Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary: Chinese-English English-Chinese [Fully Romanized]

by Li Dong

This is the most up-to-date Mandarin Chinese Dictionary available today.

Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary has both Chinese to English and English to Chinese sections. Its compact size allows for easy transport without limiting the content. This Mandarin dictionary is perfect for Chinese language students, or business people and tourists traveling to China who wish to learn Chinese. It contains over 25,000 words and expressions (including all the required words for the official HSK Chinese Proficiency Examination), carefully selected to cover all important aspects of life and commerce in China. In addition, extensive information on Chinese grammar and Mandarin pronunciation are included.

This Chinese dictionary contains the following features:
Other dictionaries in this bestselling series you might be interested in include: Concise Japanese Dictionary, Concise Korean Dictionary, and Concise Vietnamese Dictionary.

Genres: China

704 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2008

About the author

Li Dong was a full professor of English at the Shanghai International Studies University when he left China in 1988. Before that he had spent two years with the Oxford University Press Lexical Research Unit for advanced studies in lexicology and lexicography. Professor Li has had 45 years experiences in teaching English and Chinese at university levels in China, the UK, the USA and New Zealand. He has published book-length dissertation and journal articles on lexicology and lexicography. His specialist field is pedagogical lexicography (or, in plain English, the making of dictionaries specially for the teaching and learning of a foreign language). That is why he is the proud author of the highly successful Tuttle Chinese dictionaries including --

Tuttle Beginner's Chinese Dictionary,
Tuttle Learner's Chinese-English Dictionary (2 editions),
Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary,
Tuttle Chinese-English Dictionary,
Tuttle English-Chinese Dictionary, and
Tuttle Compact Chinese Dictionary.

Now retired from teaching, Prof Li is working on a new Chinese-English dictionary for learners to keep abreast of the rapidly developing Chinese society.