The Stories Behind 100 Chinese Idioms (Gems of the Chinese Language Through the Ages Series) (Chinese-English)
Compiled and Translated by Zhou Quanzhong and He Zeren
Beijing: Sinolingua, 1999. Size: 119×185mm; 282 pages; with illustrations.
ISBN 7-80052-522-8
100 Chinese Two-Part Allegorical Sayings (Gems of the Chinese Language Through the Ages Series) (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Yin Binyong; translated by Jia Cen
Beijing: Sinolingua, 1999. Size: 119×185mm; 200 pages; with illustrations.
ISBN 7-80052-710-7
100 Chinese Idioms and Set Phrases (Gems of the Chinese Language Through the Ages Series) (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Yin Binyong; translated by Han Hui
Beijing: Sinolingua, 1999. Size: 119×185mm; 202 pages; with illustrations.
ISBN 7-80052-708-5
100 Pearls of Chinese Wisdom (Gems of the Chinese Language Through the Ages Series) (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Yin Binyong; translated by Han Hui
Beijing: Sinolingua, 1999. Size: 119×185mm; 200 pages; with illustrations.
ISBN 7-80052-709-3
This series comprises the above four volumes, with a selection of allusions, idioms, proverbs and two-part allegorical sayings chosen for their frequency of use, their practical value and expressiveness, each with its appropriate illustration. Some obscure ones are clarified by annotations in both English and Chinese.
Dictionary of Common Tibetan Personal and Place Names
Chief editors: Chen Guansheng and An Caidan
Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 2004. 618 pages.
ISBN 7-119-03497-9
This dictionary provides Chinese and English versions of commonly used Tibetan personal and place names. It is a reference book most useful to translators and general readers when they read books or reports related to Tibet. It is also beneficial to Tibetology exchanges between China and foreign countries. With 10,470 entries, the book is most useful for Chinese-English translation, but can also be helpful to English-Chinese, English-Tibetan, Chinese-Tibetan, Tibetan- Chinese and Tibetan-English translations.
Starting with the Character Human Being (All-Inclusive Cultural Book Series on Characters)
Xiao Qihong
Beijing: New World Press, 2004. 277 pages.
ISBN 7-80187-024-7
The book deals with the effect of Chinese characters on the development of human civilization according to a theory based on the principles of The Book of Changes. Composed of 138 Chinese characters, it has three chapters: human civilization, industry civilization and public civilization, indicating the position of Chinese civilization in building a world of advanced culture and ethics.
A Mastery of HSK Characters (Grade A) (Chinese-English- Korean)
Compiled by Wang Xiaoning
Beijing: New World Press, 2003. 282 pages.
ISBN 7-80187-029-8
A Mastery of HSK Characters (Grade B) (Chinese-English- Korean)
Compiled by Wang Xiaoning
Beijing: New World Press, 2003. 438 pages.
ISBN 7-80187-030-1
A Mastery of HSK Characters (Grade C) (Chinese-English- Korean)
Compiled by Wang Xiaoning
Beijing: New World Press, 2003. 446 pages.
ISBN 7-80187-031-X
A Mastery of HSK Characters (Grade D) (Chinese-English- Korean)
Compiled by Wang Xiaoning
Beijing: New World Press, 2003. 638 pages.
ISBN 7-80187-032-8
A Mastery of HSK Characters Series comprises four volumes, including 8,822 characters, of which 1,033 are in grade A, 2,018 in grade B, 2,202 in grade C, and 3,569 in grade D. All the characters in the series are classified in a new way to help students understand and use them flexibly.
Picture Within A Picture (English)
Compiled by Shi Zhengyu
Beijing: New World Press, 1997. 545 pages; with illustrations.
ISBN 7-80005-332-6
This book contains 526 Chinese characters, each of which is accompanied by a short text explaining its origin, structure, meaning and evolvement. If you still have difficulties understanding the characters, the illustrations may be of some help.
A Comparative Study of Chinese and Arabic
Zhu Licai
Beijing: New World Press, 2004. 428 pages.
ISBN 7-80187-076-X
This book makes in-depth comparison between Chinese and Arabic in the field of history, society, nationality, culture and religion. It has a rather high academic value. The author, a professor of Beijing Language and Culture University, has been engaged in comparative studies of Chinese and Arabic as well as the theories and techniques of Arabic-Chinese translation for many years. He once worked in the cultural and educational field in Arab countries for 12 years.
