Chinese And English Language
Speaking Chinese and English
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Chinese in Plain English $3.95 This helpful book presents the basics of the challenging Chinese language. Chinese language is "romanized" and is therefore truly in plain English. |
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Concise English-Chinese Dictionary $10.84 Both practical and reliable, this dictionary provides the student, tourist or businessperson with a ready key to modern Chinese. Containing over 10,000 entries of the most useful English words and expressions, the "Concise English-Chinese Romanized Dictionary" is a handy guide for anyone interested in the Chinese language. |
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ABC English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary $22.7 The ABC English-Chinese, Chinese-English Dictionary (ECCE) is a student-oriented bilingual dictionary that, like other dictionaries in the ABC series, organizes Chinese words by their pronunciation as written in pinyin. This innovative, straightforward alphabetical organization allows the user to find most words more quickly and easily. It also facilitates the comparison of words that are pronounced similarly or identically, which is not possible in traditionally-ordered dictionaries. The series’ alphabetical ordering has been imitated in other dictionaries, but ECCE is still unique in that it offers detailed and authoritative coverage of grammar (parts of speech, constructions, and examples) and orthography (both simplified and complex characters as well as pinyin). ECCE contains 98,643 entries: 29,670 in the English-Chinese section, 37,963 in the Chinese-English section. The latter is an abridgment of the massive ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary, with improvements such as more example sentences, the inclusion of both pinyin and characters for all sentences, and indications of vocabulary grade levels to help learners prioritize their studies by indicating the most basic and important entries. The addition of an entirely new English-Chinese section makes ECCE the ideal portable reference. As in the Comprehensive Dictionary, two indexes (Stroke and Radical) assist in looking up a character when its shape is known but not its pronunciation. The rich and encyclopaedic scope of information provided makes the ABC English-Chinese, Chinese-English Dictionary an especially useful resource for both language learners and professionals alike. |
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Concise Chinese-English Romanized Dictionary $3.95 The "Concise Chinese-English Romanized Dictionary" provides the student of modern Chinese with a handy and practical guide to the Chinese language. This easy-to-use dictionary features nearly 10,000 useful Chinese words and expressions, along with their English equivalents. The Chinese words are romanized, presented with proper tone readings, and the appropriate Chinese characters are also included. |
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Mandarin Chinese Dictionary: Chinese-English $25.57 Along with its companion volume, an English-Chinese dictionary, this reference was devised for use in high schools and colleges to facilitate both comprehension and reproduction. Compiled by an expert lexicographer, these dictionaries draw upon the best traditions of language learning, with particular emphasis on syntactic structure, functional elements such as particles, and idiomatic expressions. |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Dual Language Reader (English/Chinese) $18.59 As opposed to memorizing Chinese phrases or forcing yourself to get through another dry Chinese grammar or verb manual, this Dual Language Reader ("DLR") will keep you excited as you turn to the next page This compilation features Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic masterpiece: "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" coupled with a NEW original Chinese translation by native Chinese speaker Sean Song. Experience the legendary story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, formatted in Chinese & English Stories compiled into our DLR format serve as an excellent tool to aid you in developing the ability to "think" in Chinese. With the English text coupled with the corresponding Chinese translation, you’re able to comprehend, precisely, the ideas being conveyed. The key to mastering any foreign language is not only developing the ability to understand the mechanics of that language, but also developing the ability to "think" in that new language. A Dual Language Reader is an excellent tool for helping you to do exactly that |
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English Grammar for Chinese Speakers $23.26 This is the only book currently available for beginner, intermediate, and advanced Chinese students, teachers, interpreters, and translators interested in mastering the English language. The book divides English grammar learning into three basic sentence patterns. Grammar content is essential for students to acquire the important skills and master the English language. Tools used in the book are easy to learn and understand. Furthermore, the book contains very useful vocabulary for practice in everyday communications. Students are sure to get the best results through learning the parts of speech and sentences. When applying all the vocabulary in this book into the three basic sentence patterns, students will be ready to enter into the mainstream English-speaking society everywhere. |
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Oxford Chinese Desk Dictionary: English-Chinese Chinese-English [With CDROM] $34.04 A durable, long-lasting reference for both English-speakers learning Chinese and Chinese-speakers learning English, this new Oxford Chinese Desk Dictionary offers authoritative, up-to-the-minute coverage, with over 90,000 words and phrases, and 130,000 translations in a sturdy hardcover edition. Plus it comes with a CD that includes many special features not possible with the print edition. The Dictionary’s clear layout makes it accessible and straightforward to use, and a detailed index system of radicals helps you find the entry you need quickly and easily. Chinese simplified characters, orthodox characters, and pinyin forms are given for each. Putonghua tones are included. The Dictionary has also been updated to include the very latest vocabulary, including bioterrorism, e-shopping, domain name, and SARS. The CD-ROM offers a lightening-fast reference tool, eliminating the multi-stage look-up process in the print dictionary. The CD also offers character recognition and audio pronunciations for 22,000 single-characters. Taken together, this dual package offers up-to-date and authoritative coverage of the Chinese language. |
