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Title: Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook (Lonely Planet Phrasebooks) by Charles Qin, Justin Ben-Adam Rudelson, Justin Ben-Adam ISBN: 0-86442-652-6 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Pretty Good Book.
Comment: I've been to China twice now and I did not have this book on my first trip. But I brought it on my second. The book isn't very helpful for knowing how to actually speak it. But it was helpful to pull it out and show the person the Chinese characters so that they understood what you were trying to tell them. I just started Chinese with a Tutor and I'll be taking Chinese courses when I'm a full time college student. My goal is to study in China on my third year. As I begin to speak Chinese, this book will be wonderful to remind me of how to say words and phrases.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great book for non-beginners
Comment: This book was very helpful on my recent trip to Beijing, but only because I've had a few years of formal Mandarin classes. If you've never taken any Chinese, this book, or any phrasebook for that matter, may not be of much help simply because of the difficulty of the language. Believe me, even after 3 years of Chinese I still had trouble getting cab drivers to understand me!
Even if you've been studying Chinese for a while this phrasebook will be a great resource for a multitude of day to day words and phrases. In fact, I often just read it page to page as sort of an interesting textbook. I love that it includes both the pinyin with tones and the characters side by side. Unfortunately, there are more than a few editing errors with the characters which could cause problems if you're using the book by pointing at phrases. Another issue is that the pronunciations often include the "er" ending on words which is only a Beijing thing, not heard much in the south.
Overall it is a great book that managed to survive being thrown around in my backpack, and now that I'm back home it will be useful as a textbook as there are still MANY words in it I have yet to learn.
Rating: 5
Summary: Helpful handbook
Comment: This little book is filled with phrases one may encounter daily during travel to China. It is also small and compact so that it won't add bulk to your backpack or purse. I recommend getting familiar with the layout of the book before you go.
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Title: Lonely Planet China (China, 8th Ed) by Damian, Harper, Marie Cambon, Katja Gaskell, Thomas Huhti, Bradley Mayhew, Korina Miller, Mielikki Org ISBN: 1740591178 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Beijing (Beijing, 5th Ed) by Damian Harper ISBN: 1740592816 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary by Martin H. Manser, Oxford ISBN: 0195911512 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Starter Oxford Chinese Dictionary by Boping Yuan, Sally Church ISBN: 0198602588 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Reading and Writing Chinese: A Guide to the Chinese Writing System by William McNaughton, Li Ying ISBN: 0804832064 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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