Yi Ren has taught thousands of Americans to speak Chinese fluently. Now, she and co-author Xiayuan Liang share their secrets for fast mastery of Chinese with you. Chock full of extra hints and tips drawn from the authors' many years of experience teaching Chinese in adult evening classes, Chinese for Beginners focuses on realistic situations you'll encounter when you meet people in China. New words are explained in terms of how you'll actually use them to communicate with new friends. The disc lets you listen and repeat and remember the sentences with ease, and will help you soon declare with pride, "I can say that in Chinese!"
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<li>Lighthearted approach brings Chinese to life in a down-to-earth fashion</li>
<li>Real-life dialogues and situations help you converse with confidence </li>
<li>An "Extend Your Vocabulary" feature in each chapter helps you to remember and understand more words that you'd think possible </li>
<li>Native-speaker audio recordings teach you to pronounce Chinese accurately</li>
<li>Answer Keys help you keep track of your learning process </li>
<li>Interesting notes, idioms, sayings, photos, poems, and insider tips about ChinaÆs culture, special places, and everyday life add to the adventure</li>
</ul>
 This user-friendly guide to learning the basics will work for anyone who wants to speak and understand Chinese for business, for pleasure, or for travel—and who wants to enjoy the process of learning a new language while theyÆre at it!

Chinese for Beginners: Mastering Conversational Chinese (Audio CD Included)

Reference

Ren, Yi

Liang, Xiayuan

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Tuttle+publishing

Reinforce your written Chinese with this practice book for the best-selling Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters. Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters helps students quickly learn the essential Chinese characters that are fundamental to the language. This character workbook presents 178 Chinese characters and over 534 standard words using these characters. It is intended for self-study and classroom use and includes the characters and words students need to know if they plan to take the official Chinese government HSK Level 1 Exam or the Advanced Placement (AP) Chinese Language and Culture Exam. Each character is presented plainly and transparently. A step-by-step diagram shows how to write the character, and boxes are provided for freehand writing practice. The meaning and pronunciation are given along with the critical vocabulary compounds and an example sentence. Review exercises reinforce the learning process, and an index at the back allows you to look up the characters according to their English meanings or romanized Hanyu Pinyin pronunciation. Key features of this Chinese workbook include:<ul>
<li> Designed for HSK Level 1 and AP exam prep</li>
<li> Learn the 178 most essential Chinese characters</li>
<li> Example sentences and over 534 vocabulary items</li>
<li> Step-by-step writing diagrams and practice boxes</li>
</ul>

Learning Chinese Characters Volume 1: The Quick and Easy Way to Learn Chinese Characters! (HSK Level 1 & AP Exam Prep Workbook)

Reinforce your written Chinese with this practice book for the best-selling Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters. Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters helps students quickly learn the essential Chinese characters that are fundamental to the language. This character workbook is intended for self-study or classroom use and presents 135 high-frequency characters and over 405 prevalent words using these characters. These are the characters and words students need to know if they plan to take the official Chinese government HSK Level 2 Exam or the Advanced Placement (AP) Chinese Language and Culture Exam. Each character is presented in a straightforward way. A step-by-step diagram shows how to write the character and boxes are provided for freehand writing practice. The meaning and pronunciation are given along with the key vocabulary compounds and an example sentence. Review exercises reinforce the learning process, and an index at the back allows you to look up the characters according to their English meanings or romanized Hanyu Pinyin pronunciation. Key features of this Chinese workbook include:<ul>
<li> Designed for HSK Level 1 and AP exam prep</li>
<li> Learn the 135 most written Chinese characters</li>
<li> Example sentences and over 405 vocabulary items</li>
<li> Step-by-step writing diagrams and practice boxes</li>
</ul>

Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters Volume 2: The Quick and Easy Way to Learn Chinese Characters! (HSK Level 2 & AP Study Exam Prep Workbook)

A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Mandarin—whether you're 5 or 100! This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Mandarin Chinese words and phrases. Each word and sentence is given in Mandarin characters—with a Romanized version to help you pronounce it correctly—along with the English meaning. The words are grouped into 40 different themes or topics, including basics like meeting someone new and using public transportation to culture-specific topics like celebrating Chinese holidays and eating Chinese food. This colorful picture dictionary includes:<ul>
<li>Hundreds of color photographs</li>
<li>1,500 Mandarin words and phrases</li>
<li>40 different topics—from social media and WiFi to paying and counting</li>
<li>Example sentences showing how the words are used</li>
<li>Companion online audio recordings by native Mandarin speakers of all the vocabulary and sentences</li>
<li>An introduction to Mandarin pronunciation and grammar</li>
<li>An index to allow you to quickly look up words</li>
</ul>
 Mandarin Chinese Picture Dictionary makes language learning more fun than traditional phrasebooks. This resource is perfect for beginners of all ages—curious kids, visual learners and future travelers to China.

Mandarin Chinese Picture Dictionary: Learn 1,500 Key Chinese Words and Phrases (Perfect for AP and HSK Exam Prep, Includes Online Audio) (Tuttle Picture Dictionary)

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

This user-friendly guide to the basics helps you learn how to speak Chinese quickly and easily by drawing parallels with something you already know—English. Chinese is a fascinating language that can seem impossibly difficult to learn at first, but is relatively easy if you focus on the spoken aspect. This revised edition contains new dialogues, cultural notes, IT and social media vocabulary, and new manga illustrations. This book is designed for everyone who wants to learn to speak and understand colloquial Chinese—whether it is for business, pleasure, or travel to China. A lighthearted guide that brings Chinese to life in a down-to-earth fashion, Mandarin Chinese for Beginners makes language learning fun. <ul>
<li> Real-life dialogues and situations help you to converse with confidence</li>
<li> Sentence pattern exercises and drills help to reinforce what you are learning</li>
<li> Native-speaker audio recordings enable you to pronounce Chinese vocabulary accurately</li>
<li> Interesting notes, idioms, sayings and poems introduce you to Chinese culture</li> </ul>
Mandarin Chinese for Beginners contains lots of extra hints and tips drawn from the authors' many years of experience in teaching the language to foreigners. Answer keys for the exercises are provided, and an "Extend Your Vocabulary" section in each chapter helps you to remember and understand more words that you'd think possible.

Chinese for Beginners: Learning Conversational Chinese (Fully Romanized and Free Online Audio)

Liang, Xiyuan

Model-Based Reliability Systems Engineering

Engineering & Transportation

Qian, Cheng

孙博

Yang, Dezhen

Feng, Qiang

Wang, Zili

Engineering

Springer

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