TY  - GEN
AU  - Qian, Kan
TI  - Colloquial Chinese mandarin: the complete course for beginners
SN  - 9781138958272
U1  - 495.183421 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - 	 Chinese language -- Grammar. Chinese language -- Study and teaching. Mandarin dialects -- Self-instruction
N1  - 1. Meeting someone for the first time 2. Name, nationality and race 3. At a company party 4. Asking the time 5. Family and friends 6. The date and the weather 7. Asking for directions 8. Shopping (I) 9. Shopping (II) 10. At the restaurant 11. Taking the taxi and buying train tickets 12. At the hotel 13. Making telephone calls 14. Socializing 15. Writing a letter to a Chinese friend Grammar summary Key to the exercises and reading/listening comprehension questions. Chinese-English glossary. Appendix A: useful signs. Appendix B: table of the combinations of the initials and finals in Putonghua. Appendix C: Dialogues in characters for Units 1 to 3. Appendix D: English translation of dialogues from Units 6 to 15. Index of grammatical terms and cultural notes
ER  -