Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary: Chinese-English English-Chinese: Chinese-English English-Chinese [Fully Romanized] - Softcover

Li Dong

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804845670 ISBN 13: 9780804845670

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

The Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary offers the most up-to-date information available at a compact size and affordable price, and covers the contemporary terms and expressions that are used most frequently in business and daily communication. This comprehensive, portable reference has both Chinese-English and English-Chinese sections. It contains over 25,000 words and expressions (including all the required words for the official HSK Chinese Proficiency Examination), carefully selected to reflect the latest usage and to cover all important aspects of life and commerce in China today. Each entry offers pronunciations, definitions, and other helpful info like parts of speech, common collocations, root forms, and idiomatic expressions. Lots of sample sentences help the user understand how the words are used in context. And handy notes throughout offer extra pointers on correct use of terms. The two-color layout is extremely user-friendly: headwords are in blue, so words and phrases can be located with ease. The Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary also includes a guide to Chinese grammar, pronunciation, writing, and characters, plus reference sections and indexes on topics like measure words and radicals. It's a perfect companion for business people, students, and other on-the-go learners.

About this title

Review:

"The Bottom Line, good Chinese-English dictionary with plenty of example sentences in Pinyin Romanization and simplified characters." -- About.com Mandarin Language

Book Description:

This is the most up-to-date and comprehensive Balinese Dictionary available today.

Tuttle Concise Balinese Dictionary has both Balinese to English and English to Balinese sections. It's compact size allows for easy transport without limiting the content. This Balinese dictionary is perfect for Balinese language students, or business people and tourists traveling to the Bali. It contains over 18,000 words and expressions, carefully selected to cover all important aspects of life and commerce in Bali. In addition, extensive information on Balinese grammar and Balinese pronunciation are included.

This dictionary contains the following features:

• 25,000 Balinese words and expressions.
• Up-to-date local Balinese slang and idioms.
• A guide to Balinese pronunciation and Balinese Grammar.
• English and Romanized Balinese script.
• Extensive notes with detailed tips on usage and social context.
• Parts of speech, common phrases and idiomatic expressions.

Other dictionaries in this bestselling series you might be interested in include: Concise Indonesian Dictionary, Concise Tagalog Dictionary, and Concise Vietnamese Dictionary.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0804845670
• ISBN 13: 9780804845670
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 704