250 Essential Chinese Characters For Everyday Use: Volume 2

by Philip Yungkin Lee

This book gives the meaning of each character, its derivation and components, along with a range of compounds and sample sentences.

Genres: Language, China, Reference

352 pages, Paperback

First published June 15, 2004

About the author

Philip Yungkin Lee is a native speaker of Chinese. He has taught Chinese both in Adult Education and Chinese Studies at university level, the last being Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He has published several language learning titles and has received a Teaching Excellence award from his university. He is also the author of Pocket Mandarin Chinese Dictionary, The Essential Mandarin Chinese Phrase Book, Pocket Cantonese Dictionary, The Essential Cantonese Phrase Book, 250 Essential Chinese Characters volumes 1 & II, and A Chinese A Day Practice Pad: Volume I.