Reading & Writing Chinese Traditional Character Edition: A Comprehensive Guide to the Chinese Writing System

Author:   William McNaughton ,  Li Ying
Publisher:   Tuttle Publishing
Edition:   Traditional Character Edition
ISBN:  

9780804847155


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   06 September 2016
Format:   Paperback
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This is a complete and easytouse guide for reading and writing traditional Chinese characters. Reading and Writing Chinese has been the leading text for foreign students and teachers of the Chinese writing system since it was first published in 1978. This completely revised edition draws on the lessons learnt from the use of the book in classrooms so as to provide a more convenient and uptodate introduction to written Chinese. Over 1,100 new combinations of characters have been added, increasing the total vocabulary significantly to about 4,500 items. There are also new notes on usage to give students insight into the contemporary state of the Chinese language. The student's ability to read Chinese and write Chinese are reinforced throughout.

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Author:   William McNaughton ,  Li Ying
Publisher:   Tuttle Publishing
Imprint:   Tuttle Publishing
Edition:   Traditional Character Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.626kg
ISBN:  

9780804847155


ISBN 10:   0804847150
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   06 September 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Excellent reference book for beginning and Intermediate&#8211level Chinese. Well laid out with several ways to look up characters. Common phrases are also listed with each character. Goodreads


"""Reading & Writing Chinese - Traditional Character Edition was of particular interest given that Hong Kong still uses it over the simplified Chinese employed in mainland China."" --Randal van de Woning, BWG blog ""Excellent reference book for beginning and Intermediate&#8211level Chinese. Well laid out with several ways to look up characters. Common phrases are also listed with each character."" --Goodreads"


Excellent reference book for beginning and Intermediate&#8211level Chinese. Well laid out with several ways to look up characters. Common phrases are also listed with each character. --Goodreads Reading & Writing Chinese - Traditional Character Edition was of particular interest given that Hong Kong still uses it over the simplified Chinese employed in mainland China. --Randal van de Woning, BWG blog


-Excellent reference book for beginning and Intermediate&#8211level Chinese. Well laid out with several ways to look up characters. Common phrases are also listed with each character.- --Goodreads


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William McNaughton was the founding teacher of Chinese at Oberlin College. From 1986 he taught at Hong Kong's City University, where he was the founding program leader of the BA (Honors) program in Translation and Interpretation.

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