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English for Chinese (Cantonese), Q&s: Learn to Speak and Understand English for Chinese (Cantonese) with Pimsleur Language Program $8.02 Q&S ESL Cantonese Chinese includes the first 8 lessons from the Pimsleur Comprehensive Level I. 4 hours, audio-only, effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. |
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English for Chinese (Mandarin), Q&s: Learn to Speak and Understand English for Chinese (Mandarin) with Pimsleur Language Programs $16.11 Q&S ESL Mandarin Chinese includes the first 8 lessons from the Pimsleur Comprehensive Level I. 4 hours, audio-only, effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. |
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Using English to Learn Mandarin Chinese $29.22 This book revolutionizes how Chinese is learned and taught. Based on your knowledge of English, the innovative JWK method transforms the Chinese language into one that is familiar, demonstrating that it is not as difficult as learners initially perceive it to be. As a result, this new method contributes significant savings in time and money. Testimonials are on the back cover. Software patent pending. |
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Research Among Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language $24.67 Cutting-edge in its approach and international in its authorship, this fourth monograph in a series sponsored by the Chinese Language Teachers Association features eight research studies that explore a variety of themes, topics, and perspectives important to a variety of stakeholders in the Chinese language learning community. Employing a wide range of research methodologies, the volume provides data from actual Chinese language learners and will be of value to both theoreticians and practitioners alike. in English & Chinese] |
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A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers $12.29 A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers heralds the American debut of a remarkably gifted young writer. Twenty-three-year-old Zhuang, the daughter of shoe factory owners in rural China, has come to London to study English. She calls herself Z because English people can’t pronounce her name, but she’s no better at their language. Set loose to find her way through a confusion of cultural gaffes and grammatical mishaps, she winds up lodging with a Chinese family and thinks she might as well not have left home. But then she meets an English man who changes everything. From the moment he smiles at her, she enters a new world of sex, freedom, and self-discovery. But she also realizes that, in the West, "love" does not always mean the same as in China, and that you can learn all the words in the English language and still not understand your lover. Drawing on her diaries from when she first arrived in the UK, Xiaolu Guo winningly writes the story in steadily improving English grammar and vocabulary. Freshly humorous, sexy, and poignant, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers is an utterly original novel about language, identity, and the cultural divide. |
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A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers $3.95 "A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers" heralds the American debut of a remarkably gifted young writer. Twenty-three-year-old Zhuang, the daughter of shoe factory owners in rural China, has come to London to study English. She calls herself Z because English people can’t pronounce her name, but she’s no better at their language. Set loose to find her way through a confusion of cultural gaffes and grammatical mishaps, she winds up lodging with a Chinese family and thinks she might as well not have left home. But then she meets an English man who changes everything. From the moment he smiles at her, she enters a new world of sex, freedom, and self-discovery. But she also realizes that, in the West, "love" does not always mean the same as in China, and that you can learn all the words in the English language and still not understand your lover. Drawing on her diaries from when she first arrived in the UK, Xiaolu Guo winningly writes the story in steadily improving English grammar and vocabulary. Freshly humorous, sexy, and poignant, "A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers "is an utterly original novel about language, identity, and the cultural divide. |
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Chinese-English/English-Chinese Practical Dictionary $18.5 This latest entry in the acclaimed Instant Vocabulary Builder series by Tom Means is devoted to Brazilian Portuguese. Apart from their endings, many words in the language are similar to their English counterparts. This unique book identifies the 24 most common word-ending patterns between these languages and provides over 4,000 words that follow them. Perfect as a classroom supplement or for self-study, this handy reference is appropriate for all ages and levels of experience. The enclosed CD allows the reader to master pronunciation of the most common words and phrases from each chapter by repeating them after a native speaker. |
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English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow $27.94 This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. |
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Chinese Phonetic System and Language: English Translation (1922) $25.54 This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone |
