Reading and Writing Chinese

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This 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 completely revised and updated. Reading & 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. 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 government for the internationally recognized test of proficiency in Chinese, the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK). The student's ability to read Chinese and write Chinese is reinforced throughout. Frontcover The Chart of Modern Radicals Copyright TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION PREFACE STUDENT’S GUIDE The Writing System Explanatory Notes Study Methods How to Write the Characters The Pronunciation of Chinese Part 1: 1,067 Basic Characters and Elements of the Writing System Part 2: Remaining Characters of the “A” List, “B” List, and “C” List Alphabetical Index Stroke Index The Chart of Traditional Radicals Other Ebooks Backcover