Reading and Writing Chinese
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Used as a standard by students and teachers in learning Chinese for more
than three decades, the best-selling Reading and Writing Chinese has been
completely revised and updated!
Reading and Writing Chinese places at your fingertips the essential 1,725
Chinese characters' up-to-date definitions, derivations, pronunciations, and
examples of correct usage by means of cleverly condensed grids. Newly updated and revised, these characters are the ones officially prescribed
by the Chinese government for the internationally recognized test of proficiency
in Chinese, the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK).
Additional information
| Weight | 624 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 mm |
| ISBN | 9780804842990 |
| Dimensions | 152 x 229 mm |
| Book Type | Paperback / softback |
| Author | William McNaughton |
| Author Bio | Jiageng Fan specializes in the linguistic relationship between the Chinese and Japanese languages and scripts, focusing on the etymology of characters. He has lived, studied and taught Chinese, Japanese and English in China and Australia and has traveled extensively. After obtaining a B.A. at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, then working as a magazine editor, he moved to Christchurch, New Zealand, where he earned a First Class Honours Degree from the University of Canterbury. 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 (Honours) program in Translation and Interpretation. |
| Number of Pages | 336 |
