Reading and writing Chinese
Subtitle: a comprehensive guide to the Chinese writing system
By: William McNaughton
Contributors: Fan, Jiageng
Edition: 3rd ed., simplified character ed. / revised by Jiageng Fan.
Publisher: Tuttle
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Rutland, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780804842990
Subjects: Glossaries, vocabularies; Chinese language; Writing
Description: "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)"--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: Student's Guide. The writing system ; Explanatory notes ; Study methods ; How to write the characters ; The pronunciation of Chinese; title: Part 1. 1,067 basic characters and elements of the writing system; title: Part 2. Remaining characters of the "A" list, "B" list, and "C" list.