Looking up Chinese Characters the New Way
Compiled by Yi Hongchuan and Zhai Xun
Beijing: New World Press. Size: 97×135mm; 656 pages.
ISBN 7-80187-291-6/H · 015
As a dictionary intended for Chinese language teaching, it shows how one can look up characters quickly using the numerical arrangement invented by the author. The book contains 11,000 Chinese characters, including the 7,000 characters from the List of Commonly Used Modern Chinese Characters and characters whose pronunciation and radicals may not seem clear to the reader at first glance. The authors are professors of Hubei University and Wuhan University respectively, both having many years' experience teaching Chinese to foreigners.
An Easy Approach to Chinese (Chinese- English)
Guo Huichun
Beijing: Sinolingua, 2003. Two volumes (187 pages, 197 pages); with illustrations.
ISBN 7-80052-856-1
This set (two textbooks) is used for short-term Chinese courses for foreigners, especially good for foreign businessmen working in China. Pinyin has been used instead of Chinese characters with the aim of improving students' listening and speaking proficiency. Since emphasis is placed on the difference of word order between Chinese and English, no systematic introduction is given to Chinese grammar.
Popular Chinese Expressions (Chinese- English)
Li Jieming and Li Jiequn
Beijing: Sinolingua, 2000. Size: 184×130mm; 310 pages; with illustrations.
ISBN 7-80052-553-8
Because of the trend toward more informal use of the language in people's daily life, this book will help you understand what the person you are communicating with is talking about.
A Key to Chinese Speech and Writing (Volume I) (Chinese-English)
Joel Bellassen (France); edited by Zhang Pengpeng
Beijing: Sinolingua, 1997. Size: 187×258mm; 276 pages; with illustrations.
ISBN 7-80052-507-4
A Key to Chinese Speech and Writing (Volume II) (Chinese-English)
Joel Bellassen (France); edited by Zhang Pengpeng
Beijing: Sinolingua, 1997. Size: 187×258mm; 337 pages; with illustrations.
ISBN 7-80052-508-2
This introductory course not only serves as a primary textbook but also as a guide which, through a variety of routes can improve your vocabulary and reading and speaking abilities in Chinese. The aim of this course is to present the Chinese language as it is. More than just a guide to reading and speaking Chinese, this course is above all a way of embracing the culture and mentality of the Chinese people, such as folk custom, stories of idioms, historical celebrities, poems, traditional medicine and opera, as well as contemporary writers and their works.
380 Most Commonly Used Chinese Verbs (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Wu Shuping
Beijing: Sinolingua, 2000. Size: 184×130mm; 421 pages.
ISBN 7-80052-528-7
The book is composed of 380 most frequently used Chinese verbs, which are classified according to meanings. Explanations are given to distinguish those easily confusing verbs. Each verb is illustrated with examples on how it is used and common collocation. It serves as both a textbook and a dictionary.
The Book of Changes on Chinese Characters (All-Inclusive Cultural Book Series on Characters)
Xiao Qihong
Beijing: New World Press, 2004. 140 pages.
ISBN 7-80187-027-1
The book presents a comprehensive study of the origin, law and application of Chinese characters, based on the principles of The Book of Changes. The author has put forward the opinion that "Chinese characters are not only a sign of language, but also holographic symbols of ancient science and culture."
About China (I, II) (Revised Edition) (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Du Rong and others
Beijing: Sinolingua, 2002. Size: 187×258mm; 249 pages.
ISBN 7-80052-854-5
This is an intermediate Chinese language textbook for American university students in their second year of Chinese class. It covers Chinese geography, history, politics, economy, society, education and philosophy. The text is written in simplified and traditional Chinese as well as pinyin. Examples are accompanied by English translation.
Communicate in Chinese (Chinese-English)
Compiled by English Channel of China Central Television
Beijing: Popular Science Press, 2004. 245 pages; with illustrations.
ISBN 7-110-05630-9
This set comprises 40 scenarios (40 topics) and come in four volumes. Every volume has 10 scenarios, one of which is for reviewing. Emphasizing oral practice, the set includes many dialogues of daily expression, reflecting certain environment in which the language is used. Students will find their interest grow as they gradually grasp the ability to communicate in Chinese.
