Mandarin Chinese Dictionary: English-Chinese (Dover Language Guides) [Paperback]

Fred Fangyu Wang (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Language Guides | Publication Date: November 2, 2011

This reference was devised for use in high schools and colleges to facilitate both comprehension and reproduction of the Chinese language. Compiled by an expert lexicographer, these dictionaries draw upon the best traditions in Chinese- and English-language learning, with particular emphasis on syntactic structure, functional elements such as particles, and idiomatic expressions.

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Text: Chinese, English

Product Details

• Paperback: 816 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications; Bilingual edition (November 2, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486424782
• ISBN-13: 978-0486424781
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,096,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is a pity it does not have " search inside" !, June 9, 2007

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Laerte Agnelli (São Paulo, Sao Paulo SP Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mandarin Chinese Dictionary: English-Chinese (Dover Language Guides) (Paperback)

I am very fond of Mr. Fangyu Wang. And have his books Read Chinese -
I , II and III. But it took me three years to have this intelligent dictionary. Why? Because I study by the Taiwans method - Traditional - and
was not sure of how was this issue printed: traditional or simplified?
One cannot buy a dictionary based only in its cover, right? What if it was in simplified ideograms? And it did not have the helpfull "search inside" ! So - the years passed - and I did not buy it!!!
Today - june 9th 2007 - I gained as a gift from my son. And - bingo! -
there were my beloved ideograms in traditional (also called complex )form.
And I spent all my saturday readind...a dictionary! Because it is not a
common one. Because it was prepared by an expert lexicographer named
Fred Fangyu Wang! Among the 4000 entries, that the author smartly put in handwritten mode and in a fair size - so one does not need lens to read -
For example, lets pick the word Course - besides the nice ideogram, the reader has its pronouciation in pinyin and 2, 3 or 4 sentences as examples of its use. Let's say: 1) You should follow the proper course. 2)There are still two more courses. 3) What course have you chosen? 4)As a matter of course. 5)Of course! 6) In due course: don't forget to inform in due course. Now: it is easy to multiply 4000 entries for 2, 3, 4...and have in alphabetical order, an 800 pages dictionary. Congratulations to the Setton Hall University Press and, of course, Amazon !