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Chinese-English/English-Chinese (Mandarin) Practical Dictionary Bilingual Edition

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The essential Mandarin Chinese resource!

This bestselling bilingual Chinese dictionary features over 14,000 word-for-word entries that cover essential vocabulary for study, business, and travel.

This comprehensive two-part resource is perfect for students learning Chinese or for Chinese speakers learning English.

The dictionary includes:

  • 14,000 dictionary entries
  • word-for-word equivalents for each entry in Chinese and English
  • simplified Chinese characters and the internationally standard pinyin Romanization for all entries
  • a character index to make finding Chinese entries easy
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  1. ISBN-10
    0781812364
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    978-0781812368
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    Bilingual
  4. Publisher
    Hippocrene Books
  5. Publication date
    September 1, 2009
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    4.5 x 1 x 7 inches
  8. Print length
    487 pages
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"This book will certainly further the acquisition of an extended vocabulary for language learners at all levels." -- Professor John Rassias

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Spoken by more 850 million people worldwide, Mandarin Chinese is the standard language for business and trade in China, one of the six official languages of the United Nations, and the world's most widely-spoken language. Mandarin is also a useful study and reference tool for students of Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Tibetan, all of which have strong cultural roots in the language.

Features of the dictionary include:

[[simplified Chinese characters and the internationally standard pinyin Romanization for all entries

[[a pronunciation key

[[a index of radicals, to aid in identifying unfamiliar characters

[[over 15,000 entries

This convenient and practical dictionary is ideally suited to the needs of students, businesspeople, and travelers!

Yong Ho received his Ph.D. in anthropology and linguistics, with a specialty in Chinese anthropology and language, from Columbia University. He served as the Director of Language at China Institute in New York City and has taught Chinese at various institutions in the U.S. His other books include Beginner's Chinese, Intermediate Chinese, China: An Illustrated History, the Chinese-English Frequency Dictionary, and the Hippocrene Children's Illustrated Chinese Dictionary & Phrasebook, all published by Hippocrene Books.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hippocrene Books; Bilingual edition (September 1, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 487 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0781812364
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0781812368
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.5 x 1 x 7 inches
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    Yong Ho was born and grew up in Nanjing, China. He taught English at a university in China for a number of years before coming to study at Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. in anthropology/ linguistics from Columbia University in 1992. His concentration is in general linguistics, Chinese anthropology and Chinese language.

    Yong Ho published a number of books, articles and translations on the teaching of English as a foreign language before he came to the U.S. His publications in the U.S. are mostly on the teaching of the Chinese language.

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Great because it has pinyin.
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Great because it has pinyin.
For learning the language I highly recommend this book and to complement this I would also recommend "remembering Simplified Hanzi 1&2" by James Heisig as it goes over stroke order and components and Wenyi Cao's dry erase books
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bluetear
5.0 out of 5 stars Out of ALL the Chinese Mandarin reference resources I have - THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2022
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I enjoy learning languages, so I buy languages on CD's, books on reading and writing, dictionaries, laminated vocabulary guides... you name it. I buy whatever I can get my hands on in order to learn. I just received this today and simply sitting down and going over the pages, I can tell THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT reference resource I could have purchased. Besides the exceptional content, the print is large enough to where I can read it without the aid of a magnifying glass (A BIG + for me) and the paper stock is absolute QUALITY. For anyone who desires to have the BEST "Practical Dictionary" - THIS IS IT!! I could not be more pleased!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great because it has pinyin.
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2022
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For learning the language I highly recommend this book and to complement this I would also recommend "remembering Simplified Hanzi 1&2" by James Heisig as it goes over stroke order and components and Wenyi Cao's dry erase books
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great because it has pinyin.
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2022
For learning the language I highly recommend this book and to complement this I would also recommend "remembering Simplified Hanzi 1&2" by James Heisig as it goes over stroke order and components and Wenyi Cao's dry erase books
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Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2013
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I found Yong Ho's Chinese Practical Dictionary extremely useful while I was studying Chinese language class at level l. Whenever I need a word(s) translated, I switch either from chinese-english or english-chinese. It helped me a lot understand simply the meaning of chinese characters. Besides, the dictionary is light weight and can be easiiy carried around. Currently I am at level 2 and find the dictionary more useful. I highly recommend this dictionary to all chinese language students.
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Cathleen Conley
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Chinese-English/English-Chinese dictionary
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2018
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I use this dictionary to find pinyin words and to also use pinyin to learn the Chinese characters. It has been very helpful.
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tajm1
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent dictionary
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2020
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As a new student of Mandarin Chinese I found this dictionary especially useful.
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D.L
3.0 out of 5 stars Good tranlator
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2020
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Gift for a friend, helped translate for him
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J. Lee
5.0 out of 5 stars great reference for the neophyte.
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2017
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Very helpful reference when needing to search quickly for the most common of words and not needing extensive info.
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Don
3.0 out of 5 stars Limited entries
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2013
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I am a beginner in learning Chinese. But Yong Ho’s dictionary often did not have the words that I was trying to translate. So I purchased the Berlitz compact dictionary with more the twice the entries, and I found it more useful.
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Really handy reference!
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