Business Chinese (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Huang Weizhi; translated by Huang Zhenhua
Beijing: Sinolingua, 1998. Size: 184×130mm; 327 pages.
ISBN 7-80052-506-6
The book is designed for those foreign businessmen who have just begun to work in China. With a focus on automobiles, it also covers other economic areas.
Business Chinese (Elementary) (I) (Revised Edition) (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Huang Weizhi
Beijing: Sinolingua, 1999. Size: 184×130mm; 306 pages.
ISBN 7-80052-705-0
Business Chinese (Elementary) (II) (Revised Edition) (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Huang Weizhi
Beijing: Sinolingua, 1999. Size: 184×130mm; 373 pages.
ISBN 7-80052-706-9
The book is suitable for students majoring in economics and business. It takes business and economic life as its main content, combining it with daily life cleverly. It covers such topics as buying and selling, bargaining, choosing commodities, commercial service, advertising, business operation, PR, sales promoting and so forth.
Business Chinese (Intermediate) (I) (Revised Edition) (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Huang Weizhi
Beijing: Sinolingua, 2001. Size: 184×130mm; 353 pages.
ISBN 7-80052-538-4
Business Chinese (Intermediate) (II) (Revised Edition) (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Huang Weizhi
Beijing: Sinolingua, 2001. Size: 184×130mm; 416 pages.
ISBN 7-80052-539-2
This book is for elementary-level Chinese language learners who wish to further improve their communicative abilities in the Chinese business environment. It covers a wide range of economic aspects, including contact establishment, negotiation, foreign-invested enterprises, joint ventures, special economic zones, village and township enterprises, countryside fairs as well as China's opening-up policies.
Business Chinese (Advanced) (I) (Revised Edition) (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Huang Weizhi and Huang Xizhi
Beijing: Sinolingua, 2000. Size: 184×130mm; 334 pages.
ISBN 7-80052-526-0
Business Chinese (Advanced) (II) (Revised Edition) (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Huang Weizhi and Huang Xizhi
Beijing: Sinolingua, 2000. Size: 184×130mm; 432 pages.
ISBN 7-80052-527-9
This book follows the style of the Elementary and Intermediate books in this series. It takes business and economic life as its main content, but with a higher level of specialization. Besides the knowledge about commerce, it stresses general knowledge about China and business and economic culture.
Selections of Chinese Short Sentences (I) (Say It Easily Series)
Compiled by Wang Xiaoning
Beijing: New World Press, 2004. 348 pages; with illustrations; with one CD.
ISBN 7-80187-406-4
Selections of Chinese Short Sentences (II) (Say It Easily Series)
Compiled by Wang Xiaoning
Beijing: New World Press, 2004. 340 pages; with illustrations; with one CD.
ISBN 7-80187-407-2
Selections of Chinese Short Sentences (III) (Say It Easily Series)
Compiled by Wang Xiaoning
Beijing: New World Press, 2004. 322 pages; with illustrations; with one CD.
ISBN 7-80187-408-0
This series comprises the above three volumes, each with 150 oral Chinese sentences which are selected from everyday life. They are short and useful. Each sentence is accompanied by an illustration, pinyin, notes in English, Korean and Japanese and two dialogues. There is an index at the end of the book. A CD containing the recording of example sentences and dialogues is attached to this book.
Learning Chinese Measure Words (Chinese-English)
Jiao Fan
Beijing: Sinolingua, 1993. Size: 187×258mm; 244 pages.
ISBN 7-80052-2016
The book contains 143 commonly used measure words, divides them into categories of different types, and explains their usage and collocation. There are some illustrations. In addition to serving as supplementary material for foreign students in learning fundamental Chinese, it also can be used as a script for slides or videos. Besides the Chinese-English edition, there is a Chinese-German edition, too.
Expert in Chinese in 30 Days (Intermediates) (I, II) (Chinese-English-Japanese)
Compiled by Chen Ru and others
Beijing: Sinolingua, 1994. 259 pages; with illustrations.
