Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar

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Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar provides an innovative reference guide to Mandarin Chinese, comb ...

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Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar A Practical Guide Second Edition Claudia Ross Jing-heng Sheng Ma ...

First published 2006 by Routledge This second edition published 2014 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX1 ...

v Contents acknowledgments xv introduction xvi how to use this book xvii Glossary of grammatical terms xviii ...

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ContentS Part A Structures a note on Chinese characters xxvi 1 Overview of pronunciation and Pinyin romanization 1.1 The Mandar ...

xv Acknowledgments We are grateful to the many people who have assisted us in the preparation of this second edition of the Mode ...

xvi Introduction This book is divided into two sections: ‘Structures’ and ‘Situations and functions.’ Part A ‘Structures’ is a c ...

xvii How to use this book This book brings together two different types of resources to help you to understand Mandarin Chinese. ...

xviii Glossary of grammatical terms Adverbs Adverbs are words that precede and modify a verb or verb phrase. 他们都很忙。 他們都很忙。 Tāmen ...

Glossary of Grammatical terms xix 我知道他没有钱。 我知道他沒有錢。 Wǒ zhīdao tā méi yǒu qián. I know he doesn’t have any money. Clauses may als ...