun with Chinese Characters 3 (Straits Times Collection Vol. 3)

Peng, Tan Huay; Chen, Huoping

ISBN 10: 193245702X / ISBN 13: 9781932457025

Published by Infini Pr Llc (edition ), 2004

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The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fun with Chinese Characters 3 (Straits Times Collection Vol. 3)
• Publisher: Infini Pr Llc (edition )
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 193245702X
• ISBN 13: 9781932457025
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair

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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 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!