Traditional Chinese characters from HSK level 1

Traditional Chinese characters from HSK level 1 Review

This book contains the 176 Traditional Chinese Characters necessary to pass the HSK level 1 test. Each character is displayed in a large handwriting font and it has its pinyin readings and the most important English translations. The strokes are labeled in order by small numbers. The arrow following the number 1 shows you the writing direction. Search for B005GGTMYS to find the simplified version of this book.



About the HSK

The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, abbreviated as HSK, is the People's Republic of China's only standardized test of Standard Chinese language proficiency for non-native speakers, namely foreign students, overseas Chinese, and members of ethnic minority groups in China. It translates literally to "Chinese Proficiency Test".

The China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Hanban) is currently responsible for the HSK exams and introduced a new format in November 2009. The new format's emphasis is "comprehensive language and communication ability". Most notable is the inclusion of spoken and written segments at all levels (not just Advanced), reformation of the ranking system, and use of new question structures.

The new ranking system reduces the three test formats to Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced. Each level has two sub-levels: "acceptable" and "with honors."

Chinese characters from HSK Level 2 with stroke order

Chinese characters from HSK Level 2 with stroke order Review

This book contains the 163 Simplified Chinese Characters necessary to pass the HSK Level 2 test (Character range: 177 - 339). Each character is displayed in a large handwriting font and it has its pinyin readings and the most important English translations. The strokes are labeled in order by small numbers. The arrow following the number 1 shows you the writing direction.
Search for Chinese characters from HSK Level 1 ASIN: B005G2159C on the Kindle store to find the book for HSK Level 1 (Character range: 1 - 176).



About the HSK

The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, abbreviated as HSK, is the People's Republic of China's only standardized test of Standard Chinese language proficiency for non-native speakers, namely foreign students, overseas Chinese, and members of ethnic minority groups in China. It translates literally to "Chinese Proficiency Test".

The China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Hanban) is currently responsible for the HSK exams and introduced a new format in November 2009. The new format's emphasis is "comprehensive language and communication ability". Most notable is the inclusion of spoken and written segments at all levels (not just Advanced), reformation of the ranking system, and use of new question structures.

The new ranking system reduces the three test formats to Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced. Each level has two sub-levels: "acceptable" and "with honors."

Reading & Writing Chinese: Simplified Character Edition

Reading & Writing Chinese: Simplified Character Edition Review

This is a revised third edition of Tuttle's Reading & Writing Chinese.

This new edition focuses on the internationally recognized test of proficiency in Chinese, the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK). All 800 characters prescribed for Level A are covered here, and the 1400+ Levels B and C characters are covered concisely.

All of the prescribed vocabulary for Levels A-C of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi is included among the example compounds. Knowledge of the 2,200+ characters and 5,253+ vocabulary items covered will equip students to take the test at either the Basic or the Elementary-Intermediate standard. Success in the top band of the Basic standard is sufficient to enter college in China.

STICK - Mnemonics for 1600 Chinese simplified characters

STICK - Mnemonics for 1600 Chinese simplified characters Review

How can it be made easier to remember a Chinese character? This volume offers a collection of over 1600 mnemonics that were built by Chinese native speakers (teachers, translators and others) in cooperation with Chinese learners. The way of making Chinese characters easy to memorize is here to divide the characters into smaller components. Each of them has already a meaning of its own. These parts were combined into short one-phrase-stories that can be easily remembered and provide you a fascinating impression of the pictorial language of Chinese characters. For more information on Chinese characters, their stroke orders and interactive exercises please consult mandarinstrokes.com, a Stroke Order Dictionary for over 6000 Chinese simplified characters. This volume is available in English, Spanish, French and German.
(Attention: For Kindle-DX users: The Chinese characters in this ebook are only displayed by the Kindle for PC-version or the Mobipocket Reader (free online software). The Kindle DX device is technically not able to display Chinese characters.
For Kindle 3 users: The Chinese characters are displayed by the Kindle for PC-version, Mobipocket reader AND the Kindle device.
For better display of the tables please use the landscape position.
For all users: Please make sure that the font Arial MS Unicode is saved on your computer.

Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters, Vol. 1: A Revolutionary New Way to Learn and Remember the 800 Most Basic Chinese Characters

Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters, Vol. 1: A Revolutionary New Way to Learn and Remember the 800 Most Basic Chinese Characters Review

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Aimed at helping students of Chinese learn and remember Chinese characters, including the pronunciation of characters, fast and effectively, Learning Chinese Characters Volume 1 is a systematic study aid to this difficult language.

Designed specifically to ease students into the daunting process of learning Chinese characters, Learning Chinese Characters Volume 1 incorporates the key principle of visual imagery. A book for serious learners of Chinese, it can be used alongside (or after, or even before) a course in the Chinese language. Concise, clear and appealing, this practical guide is well designed and includes an easy-to-use index.

The First 500 Chinese Character Practice Drills

The First 500 Chinese Character Practice Drills Review

The First 500 Chinese Character Practice Drills is a work book to practice writing the first 500 most common Chinese characters. These characters come from a list of the 3000 most common characters. This is list was compiled from a computer analysis of a recorded conversation database. The book includes a 175 page appenedix of stroke order, Pinyin, Kangxi radicals and pronunciation.

The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry

The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry Review

This important and much-disputed essay edited by Ezra Pound from the manuscript of Ernest Fenollosa (and published in Instigations, London, 1920) has since gone through several editions, despite the ridicule of such sinologists as Professor George Kennedy of Yale, who called it “a small mass of confusion.

The old theory as to the nature of the Chinese written character (which Pound and Fenollosa followed) is that the written character is ideogrammic—a stylized picture of the thing or concept it represents. The opposing theory (which prevails today among scholars) is that the character may have had pictorial origins in prehistoric times but that these origins have been obscured in all but a few very simple cases, and that in any case native writers don’t have the original pictorial meaning in mind as they write.

Whether Pound proceeded on false premises remains an academic question. Let the pedants rave. An important extension of imagist technique in poetry was gained by Pound’s perception of the essentially poetic nature of the Chinese character as it is still written.

Understanding Chinese Characters by Their Ancestral Forms (Chinese and English Edition)

Understanding Chinese Characters by Their Ancestral Forms (Chinese and English Edition) Review

The reader will discover that it takes little effort and imagination to understand the most common and widely used characters. Ping-gam Go provides a full-color photo survey of San Francisco s Chinatown and a dictionary of 288 Chinese characters, each entry contains the Mandarin and Cantonese pronunciations, ancestral pictograph, traditional Chinese character and English definition. Dozens of practice exercises and flashcards are provided to assist in memorization of the meanings of the signs in Chinatown.

250 Essential Chinese Characters Volume 2: Revised Edition

250 Essential Chinese Characters Volume 2: Revised Edition Review

More than a simple update, 250 Essential Chinese Characters Volume 2 offers 250 more characters in the extremely useful learning format that learners and teachers alike continue to praise.

Following in the footsteps of the newly released Volume 1, it includes everything that today's learners and teachers want: tips for mastery throughout; special exercises in AP-exam format; progressive review sections; and several indexes.

Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (Traditional & Simplified Character) Character Workbook (Chinese Edition)

Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (Traditional & Simplified Character) Character Workbook (Chinese Edition) Review

The Character Workbooks are designed to help the student learn Chinese characters in their correct stroke order. In the Level 1 workbooks, stroke order for each new character is displayed, along with its pinyin pronunciation and English translation. Character boxes allow students to practice writing the characters. The Level 2 Character workbook, in addition to stroke order, presents example sentences to illustrate word usage in context. The Level 2 Character workbook includes both simplified and traditional character forms. Four useful appendices are included in the Level 2 Character workbook: A list of proper nouns and measure words; an English-Chinese glossary that includes all vocabulary in Levels 1 and 2; a Chinese character index that lists all characters appearing in Levels 1 and 2; and the simplified-form example sentences that appear in traditional characters throughout the bookÂ’s text.

