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Essential Chinese: Speak Chinese with Confidence! (Mandarin Chinese Phrasebook & Dictionary)

Phillip Yungkin Lee, Shun-Yao Chang

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Chinese communication made simple and accessible.

Imagine you're about to land in China, nerves mingling with excitement. 'Essential Chinese' could be just the travel buddy you need. Its compact design means it'll slip easily into your bag, ready to offer quick translations or help you practice key phrases. Whether you're hailing a taxi, making new friends, or navigating local markets, this book is designed to boost your Mandarin confidence without taking up your suitcase space!

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780804842426
Authors: Phillip Yungkin Lee, Shun-Yao Chang
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Date of Publication: 2013-08-06
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Travel, Language
Related Topics: Guidebook, Reference
Goodreads rating: 3.5
(rated by 2 readers)

Description

This portable, user–friendly Chinese language guide, phrasebook and dictionary is the cheapest and easiest way to learn Chinese before and during your trip.If you only want one Chinese language book— Essential Chinese is the way to go. Part of Tuttle Publishing's Essential Phrasebooks Series, it is a great first introduction and beginner guide to the language of China and Taiwan and is also designed as a great Chinese phrasebook, making it the most versatile Chinese language learning tool on the market.Perfect for business people or tourist traveling to China or for students who want to supplement their learning, this book's easy indexing feature allows it to act as a Mandarin phrase book or as English–Chinese Dictionary. A clever "point to" feature allows you to simply point to a phrase translated in Chinese without the need to say a single word or read a single character. You will soon find yourself turning to Essential Chinese again and again when visiting or working in China.In this book you will This beginner Chinese book will help you quickly and easily learn Chinese. Your ability to read Chinese, write Chinese, speak Chinese, and comprehend Chinese will be vastly improved without having to take an entire Chinese language class. Other titles in this bestselling series of phrasebooks Essential Japanese, Essential Arabic, Essential Korean, Essential Tagalog, and Essential Arabic .
 

Chinese communication made simple and accessible.

Imagine you're about to land in China, nerves mingling with excitement. 'Essential Chinese' could be just the travel buddy you need. Its compact design means it'll slip easily into your bag, ready to offer quick translations or help you practice key phrases. Whether you're hailing a taxi, making new friends, or navigating local markets, this book is designed to boost your Mandarin confidence without taking up your suitcase space!

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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