Description

Spoken by more than 800 million people, Mandarin Chinese is the most widely-spoken language worldwide. It is also the standard dialect for business and trade in China and one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

Features include:

• simplified Chinese characters
• Internationally standard pinyin Romanization for all entries
• pronunciation key
• index of characters sorted by stroke count, to aid in identifying unfamiliar characters
• over 15,000 entries

About the author(s)

Yong Ho received his Ph.D. in anthropology and linguistics, specializing in Chinese anthropology and language, from Columbia University. He served as the Director of Language at China Institute in New York City, and has taught Chinese at various institutions in the U.S. His other books include Beginner’s Chinese, Intermediate Chinese, China: An Illustrated History, the Chinese-English Frequency Dictionary, and the Hippocrene Children’s Illustrated Chinese Dictionary, all published by Hippocrene Books.