ISBN 7-80052-588-0
The contents of these texts are sentences that foreigners living in China often come across in all social communication situations. Notes are given to explain some of the forms of expression and communication habits in spoken Chinese. Many exercises of various types are provided and designed to inspire the student to repeatedly utilize important language features studied in the lessons — often-used sentence structures, conversational structures, social discourse guidelines for conversation. It aims to improve the student's ability to express his own thoughts.
100 Daily Expressions (Speaking Chinese Series)
Guo Yuling and Wang Huanyu; translated by Xi Yongqin
Beijing: New World Press, 2003. 246 pages.
ISBN 7-80187-034-4
There is a type of words or phrases in the Chinese language. As they are used among Chinese people every day, no native speaker needs to learn how to use them. Things are quite different for foreign learners who try to learn them well but cannot understand them very clearly. Here we call them "daily expressions," and about 100 of them are included in this book. Every daily expression is illustrated with an example and English explanations and pinyin, the Chinese phonetic symbols.
300 Grammatical Points (Speaking Chinese Series)
Dai Xuemei and Zhang Ruoying
Beijing: New World Press, 1999. 240 pages.
ISBN 7-80005-420-9
The book is suitable for foreign students who have studied Chinese for two or more years and attained intermediate level Chinese. In this book each grammatical point takes into account one typical mistake that foreign students usually make in their written or spoken Chinese. Providing a general description of the principles and unique features of Chinese grammar, it is composed of 150 Chinese grammatical points in morphology and syntax, explained clearly and concisely in Chinese and English. Each point is presented in two sentences, one right and the other wrong, written in pinyin.
500 Daily Expressions (Speaking Chinese Series)
Guo Yuling and others.
Beijing: New World Press, 1999. 369 pages.
ISBN 7-80005-385-7
This book is composed of 504 daily-used phrases and idioms selected from everyday Chinese life and basic Chinese reading materials. Each expression is accompanied by an explicit Chinese and English explanation, a couple of illustrative example sentences, which are also written in pinyin, and an everyday dialogue which uses the expression. Those who have a vocabulary of 800 Chinese words will have no difficulty in reading this book and will find the phrases selected vivid, expressive, and always have a set and specific meaning which goes beyond the literal meaning. In a word, this is a book that provides knowledge and fun.
1000 Practical Chinese Idioms (Speaking Chinese Series) (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Guo Yuling and Qian Suwen; translated by Xi Yongqin
Beijing: New World Press, 2002. 458 pages.
ISBN 7-80005-625-2
The book is intended for foreign readers who are studying the Chinese language. It aims to help readers to accurately understand and use common Chinese idioms. Readers will find 1,000 idioms with their Chinese characters, explanations with English translation, illustrative sentences with pinyin, simple instruction of usage, synonyms and antonyms.
400 Quotations from Chinese Classics (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Li Duanming and Qi Shichang
Beijing: New World Press, 2002. 379 pages.
ISBN 7-80005-640-6
This book is intended for foreign readers who have mastered elementary Chinese and want to understand Chinese civilization deeply, to expand exchange scope and to improve proficiency in speaking Chinese. In this book, the authors have selected 400 famous sayings, which contain many simple but profound philosophic theories and norms of conduct. The authors explain these famous sayings in modern Chinese and translate them into English, and cite special examples to show how to use these famous sayings in different situations. They also annotate the original texts and examples with the Chinese pinyin phonetics so as to enable foreign readers who have grasped pinyin to read and speak accurately.
500 Basic Chinese Characters -- A Speedy Elementary Course (Revised Edition) (Chinese-English)
Compiled by Patrick Lin and Zhou Jian
Beijing: Sinolingua, 1999. 522 pages; with illustrations.
ISBN 7-80052-460-4
For those foreign readers who are used to alphabetic writing, Chinese characters are very difficult to them. This book is designed to provide the beginning learner of Chinese a fast and efficient way to master 500 basic characters.
Searching for Belief among Characters
Xiao Qihong
Beijing: New World Press. Size: 184×130mm; 337 pages.
ISBN 7-80187-025-5/H · 003
According to a theory based on the principles of The Book of Changes, the author exhibits the profound connotation of Chinese characters in spiritual life. Composed of four chapters, the book deals with Chinese characters in the description of the world, the point of view on life and the cultural appeal inherent in Chinese characters.