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Modality in English and Chinese: A Typological Perspective $39.1 Modality is a grammatical, or semantic-grammatical, category. It is an important component of human languages. This is at least the case in most European languages. To what extent is it a near-universal? This thesis is to contribute to the question. It focuses on modal verbs in English and Chinese, two genetically and geographically unrelated languages, and analyzes what these two languages have in common and how they differ in their systems of modality. To achieve the aim, the thesis adopts the theoretical framework proposed by van der Auwera (1996, 1998 with Plungian, 2001) for the typological study of modality. Its language-specific descriptions involve the morphosyntactic features, notional functions, modal logic, and diachronic development. With these descriptions, it constructs a cross-linguistic database in a uniform, parallel structure. Then on the basis of this database, it deals with the cross-linguistic issues about modality in English and Chinese. Like many of the studies in this area, this research makes use of the well-sampled data in the relevant literature, thereby assuring the same degree of representativeness. When the data do not meet this need, it resorts to computer-based corpora. In the diachronic study of Chinese modality, quantitative analysis is adopted in proposing a development path for the senses of a modal. English translation is given particular attention in the description of Chinese modality and cross-linguistic analyses. One can only know one’s own language only if one compares it with other languages. The present study is conducive to a better understanding of English and Chinese. It contributes not only to the investigation of language universals, butalso to the study of human cognition and other linguistic or applied linguistic issues. |
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Colloquial Chinese 2: The Next Step in Language Learning $28.54 Colloquial Chinese 2 is designed for people who already have some knowledge of the language but want to progress a stage further. It is the ideal way to refresh your knowledge and to extend your skills, either in preparation for a visit, or to brush up on the language for work. Structured to give you the opportunity to listen to and read lots of modern, everyday Chinese, it has been developed to work systematically on reinforcing and extending your grasp of Chinese grammar and vocabulary. Key features include: revision material to help you consolidate and build up your basics Chinese texts presented in simplified characters and pinyin romanization throughout lessons based on practical everyday topics and supplemented by useful cultural notes lots of spoken and written exercises in each lesson for practice and consolidation a grammar summary, detailed answer key and Chinese-English glossary supplementary exercises and Chinese web-links at www.routledge.com/colloquials/chinese Accompanying audio material is available to purchase separately on CD/MP3 format, or comes included in the great value Colloquials Pack. |
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Tuttle Learner’s Chinese-English Dictionary $28.09 A totally new dictionary designed specifically for elementary to intermediate learners of Chinese, and containing all 3,051 vocabulary items prescribed for Levels A and B of the internationally recognized test of Chinese language proficiency, "Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi "(HSK). This self-contained dictionary has over 3,000 headwords–those required for HSK Levels A and B, plus important proper nouns and common idioms. Extensive notes on culture, grammar and meaning are included to enhance understanding and ensure correct usage. |
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Mandarin Chinese Dictionary & Phrasebook: Chinese-English/English-Chinese $12.61 This latest entry in the acclaimed Instant Vocabulary Builder series by Tom Means is devoted to Brazilian Portuguese. Apart from their endings, many words in the language are similar to their English counterparts. This unique book identifies the 24 most common word-ending patterns between these languages and provides over 4,000 words that follow them. Perfect as a classroom supplement or for self-study, this handy reference is appropriate for all ages and levels of experience. The enclosed CD allows the reader to master pronunciation of the most common words and phrases from each chapter by repeating them after a native speaker. |
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Pocket Mandarin Chinese Dictionary: Chinese-English English-Chinese $3.95 The Periplus Pocket Dictionary Series has been compiled by academics and translators experienced with the needs of beginners. These are the ideal dictionaries for students and travelers, covering all the words needed for everyday situations and travel basics without confusing abbreviations or dictionary terminology. Each handy, pocket-sized volume in this inexpensive series includes: * Bi-directional entries, both to and from English * 3,000+ entries in each language: all the most useful words for everyday communication * Both romanized forms and the authentic script are given where applicable * A brief guide to pronunciation allows the user to say the words correctly * General vocabulary appropriate to beginning and lower intermediate students * Different senses of the same word clearly distinguished by explanatory glosses * Clear layout and readable type |
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Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language $12.43 Deborah Fallows has spent a lot of her life learning languages and traveling around the world. But nothing prepared her for the surprises of learning Mandarin, China’s most common language, or the intensity of living in Shanghai and Beijing. Over time, she realized that her struggles and triumphs in studying learning the language of her adopted home provided small clues to deciphering behavior and habits of its people, and its culture’s conundrums. As her skill with Mandarin increased, bits of the language – a word, a phrase, an oddity of grammar – became windows into understanding romance, humor, protocol, relationships, and the overflowing humanity of modern China. Fallows learned, for example, that the abrupt, blunt way of speaking which Chinese people sometimes use isn’t rudeness, but is, in fact a way to acknowledge and honor the closeness between two friends. She learned that English speakers’ trouble with hearing or saying tones-the variations in inflection that can change a word’s meaning-is matched by Chinese speakers’ inability "not" to hear tones, or to even take a guess at understanding what might have been meant when foreigners misuse them. "Dreaming in Chinese" is the story of what Deborah Fallows discovered about the Chinese language, and how that helped her make sense of what had at first seemed like the chaos and contradiction of everyday life in China. |
