Modern Mandarin Chinese is a two-year undergraduate course for students with no prior background in Chinese study. Designed to build a strong foundation in both the spoken and written language, it develops all the basic skills such as pronunciation, character writing, word use, and structures, while placing a strong emphasis on the development of communication skills.

Each level of the course consists of a textbook and workbook in simplified characters. A free companion website provides all the audio for the course with a broad range of interactive exercises and additional resources for students' self-study, along with a comprehensive instructor's guide with teaching tips, assessment and homework material, and a full answer key.

Key changes to this new edition:

This revised edition of level 2 introduces over 200 characters and over 400 new vocabulary items.
Additional exercises in the workbooks and online support the expanded number of words and characters incorporated into the textbooks.
New cross-references between the textbooks, workbooks, and companion website facilitate using all the resources in an integrated manner.
The website has been redesigned and greatly enhanced.

Retaining its focus on communicative skills and the long-term retention of characters, the text is presented in simplified characters and pinyin with a gradual and phased removal of pinyin as specific characters are introduced and learned. This approach allows students to focus on the pronunciation and meaning of new words before the corresponding characters are introduced, ensuring they are guided and supported towards reading only in characters.

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Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2022

ISBN

9781317327318

Edition

Topic

Sprachen & Linguistik

Subtopic

Sprachen

Vocabulary: English to Mandarin pinyin

The lesson number indicates the lesson in which the vocabulary item is introduced. The last two columns of each row show the vocabulary item in Simplified and Traditional characters.

				Simplified	Traditional
A
abundant	fēngfù	adjectival verb	L25	丰富	豐富
activity	yùndòng	noun	L22	运动	運動
activity, movement	huódòng	noun; verb	L22	活动	活動
advertisement	guǎnggào	noun	L23	广告	廣告
after a few days	guò j...

Cover
Half Title
Endorsements
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
引言
How to use the resources in this course to learn Chinese
Lesson 17 Xuăn 课 Selecting Courses
Lesson 18 选 zhuānyè Selecting a Major
Lesson 19 Shōushi 房间 Straightening up the Room
Lesson 20 看 Bìng Getting Sick and Seeing a Doctor
Lesson 21 天气和气候变化 Weather and Climate Change
Lesson 22 Duànliàn 身体 Working out
Lesson 23 Guàng Jiē Going Shopping
Lesson 24 Jiăn 价，打折 Discounts and Bargains
Lesson 25 过春节 Celebrating the New Year Festival
Vocabulary: English to Mandarin pinyin
Vocabulary: Mandarin pinyin to English
Chinese characters alphabetically arranged
Chinese characters by lesson
Index of radicals for simplified characters
Index of radicals for traditional characters
Index of structures and functions