Second 100 Chinese Characters Traditional

Laurence Matthews, Alison Matthews

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Tuttle
01 July 2017

Language self-study texts; Languages & ESL; Chinese - Beginner Self-Study; Chinese - Writing Skills; Chinese - Languages

This book is a quick and easy way to learn the second 100 basic Chinese traditional characters. The major struggle facing all beginning Chinese language students is to learn to recognize, read and write hundreds of Chinese characters. A working knowledge of characters is essential for any student wishing to learn Chinese. The Second 100 Chinese Characters adopts a structural approach that helps students to overcome this initial difficulty and quickly master the basic Chinese characters that are fundamental to this language. Intended for beginning students, this book contains characters that have been carefully selected and sequenced for rapid and effective learning.

For effective leaning, memorization and practice, each Chinese character is shown separately on a single page, together with its English definitions, hanyu pinyin romanization, alternate form (if any), a stroke order guide and ample space for writing practice. Printed in gray lines, the stroke order guides introduce the student to the standard stroke sequence used in writing the characters, by tracing over them. After learning the correct stroke order, the student can then practice writing the character on their own, thus reinforcing recognition and memorization. Large boxes with grid lines for correct proportions are provided. Related compounds and phrases containing each character are also included to assist in vocabulary building. Three indexes (alphabetically by the English meanings and the pinyin romanization, and by radicals) are provided at the back of the book for quick and easy reference, along with extra sheets of blank boxes for writing practice.

This book features:

The second 100 most frequentlyused Chinese characters

Foundation characters for the HSK A level language proficiency test

Standard hanyu pinyin romanizations

Stepbystep stroke order guides and ample space for writing practice

Over 500 words and phrases containing the basic characters

Concise English definitions

By: Laurence Matthews, Alison Matthews
Imprint: Tuttle
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Traditional Character Edition
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780804844963
ISBN 10: 0804844968
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 01 July 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alison Matthews is a statistician who has worked in the oil, aviation, tourism, medical and software industries. Laurence Matthews is the author of the Kanji Fast Finder and Chinese Character Fast Finder books.