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Summary: Great Supplement to Your Regular Dictionary
Review: This dictionary will not replace the need for some good regular dictionary, but in its own right - it is very useful. It may help you to find and learn characters that relate to specific character easily.
At the beginning of the book is a list of radicals.
The main characters are listed in alphabetical order under the name of that character in English, as in "arros", "ghost", "legs", etc.
Under the character for "arrow" are listed different chinese words that contain the character for "arrow".
Beside each Chinese character, there is pronounciation in pinyin as well as description of the meaning in English.
The words are listed from the smaller number of strokes toward the larger.
The presentation of the characters in this book provides yet another tool to memorize characters in respect to relevancy and association.
While this is considered to be a dictionary - I find it more useful just for learning different characters, rather than using the book as a dictionary. As far as dictionaries go, my all time favorite is Wenlin (electronic dictionary) since you can also hear the pronounciation.)
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Summary: MUST HAVE
Review: this is the best book I have found for the type of research, I have been doing on chinese characters, Have looked at alot others but this one is the easiest to find the characters in and in a readable size ( unlike some books which go into more detail and are a bit confusing to the novice)
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Summary: What Character Is That? By Ping-Gam Go
Review: What Character Is That?This dictionary is a ¡°must¡± for all Americans who want to easily learn to read ,write and speak Chinese. To tour and work in mainland China, I needed a dictionary which would allow me, a non-native speaker, to read Chinese characters on maps, street signs, menus etc. I found all other ¡°Chinese to English¡± dictionaries at bookstores in the USA totally useless to me. Why? They were organized phonetically by Chinese words in alphabetical order. This meant I had to already know Chinese to find out what the character meant!
I was a Yale language major many years ago, joined the Foreign Service and taught English in Brazil. Several years ago, at age 64, I returned to my earlier profession and taught English in southern China. With the help of this extraordinary book, I was able to read and write letters in Chinese characters. It also helped me learn to speak Chinese at the basic level in both Mandarin and Cantonese dialects. I am now 66 years old and continue to learn. Recently I happily married a Chinese woman from Beijing who is only 50 years old. Without Mr.Go's books, I doubt that my new, great happiness in life would be possible.
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Summary: A Quick, Easy Guide Worth the Money
Review: What Character Is That? This dictionary is a ¡°must¡± for all Americans who want to easily learn to read ,write and speak Chinese. To tour and work in mainland China, I needed a dictionary which would allow me, a non-native speaker, to read Chinese characters on maps, street signs, menus etc. I found all other ¡°Chinese to English¡± dictionaries at bookstores in the USA totally useless to me. Why? They were organized phonetically by Chinese words in alphabetical order. This meant I had to already know Chinese to find out what the character meant!
I was a Yale language major many years ago, joined the Foreign Service and taught English in Brazil. Several years ago, at age 64, I returned to my earlier profession and taught English in southern China. With the help of this extraordinary book, I was able to read and write letters in Chinese characters. It also helped me learn to speak Chinese at the basic level in both Mandarin and Cantonese dialects. I am now 66 years old and continue to learn. Recently I happily married a Chinese woman from Beijing who is only 50 years old. Without Mr.Go's books, I doubt that my new, great happiness in life would be possible.
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