Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary: Chinese-English English-Chinese [Turtleback]

Li Dong (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0804837732 | ISBN-13: 978-0804837736 | Publication Date: April 15, 2008 | Edition: Bilingual

The Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary is designed especially for foreigners working or traveling in China or Chinese speaking countries. Covering the 11,000 most important contemporary Chinese and English words in one compact volume, this portable and lightweight dictionary is an invaluable resource.

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About the Author

Li Dong has over 40 years of experience teaching in China and the West. He is the author of the Tuttle Beginner's Chinese-English Dictionary and the Tuttle Learner's Chinese-

English Dictionary.

Product Details

• Turtleback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Bilingual edition (April 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804837732
• ISBN-13: 978-0804837736
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 3.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #694,947 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE this dictionary, though vocabulary is limited, August 9, 2008

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James Lavin "PatriotsBook.com: Management Sec... (Stamford, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This dictionary's vocabulary is quite limited, but what it covers it covers extremely well! So it's not a good dictionary for looking up infrequently used words, but it's a fabulous book for anyone learning Chinese.

Here's what I love:

1) Fits in my pocket, so I can bring it with me anywhere I go

2) Gives a brief description of each character in compound (multi-character) words

3) Gives a sample sentence in both simplified Chinese characters and pinyin for each word. The sample sentences are at an excellent level (for me, at least) of difficulty: neither using obscure words nor dumbing down the sentences.

4) Offers some additional usage hints (like the difference betwen "you4" and "zai4," each of which means "again" in English but is used in a different context in Mandarin

5) Shows the traditional character when different from the simplified version

I would love this dictionary to include (many) more words, but it does a superb job of giving me a much better feel for words and their appropriate usage than any other dictionary I've used.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars chinese dictionary, December 13, 2009

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very useful...but I ordered one copy and you sent two...returning it would be too expensive....

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You want to go to China - take it with you, April 11, 2008

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Frantisek Kuba "Frank" (EU) - See all my reviews
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Pocket dictionary. Simplified and traditional characters, Pinyin translation, Chinese-English-Chinese, with examples also in Pinyin, reasonable size and weight. I would say one of the best. !!! And you can read the text without glasses!!! I like Tuttle. See a customer images above.