Survival Chinese: How to Communicate Without Fus

作者: Boye Lafayette De Mente 著

出版社: Tuttle Publishing

出版时间: 2005-01

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780804836050

定价: 77.30

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 158页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>语言文字

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A handy guide to the Chinese language， Survival Chinese contains basic expressions and key words that are necessary for getting around. The notorious tonal changes in the pronunciation of Chinese words are a challenge for any beginner in the language. De Mente shows how these variations become a breeze to learn with his additional guidelines on how the Pinyin phonetic alphabet letters are pronounced when used in Chinese words. Together with the standard pinyin pronunciations， these English phonetics serve as an excellent guide to approximating the correct Chinese pronunciation as closely as possible.，A handy Mandarin Chinese phrasebook and guide to the Chinese language， Survival Chinese contains basic vocabulary necessary for getting around.

This book contains all the necessary words and phrases for speaking Mandarin Chinese in any kind of setting. Perfect for students， tourists， or business people learning Mandarin or traveling to China or Taiwan， it also contains a beginner guide to the Mandarin language， allowing for a deeper understanding of Chinese than a typical Mandarin phrasebook or Chinese dictionary. The book is broken into four basic sections： Common Chinese Expressions and Key Words， Essential Chinese Communication Tools， Chinese Travel Vocabulary， and making your own sentences. All Chinese words and phrases are written in Romanized form (pinyin) as well phonetically， making pronouncing Chinese a breeze. For example， the word for reservation， yuding is also written as yuu-deeng. Authentic Chinese characters (hanzi) are also included so that in the case of difficulties the book can be shown to the person the user is trying to communicate with.

This phrasebook includes：Hundreds of useful Chinese words and expressionsAn A-Z index which allows the book to function as a English to Chinese dictionaryRomanized forms， phonetic spellings， and Chinese Characters (Hanzi) for all words and phrasesA concise background and history of the Chinese languageA complete guide to Chinese pronunciationsA concise guide to using Chinese tonesA brief introduction to Chinese grammarNot everyone has time to attend regular Mandarin Chinese classes. A busy schedule， however， does not mean you cannot learn Mandarin. With this fun and easy Chinese phrase book you will soon be speaking Chinese without fear or fuss! Titles in this bestselling phrase book series include： Survival Japanese， Survival Arabic， Survival Chinese， Survival Tagalog， Survival Hindi， and Survival Korean Boye Lafayette De Mente worked forseveral years as an editor of newspapers and magazines in Tokyo andhas written many books on Asian language and culture, includingSurvival Japanese, Asian Face Reading, Kata, Korean BusinessEtiquette, Instant Japanese, Business Guide to Japan's CulturalCode Words, Korean Business Ethics, and Instant Korean.He Lives in Paradise Valley, AZ. PREFACE

The“Language Wall”is Down!

The National Language

INTRODUCTION

Chinese Written in“English”

Those Notorious Tones

Chinese is Easier Than English!

The Chinese‘'Alphabct”

Running Words Together

Pronouncing Chinese“in English”

Pronunciation Guides

PART 1

Common Expressions＆Key Words

Personal Information

Directions

Airport／AMine

Money

Taxis

Subways

Trains

Buses

Rental Cars

Hotel Vocabulary

Toilet／Restroom

The Seasons

The Weather

Eating

　……

PART 2

PART 3

PART 4

PART 5
内容简介:
A handy guide to the Chinese language， Survival Chinese contains basic expressions and key words that are necessary for getting around. The notorious tonal changes in the pronunciation of Chinese words are a challenge for any beginner in the language. De Mente shows how these variations become a breeze to learn with his additional guidelines on how the Pinyin phonetic alphabet letters are pronounced when used in Chinese words. Together with the standard pinyin pronunciations， these English phonetics serve as an excellent guide to approximating the correct Chinese pronunciation as closely as possible.，A handy Mandarin Chinese phrasebook and guide to the Chinese language， Survival Chinese contains basic vocabulary necessary for getting around.

This book contains all the necessary words and phrases for speaking Mandarin Chinese in any kind of setting. Perfect for students， tourists， or business people learning Mandarin or traveling to China or Taiwan， it also contains a beginner guide to the Mandarin language， allowing for a deeper understanding of Chinese than a typical Mandarin phrasebook or Chinese dictionary. The book is broken into four basic sections： Common Chinese Expressions and Key Words， Essential Chinese Communication Tools， Chinese Travel Vocabulary， and making your own sentences. All Chinese words and phrases are written in Romanized form (pinyin) as well phonetically， making pronouncing Chinese a breeze. For example， the word for reservation， yuding is also written as yuu-deeng. Authentic Chinese characters (hanzi) are also included so that in the case of difficulties the book can be shown to the person the user is trying to communicate with.

This phrasebook includes：Hundreds of useful Chinese words and expressionsAn A-Z index which allows the book to function as a English to Chinese dictionaryRomanized forms， phonetic spellings， and Chinese Characters (Hanzi) for all words and phrasesA concise background and history of the Chinese languageA complete guide to Chinese pronunciationsA concise guide to using Chinese tonesA brief introduction to Chinese grammarNot everyone has time to attend regular Mandarin Chinese classes. A busy schedule， however， does not mean you cannot learn Mandarin. With this fun and easy Chinese phrase book you will soon be speaking Chinese without fear or fuss! Titles in this bestselling phrase book series include： Survival Japanese， Survival Arabic， Survival Chinese， Survival Tagalog， Survival Hindi， and Survival Korean
作者简介:
Boye Lafayette De Mente worked forseveral years as an editor of newspapers and magazines in Tokyo andhas written many books on Asian language and culture, includingSurvival Japanese, Asian Face Reading, Kata, Korean BusinessEtiquette, Instant Japanese, Business Guide to Japan's CulturalCode Words, Korean Business Ethics, and Instant Korean.He Lives in Paradise Valley, AZ.
目录:
PREFACE

The“Language Wall”is Down!

The National Language

INTRODUCTION

Chinese Written in“English”

Those Notorious Tones

Chinese is Easier Than English!

The Chinese‘'Alphabct”

Running Words Together

Pronouncing Chinese“in English”

Pronunciation Guides

PART 1

Common Expressions＆Key Words

Personal Information

Directions

Airport／AMine

Money

Taxis

Subways

Trains

Buses

Rental Cars

Hotel Vocabulary

Toilet／Restroom

The Seasons

The Weather

Eating

　……

PART 2

PART 3

PART 4

PART 5

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