JIA YOU!: Chinese for the Global Community Volume 2 (with Audio CDs) (Simplified & Traditional Character Edition)

JIA YOU!: Chinese for the Global Community Volume 2 (with Audio CDs) (Simplified & Traditional Character Edition) Review

JIA YOU! CHINESE FOR THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY is a full-year program for intermediate students of (Mandarin) Chinese. It is designed for college students in second-year Chinese as a foreign language program and senior high school students taking the AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam. The program aims to equip the students both linguistically and culturally to communicate successfully in Chinese within and beyond the school setting. It provides a practical, interactive and engaging language learning experience for students, as well as an efficient and comprehensive teaching resource for instructors. JIA YOU! encompasses 10 units and is divided into two volumes. Each unit addresses a specific theme of contemporary or historical Chinese culture with two lessons designed around the theme. Each lesson consists of Chinese texts, content-based presentations of vocabulary, grammar, common expressions, and exercises. The complete program includes the textbooks, Workbooks, Audio CDs, Instructor's Resource Manuals, Video on DVD, and a companion website.

Integrated Chinese, Level 1, Part 2: Character Workbook (Traditional Character Edition) (Level I Traditional Character Texts)

Integrated Chinese, Level 1, Part 2: Character Workbook (Traditional Character Edition) (Level I Traditional Character Texts) Review

The Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 2 Character Workbook introduces how to write Chinese characters in their correct stroke order, and accompanies the Level 1 Part 2 Textbook. This acclaimed, best-selling series is successful because it "integrates" all four language skills--listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Integrated Chinese helps you understand how the Chinese language works grammatically, and how to use Chinese in real life—how to understand it on the street, speak it on the telephone, read it in the newspaper, or write it in a report. The materials within Integrated Chinese’s set of textbooks, workbooks, character workbooks, and audio CDs are divided into sections of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Two types of exercises are used: traditional exercises (fill-in-the-blank, sentence completion, translation) to help learners build a solid grammatical foundation, and communication-oriented exercises (speaking drills, discussion topics, etc.) to prepare them to function in a Chinese language environment. Frequently, authentic materials written for native Chinese speakers and realia (newspaper clippings, signs, tickets, etc.) are used. Notes on language use and Chinese culture are found throughout the textbooks. Textbooks and workbooks are available in simplified or traditional characters.

The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters

The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters Review

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Meet Lin and her pet dragon!

When the dragon mysteriously disappears, Lin sets off on a journey to find her best friend . . . and readers set off on a journey of learning and discovery.

By ingeniously integrating written Chinese characters into the illustrations as the story progresses, Christoph Niemann has created a book that is engrossing, unique, and memorable. The Pet Dragon is a playful introduction to the fascinating world of Chinese language and culture . . . and a terrific story to share with children everywhere.

You are invited to join Lin for an adventure you will not soon forget!

Symbols, Art, and Language from the Land of the Dragon: The Cultural History of 100 Chinese Characters

Symbols, Art, and Language from the Land of the Dragon: The Cultural History of 100 Chinese Characters Review

Chinese characters captivate as much with their artistic expressiveness as with their fascinating layers of meaning: they are written reflections of a unique and beguiling culture. Drawing upon the latest scholarship, this book gathers 100 of the most significant sinographs, placing them within their historical, artistic, and cultural contexts.  Each word is traced through the ages, from picture drawings to multifaceted modern characters, and every entry explores the characters’ significance in Chinese culture, from words such as dragon, phoenix, mountain, and heaven to abstract concepts of love, truth, wisdom, and luck. Superb calligraphy accompanies the text–often shown full-page for impact—along with lavish reproductions of Chinese brush paintings, scrolls, ceramics, and textiles.

 

Understanding Chinese 2 Ed: A Guide to the Usage of Chinese Characters

Understanding Chinese 2 Ed: A Guide to the Usage of Chinese Characters Review

This straightforward guide explains how Chinese characters are used and expressed in combinations; how sentences are formed; and how to say the same phrase in Mandarin or Cantonese.