Bibliograph

Reading and writing Chinese, a comprehensive guide to the Chinese writing system, William McNaughton

Type

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Reading and writing Chinese, a comprehensive guide to the Chinese writing system, William McNaughton

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Reading and writing Chinese

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

863045871

Responsibility statement

William McNaughton

Sub title

a comprehensive guide to the Chinese writing system

Summary

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)

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