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Instant Chinese

How to Express Over 1,000 Different Ideas with Just 100 Key Words and Phrases! (A Mandarin Chinese Phrasebook & Dictionary)

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    192 pages

  • Release Date

    1 February 2016

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Summary

So you want to learn a bit of Mandarin Chinese, but have no time to study? You’ll be visiting China, and need a handy book to help you get around and communicate? If so, this is the perfect book for you!

The idea of Instant Chinese is simple – just learn 100 key words and phrases – and you can instantly say 1,000 different things. The trick is knowing WHICH 100 words and phrases to learn. They’re all in here: the 100 words you’ll use over and over again. Even with a vocabular…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780804845373
ISBN-10:0804845379
Author:Boye Lafayette De Mente, Jiageng Fan
Publisher:Tuttle Publishing
Imprint:Tuttle Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:192
Edition:2nd
Release Date:1 February 2016
Weight:170g
Dimensions:15mm x 102mm x 152mm
Series:Instant Phrasebook Series
Instant Chinese by Boye Lafayette De Mente - ISBN: 9780804845373
102 × 152 mm
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Critics Review

“The Instant series from Tuttle, however, is not your usual phrasebook. Rather than focusing on phrases to help you order food, go to the hospital, rent a hotel room, or buy a train ticket, it provides you with more than 100 key words and phrases to help you express more than 1,000 unique ideas based on general conversation topics.” –Eurolinguiste

About The Author

Boye Lafayette De Mente

Boye Lafayette De Mente has been involved with Japan, China, and Korea since the late 1940s as a member of a U.S. intelligence agency, student, trade journalist, editor, and author working out of Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He is a graduate of Jochi University in Tokyo and The American Institute for Foreign Trade (now Thunderbird: The School of Global Management). His 70-plus books include Japan’s Cultural Code Words, Business Guide to Japan, and Japan Unmasked.

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