Schaum's Outline of Chinese Vocabulary

Name: Schaum's Outline of Chinese Vocabulary
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ISBN: 9780071378352

ISBN-10: 0071378359

ISBN-13: 9780071378352

Edition: 2002 (Student Manual, Study Guide, etc.)

Authors: Yanping Xie, Duan-Duan Li

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The aim of Chinese Vocabulary is to simpify learning and enrich the student's knowledge of Chinese grammar. It is the companion volume to Chinese Grammar.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 5/23/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Duanduan Li is a lecturer of Chinese, and currently director of the Chinese Language Program at Columbia University.Irene Liu was director of the Chinese Language Program at Columbia University.Lening Liu is a senior lecturer of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.Hailong Wang is a lecturer of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.Zhirong Wang is a lecturer of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.Yanping Xie, a speech and language pathologist, was a lecturer of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

At the airport	p. 1
Getting to the airport	p. 1
Checking in	p. 2
Speaking with the airline agen	p. 3
Departure and arrival	p. 8
Changing an airline ticket	p. 9
Some problems you may have	p. 13
On the airplane	p. 15
Welcome on board	p. 15
Announcements on board	p. 16
Safety on board	p. 17
Service on board	p. 20
Passport control and customs	p. 26
At the passport control office	p. 26
At customs	p. 27
At the train station	p. 29
Getting a ticket	p. 29
Waiting for the train	p. 32
Getting on the train	p. 33
On the train	p. 34
Public transportation	p. 38
Taking buses and the subway	p. 38
Taking a taxi	p. 41
The automobile	p. 44
Renting a car	p. 44
Checking out the car	p. 44
At the gas station	p. 49
Some minor car problems	p. 50
Road signs and regulations	p. 51
Asking for directions	p. 56
Asking for directions while on foot	p. 56
Asking for directions while in a car	p. 58
Making a phone call	p. 63
Making a local call	p. 63
Making a long-distance call	p. 64
Cellular phones	p. 65
Using a public phone	p. 66
Speaking on the phone	p. 67
Some problems you may have	p. 68
Beeping	p. 70
At the hotel	p. 72
Checking in	p. 72
Speaking with the housekeeper	p. 76
Some problems you may have	p. 79
Checking out	p. 81
At the bank	p. 88
Exchanging money	p. 88
Making change	p. 90
Opening a savings account	p. 91
At the post office	p. 94
Sending a letter	p. 94
Sending a package	p. 97
Other words you may need	p. 98
At the clothing store	p. 100
Buying shoes	p. 100
Buying men's clothing	p. 103
Buying women's clothing	p. 106
At the dry cleaner	p. 110
At the restaurant	p. 112
Getting settled	p. 112
Looking at the Chinese menu	p. 115
Looking at the Western menu	p. 117
Ordering food	p. 118
Ordering beverages	p. 122
Some special requirements for the dishes	p. 123
Some problems you may have	p. 125
Getting the check	p. 128
Shopping for food	p. 132
Types of stores and markets	p. 132
At the free market	p. 134
At home	p. 137
The kitchen	p. 137
Washing the dishes	p. 137
Cooking	p. 139
The bathroom	p. 143
The living room	p. 145
The bedroom	p. 147
Housework	p. 149
Some problems you may have	p. 150
At the hospital	p. 154
Admittance	p. 154
I have a cold	p. 154
A physical examination	p. 158
The vital organs of a human body	p. 158
I had an accident	p. 161
In the emergency room	p. 164
Surgery	p. 166
In the recovery room	p. 167
In the delivery room	p. 168
At the theater and the movies	p. 172
Seeing a show	p. 172
At the ticket window	p. 174
At the movies	p. 177
Sports	p. 180
Soccer	p. 180
Tennis	p. 182
Basketball	p. 183
Table tennis	p. 184
Tai Chi	p. 185
Computer and Internet	p. 189
Computer parts and functions	p. 189
More computer functions	p. 192
Computer applications	p. 195
Some useful computer expressions	p. 196
Internet	p. 197
Email	p. 199
The weather	p. 202
Education	p. 207
Elementary school	p. 207
Middle/high/secondary school	p. 208
University	p. 210
Business	p. 214
Business	p. 214
Marketing	p. 216
Accounting	p. 217
Appendixes	p. 219
Numbers	p. 219
Time expressions	p. 220
Days of the week	p. 220
Holidays	p. 220
Months of the year and dates	p. 221
Seasons	p. 222
Telling time	p. 222
Length of time	p. 223
Other time expressions	p. 223
Food	p. 225
Answers to exercises	p. 228
Glossary: Chinese - English	p. 247
Glossary: English - Chinese	p. 262
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