Getting Around in Chinese
Marco Liang
Getting Around in Chinese is a unique comprehensive language manual that utilizes proven method of programmed instruction to help readers quickly gain proficiency in spoken Chinese. Although written with the businessperson, traveler, or casual student in mind, a rich trove of factual information and an extensive glossary of useful items and phrases make this handbook an essential reference tool for those engaged in a more formalized pursuit as well.
667 pages
ABOUT
THE CHINESE LANGUAGE:
Unique and unusual aspects of Chinese
Language
Derivation of Chinese Characters
Chinese Grammar, Usage and
Sentence Composition
Subtle nuances of the Chinese Language through a
Host of Translations
THE
PRONUNCIATION AND INTONATION OF CHINESE WORD:
Phonetic System
for Romanizing HAN-YU
Illustration of HAN-YU with English Sounds
A
Complete Set of Tables of Han-Yu Sounds expressed by
Alphabets
REVIEWS:
--Mr.
Liang's English-Chinese Glossary has been well-prepared. ---"The task has
been Momentous, arduous and honest" --The uses are many. By design, it may
be used by all students of the Chinese Language---It is an indispensable
book"---Furthermore, all the terms have been romanized such that the
foreign guest to China may with reasonable accuracy "make" the sounds
without special training, The demand need not be gainsaid. By; Pearl S.
Buck, Scholar and Author and Nobel Prize Award
Recipient