Description

This second edition, like the earlier first edition, introduces some of the main varieties of Chinese as found before and after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. While continuing to stress the basic importance of the traditional usages, such as the regular characters to be found in all materials published before the adoption of the simplified forms in 1956 and still in use in some areas, the present revision goes further in contrasting variant usages and in providing additional material relevent to the PRC.Quote:Excellent book to learn how to read Chinese characters. The excellence stems from several features: 1) the emphasis on combinations rather than characters alone – during every lesson you learn about ten characters but many more words (combinations of two or more characters); 2) large size of the characters – very, very useful for the beginner; 3) systematic repetition — characters from one lesson are used in the following lessons in a systematic way that helps to build and keep your vocabulary. I can’t think of any other book available on Amazon that shares these features.