{"product_id":"intermediate-chinese-9780415486316","title":"Intermediate Chinese","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntermediate Chinese\u003c\/em\u003e is the ideal reference and practice book for students with some knowledge of the language. Each of the 25 units deals with a particular grammatical point and provides associated exercises. Features include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eclear, accessible format\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emany useful language examples\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ejargon-free grammar explanations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esample drills and exercises with full answer key.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll Chinese entries are presented in both pinyin romanisation and Chinese characters, and are accompanied, in most cases, by English translations to facilitate self-tuition in both the spoken and the written language. This new edition also includes a glossary of vocabulary and aglossary of grammatical terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntermediate Chinese\u003c\/em\u003e reviews the principal elements presented in its sister volume, \u003cem\u003eBasic Chinese\u003c\/em\u003e, and introduces more complicated structures. The two books form a compendium of the essentials of Chinese \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1 The ba structure 2 The bèi structure 3 Serial constructions 4 Causative constructions 5 Dative constructions with direct and indirect objects 6 Existence sentences 7 Subject-predicate and topic-comment sentences 8 Sentence particle le 9 Abbreviated sentences 10 Rhetorical questions 9511 Conjunctions and conjunctives linking clauses in compound sentences (1) 12 Conjunctions and conjunctives linking clauses in compound sentences (2) 13 Conjunctions linking words or phrases (summary) 14 Attributives (summary) 15 Adverbials (summary) 16 de, de, de (summary) 17 ‘Every’, ‘each’ – mfi, gè; ‘All’ –yiqiè, supypu and indefinite pronouns 18 Comparisons with  bj and méiypu (summary) 19 Various uses of  ypu (summary) 20 Idiomatic uses of  shì (summary) 21 The aspect marker  le (summary) 22 The aspect markers D zhe, (zhèng)zài and  guo (summary) 23 The idiomatic uses of D lái zhe, bei, ma, bà le, me and ba, 24 The idiomatic uses of one, 25 Onomatopoeia and interjection, Vocabulary Lists: English to Chinese, Chinese to English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018155524439,"sku":"9780415486316","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415486316.jpg?v=1750775826","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/intermediate-chinese-9780415486316","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}