Name: Chinese Phrases For Dummies von Wendy Abraham
SKU: 9780764584770
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Chinese Phrases For Dummies Zusammenfassung

Chinese Phrases For Dummies Wendy Abraham

This book provides hundreds of useful phrases at your fingertips to Speak Chinese instantly! Traveling to China but don't know Chinese? Taking Chinese at school but need to kick up your conversation skills? Don t worry! This handy little phrasebook will have you speaking Chinese in no time. It helps to discover how to: get directions, shop, and eat out; talk numbers, dates, time, and money; chat about family and work; discuss sports and the weather; and deal with problems and emergencies.

Über Wendy Abraham

Wendy Abraham is the Associate Director of the Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies and the Asian Religions & Cultures Initiative. She has taught courses on Chinese language, Chinese literature, and Asian cultures at Hunter College, Georgetown University, New York University, and Stanford University, where she's currently pursuing her second doctorate in modern Chinese literature. She spent a year researching Shang Dynasty oracle bones in Taiwan, which sparked her deep interest in the development of China's written language. Wendy has directed Chinese language programs for American students in Beijing and Shanghai and has interpreted for high-level arts delegations from China. Her first doctoral dissertation from Teachers College (Columbia University) was on the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng, a subject about which she has written widely and continues to lecture frequently throughout the United States. She also created Jewish Historical Tours of China, bringing people to visit Shanghai and Kaifeng on educational trips. Her interest in all things Chinese continues unabated.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Chapter 1: I Say It How? Speaking Chinese. Chapter 2: Grammar on a Diet: Just the Basics. Chapter 3: Numerical Gumbo: Counting of All Kinds. Chapter 4: Making New Friends and Enjoying Small Talk. Chapter 5: Enjoying a Drink and a Snack (or Meal!). Chapter 6: Shop 'til You Drop! Chapter 7: Making Leisure a Top Priority. Chapter 8: When You Gotta Work. Chapter 9: I Get Around: Transportation. Chapter 10: Finding a Place to Lay Your Weary Head. Chapter 11: Dealing with Emergencies. Chapter 12: Ten Favorite Chinese Expressions. Chapter 13: Ten Phrases That Make You Sound Like a Local. Index.

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR003150668

ISBN 13

9780764584770

ISBN 10

0764584774

Titel

Chinese Phrases For Dummies Wendy Abraham

Autor

Wendy Abraham

Zustand

Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Datum

20050913

Anzahl der Seiten

224

Preise

N/A

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