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The go-to guide to Chinese—now with streaming audio of spoken Chinese that dramatically improves your pronunciation skills Whether you are learning on your own with a textbook or taking a beginning class, Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Chinese will support your study and build your confidence in Chinese. In each bite-size lesson of this proven guide, the authors explain one or two grammar concepts and illustrates them with clear examples. These lessons are purposely short, so you can complete them in twenty minutes of less, and go at a pace that works for you. More than 150 entertaining exercises will help you practice your new skills. And this new edition is accompanied by flashcards and audio recordings, available via app, that will provide a new dimension and flexibility to your study. Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Chinese will help you master: • High-frequency vocabulary• Common sentence structures• Core grammar concepts• Reading the simplified version of Chinese characters (supported by pinyin throughout)
By:
Xiaozhou Wu,
Feng-hsi Liu,
Rongrong Liao
Imprint: McGraw Hill
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions:
Height: 274mm,
Width: 216mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 644g
ISBN: 9781260452433
ISBN 10: 1260452433
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 19 May 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface Part I1 Pronouns · Simple sentence structure · Nations and nationalities 2 The verb yǒu (I) to have · Family 3 Questions with ma · Fruits 4 Adverbs yě and dōu· Food 5 Sentences with a verbal predicate · Time words and daily activities Review 1 Lessons 1–5 Part II 6 Questions with an interrogative pronoun · Beverages 7 Numbers 1–100 · Arithmetic expressions 8 Sentences with a nominal predicate · Expressing age · Telling time 9 Years, months, dates, days of the week · Expressing dates 10 Numeral measure words · Demonstratives with a numeral measure word · Clothing · Verbs for put on/wear Review 2 Lessons 6–10 Part III 11 Sentences with an adjectival predicate · Elliptical questions with ne · Greetings and descriptions 12 Affirmative-negative questions · Moods and tastes 13 Alternative questions · Occupations 14 Attributives · Demonstratives and noun phrases · The school 15 The de phrase · Questions with ba · Colors and more clothing Review 3 Lessons 11–15 Part IV 16 The verb yǒu (II) indicating existence · More measure words · The classroom 17 Location words · Verbs yǒu, shì, zài indicating existence 18 Verb reduplication · Tag questions with hǎo ma· Activities and chores 19 The complement of state · Classroom activities 20 Sentences with subject-predicate as predicate · Adjective reduplication · Parts of the body Review 4 Lessons 16–20 Part V 21 Pivotal sentences · Sentences with double objects · Entertainment 22 Prepositional phrases with zài, cóng, dào · Public places 23 Adverbials · Sentences with serial verb phrases · Daily Routines 24 Auxiliary verbs (I) xiǎng, yào, huì, néng, kěyǐ · Sports and games 25 Events that are going to take place · Future plans Review 5 Lessons 21–25 Part VI 26 The sentence-final particle le· Shopping 27 The perfective particle le · Expressing completed actions 28 The sentence-final particle · Auxiliary verbs (II) huì, kěnéng, bìxū, yīnggāi, yào, děi · Weather conditions 29 Comparative constructions · Quantity complement · Making comparisons 30 The progressive aspect of an action · Expressing actions in progress Review 6 Lessons 26–30 English-Chinese glossary Chinese (Pinyin)–English glossary Answer key Translations of Nǐ zhīdao ma? Do you know? McGraw-Hill Language Lab app: Flashcards: 30 sets Audio: Answers to 54 exercises
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