Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction
1 Hěn gāoxìng jiàndào nǐ 很高兴见到你
Very pleased to meet you
2 Xìngmíng, guójí hé niánlíng 姓名、国籍和年龄
Name, nationality and age
3 Zài gōngsī de jùhuì shang Jiā hé péngyŏu家和朋友
Family and friends
4 Wèn shíjiān 问时间
Asking the time
5 Jiārén hé péngyou Zài pàiduì shàng 在派对上
Family and friends At a party
6 Rìqī hé tiānqì 日期和天气
The date and the weather
7 Wèn lù 问路
Asking for directions
8 Mǎi dōngxi 买东西
Shopping
9 Wǎngshàng gòuwù网上购物
Shopping online
10 Diǎn cài 点菜
Order food 190
11 Dă dī hé mǎi huōchē piào 打的和买火车票
Taking the taxi and buying train tickets
12 Zài jiŭdiàn 在酒店
At the hotel
13 Dǎ diànhuà 打电话
Making telephone calls
14 Tànqīn hé lǚyóu 探亲和旅游
Vising family and travel
15 Míngxìnpiàn hé wēxìn 明信片和微信
Postcard and WeChat
Grammar summary
Answers to Exercises and Reading/listening practices
Transcripts in pinyin for Listening/reading practices
Chinese–English glossary
English–Chinese pinyin glossary
Appendix A: Dialogues in characters for Lessons 1 and 2
Appendix B: English translations of dialogues/texts from Lessons 3 to 15
Appendix C: Table of combinations of the initials and finals in Putonghua
Appendix D: Useful signs
Index to language and cultural notes
Biography
Kan Qian is Senior Lecturer in Chinese at The Open University, Senior Fellow of the British Higher Education Academy, and Bye-Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge.
