First 100 Chinese Characters: (HSK Level 1) the Quick and Easy Way to Learn the Basic Chinese Characters - Softcover

Laurence Matthews; Alison Matthews

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804849927 ISBN 13: 9780804849920

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

This book is an easy and effective way to learn basic Chinese Characters.All beginning Chinese language struggle to memorize and learn to write Chinese characters. The First 100 Chinese Characters adopts a structural approach which helps students to quickly master the basic characters that are fundamental to this language. Intended for beginning Chinese students, this book presents characters that have been carefully selected for rapid and effective learning. The English meanings, pronunciations in hanyu pinyin and alternate forms (if any) for each Chinese character are presented along with a stroke order guide and spaces for writing practice. Printed with gray guidelines, the stroke order guides are designed to be traced over to teach students the standard sequence of strokes used to write the character. Related compounds and phrases are given to assist in vocabulary building. Three indexes at the back allow the Chinese characters to be looked-up by their English meanings, hanyu pinyin pronunciations, or radicals. Extra practice sheets are also provided. This Chinese character book contains: The 100 most frequently-used characters Foundation characters for the HSK A level language proficiency test Standard hanyu pinyin romanizations Step-by-step stroke order guides and ample space for writing practice Over 500 words and phrases containing the basic characters Concise English definitions

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Review:

"This book really does have the characters you need to know for a basic understanding of Mandarin. I like the fact that it supplies a proper grid, gives you both stroke order and direction, and show the radical for each character. If you're a new person who wants to learn Chinese, I'd recommend this book for your reference." --Hanban.com blog

"Veeeery helpful in learning the basics of Chinese calligraphy and helping understand the order of the strokes. A must for any student of Chinese!" --Goodreads

-This book really does have the characters you need to know for a basic understanding of Mandarin. I like the fact that it supplies a proper grid, gives you both stroke order and direction, and show the radical for each character. If you're a new person who wants to learn Chinese, I'd recommend this book for your reference.- --Hanban.com blog

-Veeeery helpful in learning the basics of Chinese calligraphy and helping understand the order of the strokes. A must for any student of Chinese!- --Goodreads

About the Author:

Alison Matthews is a statistician who has worked in the oil, aviation, tourism, medical and software industries, and also as a university lecturer. Laurence Matthews has worked as an aviation consultant in Asia, including both China and Japan, and is the author of the Kanji Fast Finder and Chinese Character Fast Finder books. Both authors have wide experience in organizing and presenting complex information to a variety of audiences.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0804849927
• ISBN 13: 9780804849920
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128