This revised and extended edition of the best-selling Colloquial Chinese is the ideal introduction to modern Mandarin Chinese.
Dialogues and vocabulary sections have been updated to include characters in addition to pinyin romanization. Along with an introduction to the art of writing Chinese characters, this revised edition also provides full English translations of all dialogues.
Accompanying audio material is available to purchase separately on CD/MP3 format, or comes included in the great value Colloquials Pack.
1 Meeting someone for the first time
2 Name, nationality and age
3 At a company party
4 Asking the time
5 Family and friends
6 The date and the weather
7 Shopping (I)
8 Shopping (II)
9 At the restaurant
10 Asking for directions
11 Buying bus and train tickets
12 At the hotel
13 Making telephone calls
14 Socializing
15 Letter from abroad
Kan Qian teaches in Oriental Studies at the University of Cambridge.