LI Dong 李冬
TUTTLE PUBLISHING
Tokyo • Rutland,Vermont • Singapore
Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd., with editorial offices at 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759 U.S.A. and at 61 Tai Seng Avenue #02-12, Singapore 534167.
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2009936627
ISBN 978-0-8048-3992-1; ISBN 978-1-4629-1758-7 (ebook)
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Explanatory Notes
Introducing Chinese
1 Pronunciation
1.1 Vowels
1.2 Consonants
1.3 Basic tones
1.4 Syllables: Distinct units
1.5 Pinyin: the romanization scheme to show pronunciation
2 Writing Chinese: 汉字 Hànzì
2.1 Chinese characters as syllables
2.2 The composition of Chinese characters: Meaningful components
2.3 The writing of Chinese characters
3 Vocabulary: Word-formation
4 Grammar: Main features of Chinese grammar
List 1: Meaningful Character Components
List 2: Measure Words
English-Chinese Dictionary
