For those students of Chinese ready to dive straight into everyday conversation, without wading through the formal complications of written Chinese, this dictionary will be an indispensable reference. A Practical English-Chinese Pronouncing Dictionary contains more than 15,000 words in English, with both Mandarin and Cantonese romanizations and pronunciations, along with the Chinese characters. The clutter of cross-references has been swept away. The "H" signaling a capital letter receives a low tone has been eliminated for greater facility. Emphasizing practical utility, Janey Chen has compiled a comprehensive resource that will be a boon to beginning Chinese speakers. This totaly practical dictionary follows a clear four-column arrangement: the English word, the traditional Chinese characters with ZhuYin, romanization in Mandarin with tone signs, romanization in Cantonese with tone signs.
Paperback, English, 601 Pages, 5.25" x 7.25"