SURVIVAL CHINESE

Author: Boye Lafayette DeMente
Publisher: Not available
Publication Date: 2006-03-01
Features: A handy guide to the Chinese language, Survival Chinese contains basic expressions and keywords that are necessary for getting around. The notorioustonal changes in the pronunciation of Chinese words are a challenge for any beginner in the language. DeMente shows how these variations become a breeze to learn with his additional guidelines on how the Pinyin phoneticalphabet letters are pronounced when used in Chinese words. Together with the standard Pinyin pronunciations, these English phonetics serve as an excellent guide to approximating the correct Chinese pronunciation as closely as possible.