Intensive Spoken Chinese (New Approaches to Learning Chinese) (Chinese-English)
Zhang Pengpeng; translated by Fabienne MARC
Beijing: Sinolingua, 2002. 166 pages; with illustrations.
ISBN 7-80052-852-9
This set of courses is specially designed with brand-new approaches for foreign students beginning to learn Chinese, in which spoken Chinese and character recognition/writing are taught separately. Independent from one another yet integrated into a whole, three courses are contained in this set: Intensive Spoken Chinese, The Most Common Chinese Radicals and Rapid Literacy in Chinese. Intensive Spoken Chinese for oral classes only concentrates on speaking by using pinyin (Chinese phonetic symbols). It includes 40 topics covering virtually almost all aspects of daily communication, introducing many commonly used words, and giving a lot of replacing exercise. All the texts are recorded in cassette tapes in Mandarin.
The Most Common Chinese Radicals (New Approaches to Learning Chinese) (Chinese-English)
Zhang Pengpeng; translated by Fabienne MARC
Beijing: Sinolingua, 2002. 147 pages.
ISBN 7-80052-850-2
This set of courses is specially designed with brand-new approaches for foreign students beginning to learn Chinese, in which spoken Chinese and character recognition/writing are taught separately. Independent from one another yet integrated into a whole, three courses are contained in this set: Intensive Spoken Chinese, The Most Common Chinese Radicals and Rapid Literacy in Chinese. The Most Common Chinese Radicals introduces systematically the form of Chinese characters: from the strokes, radicals (the basic components of characters), and the structural components to the whole characters. It is composed of 108 most commonly used radicals, each followed by several compound characters sharing the same radical.
Rapid Literacy in Chinese (New Approaches to Learning Chinese) (Chinese-English)
Zhang Pengpeng; translated by Fabienne MARC
Beijing: Sinolingua, 2002. 136 pages; with illustrations.
ISBN 7-80052-851-0
This set of courses is specially designed with brand-new approaches for foreign students beginning to learn Chinese, in which spoken Chinese and character recognition/writing are taught separately. Independent from one another yet integrated into a whole, three courses are contained in this set: Intensive Spoken Chinese, The Most Common Chinese Radicals and Rapid Literacy in Chinese. The Rapid Literacy in Chinese teaches foreign readers how to read Chinese. In the concentrated training, students form daily expression with frequently used Chinese characters, which will enable them to enter into the reading stage in a short time. The book comprises 25 lessons, all together teaching 750 Chinese characters to form many groups of words. Thirty words in common use are taught in each lesson.
A Dictionary of New Words
Shen Mengying
Chengdu: Sichuan Lexicographical Publishing House, 2005. Size: 184×130mm; 364 pages.
ISBN 7-80682-112-0/H · 58
The dictionary contains more than 5,600 entries of new words (most of which have emerged since the reform and opening up), or new meanings developed from existing words, or words reappeared after disappearing for some time. It is composed of two volumes. Volume I contains new words beginning with Chinese characters, while Volume II contains words beginning with letters or numbers. An appendix of popular words on the Internet is provided. Besides Chinese language, it coves a wide range of fields. New words which appeared in 2003 and 2004 are also included, for example, "SARS" and "Bird Flu."
The Book of Chinese Characters (I, II) (All-Inclusive Cultural Book Series on Characters)
Xiao Qihong
Beijing: New World Press, 2004. 542 pages; with illustrations.
ISBN 7-80187-026-3
The book describes how Chinese characters convey cultural and scientific information to readers. With illustrations, accompanied by explanations of poems, it explores the mystery of Chinese characters.
New English-Chinese Pinyin Dictionary
Compiled by Qian Suwen and others
Beijing: New World Press, 1998. Hardcover; 1726 pages.
ISBN 7-80005-383-0
The book is specially prepared for English speakers who study Chinese. It contains about 23,000 entries, introducing commonly used Chinese words, expressions and phrases. Each entry, given as a Chinese character as well as in pinyin consists of instructions on its usage in both Chinese and English, accompanied by examples. To help foreign readers master Chinese measure words and the usage of pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin System, Pronunciation of Chinese (Mandarin) and Vocabulary of Chinese Measure Words are contained in the appendices.
