Developing Writing Skills in Chinese

Boping Yuan, Kan Qian

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780415678889
• eBook ISBN: 9781135036973
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Developing Writing Skills in Chinese has been devised for post-intermediate students who need to write Chinese in the course of their life, work or study.

Each unit covers a specific style of writing and is reinforced with a rich selection of model texts. All texts are followed by supporting notes examining the formats, styles, grammar structures or special phrases featured. A wide variety of exercises are featured throughout, and each unit concludes with a helpful glossary given in Chinese characters, pinyin and English translations. An answer key is also included in the back of the book.

The following writing styles and genres are covered:

• Personal correspondence—greetings and condolences, explanations and apologising, making arrangements and keeping in touch
• Formal writing—announcements and adverts, letters of enquiry and application, business correspondence, developing an argument, facts and data
• Narration—story narratives, reporting speech, exemplifying and summarising
• Description and comparison—outlining people's characters, physical attributes and appearance, places and weather

This new edition has been comprehensively revised and updated throughout. It includes a brand-new chapter on narratives and there is new coverage of digital communication methods such as text messages and emails. An additional English-Chinese glossary is also available for free download at http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415678896/

Developing Writing Skills in Chinese will help students to write coherently, clearly and appropriately in a variety of contexts. It is suitable for both classroom and self-study use.

Chinese-English glossary

爱不释手	ài bú shishǒu	cannot put down	12.1
爱戴	àidài	to love and respect/admire	12.1
哀悼	āidào	condolences	1.5
爱护	àihù	to take good care of	9.2
爱慕	àimù	admiration; affection	10.2, 12.1
爱情	àiqíng	love	7.2
矮人	ǎirén	short people	7.2
爱上	àishang	to fall in love	7.2
唉声叹气	āi shēng tàn qì	to sigh in despair	12.4
矮小	ǎixiǎo	small and short	7.2
安	ān	to fix; to install; to lay	9.2
暗示	ànshì	to hint; to imply	7.2
安慰	ānwèi	to comfort; to console	6, 12.7
暗喻	ànyù	metaphor	9.2
懊悔	àohuǐ	to feel remorse and regret	12.7
熬夜	áoyè	to stay up all night	7.1
捌*	bā	eight	4.3.2
佰*	bǎi	hundred	4.3.2
百年夫妻	bǎi nián fūqī	to be husband and wife for a hundred y...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Unit One Cards
• Unit Two Notes and text messages
• Unit Three Personal correspondence and emails
• Unit Four Announcements, small ads and others
• Unit Five Formal correspondence
• Unit Six Narratives
• Unit Seven Reporting
• Unit Eight Exemplification, reformulation and summary
• Unit Nine Comparison and contrast, simile and metaphor
• Unit Ten Procedure, process and development
• Unit Eleven Descriptions of people's physical attributes
• Unit Twelve Descriptions of people's emotional attributes
• Unit Thirteen Descriptions of people's disposition and moral attributes
• Unit Fourteen Descriptions of people's movements and actions
• Unit Fifteen Descriptions of places and the weather
• Unit Sixteen Business correspondence
• Answer key to closed exercises (displayed upside down)
• Chinese-English glossary