First Thousand Words In Chinese: With Internet-Linked Pronunciation Guide

Usborne First Thousand Words

by Heather Amery

This bright and amusing book is a delightful introduction to the world's most widely spoken language. Using Mandarin Chinese (the official and best-known dialect) and simplified characters (the version of the written language used across mainland China), it encourages direct association of the Chinese word with the object to ensure effective, long-term learning. Each Chinese word is followed by an easy-to-read pronunciation guide, and at the end of the book, there is a Chinese-English list of all the words used. It also includes pinyin, which is the spell sound or spelling of the sound that helps them read the characters before they have the characters memorized.

Genres: China, Dictionaries, Reference

64 pages, Hardcover

First published November 24, 2006

About the author

Heather Amery was born and brought up in Bath, Somerset. Heather has written over a hundred books for children, including alphabet books, science and history books, craft books, classical fairy tales, a series for beginner readers called Farmyard Tales, Usborne Bible Tales, and Greek Myths.

Reviews

[De Yu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining pictures, but that's all.

This book is exactly what the title suggests. A thousand Chinese words, listed out with characters and their readings with a number of images incorporated. Not a lot of substance, just vocab here. At the end of the book is a list of all the words, organized in a way that isn't useful. If my memory serves me (I don't own the book), the end is organized alphabetically by the pinyin, but it is not also organized by the translation. Therefore, the index does not help you look up a word you want to know or want to see if it's in there.

Borrow it from the library, as it is not something you'd want to reread.

[Panu Mäkinen · Rating 4 out of 5]

这本书很好。它帮学习新的单词。书中有美图片。词汇表的主題是家，厨房，花园，车间，街道，玩具店，公园，动物园，旅行，乡村，农场，海边，学校，医院，聚会，商店， 食物， 身體的一部分，衣服，人，动间，反义词，天气，运动， 颜色，形状和数字。书的结尾束有好词典。