Kingdom of Characters. A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China, Hardback - Jing Tsu

Reducere. Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Jing TsuNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 166 x 240 x 35Cover type: HardbackRedescopera ...

Reducere. Fundamentals of Chinese Characters focuses on the connections between the shapes and meanings of basic Chinese characters, enabling students to lea...

Reducere. Chinese characters are magic capsules of history and culture, and this book celebrates the richness that attaches to each one. The Chinese written ...

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This user-friendly book is aimed at helping students of Mandarin Chinese learn and remember Chinese characters. At last--there is a truly effective...

Reducere. Chinese characters were not formed arbitrarily, despite (to a Western eye) their overall similarity yet bewildering multiplicity in detail. Over se...

Reducere. Produced using traditional Chinese bookbinding techniques--including a hand-sewn spine, uncut pages, and a cloth cover--this exquisite dual-languag...

Publisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Rick HarbaughNumber of pages: 544Collection: Far Eastern Publications SeriesPublication date: 2005Dimens...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Siu Ting TsangAuthor: Andrew SunChildren's Chinese book to learn animals and counting. Fun farm animal illustrations with s...

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Some Chinese characters are very simple and are made of just a few strokes, while others are made of other simpler characters, which are called rad...

Originally published in 1999, A New China has become a standard textbook for intermediate Chinese language learning. This completely revised editio...

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Reducere. Welcome to 三字经, San Zi Jing, known in English as the Three Character Classic. The San Zi Jing was written by Wang Yinglin during the Song Dynasty i...

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Reducere. Ever wished for a resource to look up Chinese characters from their shape alone? Mandarin Chinese Characters Fast Finder is a study aid that lets y...

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Reducere. From the Yangtze to the Yellow River, China is traversed by great waterways, which have defined its politics and ways of life for centuries. Water ...

Reducere. ``Does what it sets out to do and serves as a Chinese history text teenagers might actually read.`` --Asian Review of Books on Division to Unificat...

This book is the second of two volumes designed to help students learn the meaning and writing of the 3, 000 most frequently used simplified Chines...

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