Reading and Writing Chinese: HSK Levels 1-6 (2,349 Chinese Characters and 5,000+ Compounds) (3rd edition 2013)

Used as a standard by students and teachers in learning Chinese for more than three decades, the best-selling Reading and Writing Chinese has been completely revised and updated! Reading and 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. 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).

Review: \”I wish we’d all been given a copy of this in the first year of university. Even now I can find gems of information about Chinese characters in this book that I didn’t know before. It’s a nice book to have around.\” -Hugh Grigg, East Asia Student blog \”…learning how to write Chinese characters will provide a more thorough understanding of their structure and composition, as well as open the door to the world of Chinese calligraphy. William McNaughton’s Reading and Writing Chinese is an excellent introduction to this knowledge.\” -Qiu Gui Su, About.com Mandarin Language \”…this book can be the best choice for Chinese beginners who want to learn Chinese characters. With exact pronunciation, lively definition and derivation, it will make the process of characters learning more interesting and easier.\” -Yes-Chinese.com \”My mom is from Okinawa, and we lived on Okinawa several times. I even took Japanese at a local community college, but none of my textbooks were ever as good as 600 Basic Japanese Verbs! From the very beginning, in the introduction, the verbs are broken down into easy to understand categories: u-dropping conjugation, ru-dropping conjugation, and irregular conjugation. Never has anyone taken the time to explain this to me before and now I am finally starting to understand Japanese when I watch anime with my kids, watch J-drama, or listen to my mom speaking Japanese.\” -Goodreads \”I really love how this book puts an emphasize on mnemonics, bringing this Chinese character learning method to the mainstream. It’s really nice seeing more books embracing this method. The bottom line: this book effectively combines the mnemonics of Heisig and Remember the Hanzi with the practicality of HSK and character frequency studies. It makes a great reference book for any student.\” -En Route to Fluency blog \”Excellent reference book for beginning and Intermediate-level Chinese. Well laid out with several ways to look up characters. Common phrases are also listed with each character.\” -Goodreads

Format: Paperback
Imprint: Tuttle US
Publication date: 13/12/2013