Description
Book SynopsisThis is a complete and easy-to-use guide for reading and writing Chinese characters.Learning written Chinese is an essential part of mastering the Chinese language. Used as a standard by students and teachers learning to read Chinese and write Chinese for more than three decades, the bestselling
Reading & Writing Chinese has been thoroughly revised and updated.
Reading & Writing Chinese places at your fingertips the essential 1,725 Chinese characters'' current definitions, derivations, pronunciations, and examples of correct usage by utilizing cleverly condensed grids. This guide also focuses on Pinyin, which is the official system to transcribe Hanzi, Chinese characters, into Latin script, now universally used in mainland China and Singapore. Traditional characters (still used in Taiwan and Hong Kong) are also included, making this a complete reference.
Newly updated and revised, these characters are the ones officially prescribed by the Chinese go
Trade Review"I wish we'd all been given a copy of this in the first year of university. Even now I can find gems of information about Chinese characters in this book that I didn't know before. It's a nice book to have around." --
Hugh Grigg, East Asia Student blog"…learning how to write Chinese characters will provide a more thorough understanding of their structure and composition, as well as open the door to the world of Chinese calligraphy. William McNaughton's
Reading and Writing Chinese is an excellent introduction to this knowledge." --
Qiu Gui Su, About.com Mandarin Language"…this book can be the best choice for Chinese beginners who want to learn Chinese characters. With exact pronunciation, lively definition and derivation, it will make the process of characters learning more interesting and easier." --
Yes-Chinese.com
