500 Common Chinese Proverbs And Colloquial Expressions

Author : Liwei Jiao,Benjamin Stone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134652358

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500 Common Chinese Proverbs and Colloquial Expressions by Liwei Jiao,Benjamin Stone Pdf

500 Common Chinese Proverbs and Colloquial Expressions is a dictionary of key Chinese proverbs or suyu. Suyu are vivid and colourful expressions widely used in Chinese language. The smooth use of chengyu in Chinese writing and of suyu in spoken Chinese not only makes communication more effective, it is also an indicator of mastery of the language. This dictionary will provide an ideal resource for all intermediate to advanced learners of Chinese. Concise and practical, it draws upon a large corpus of authentic language data to present 500 of the most commonly used Chinese suyu. The suyu are listed and organised according to their frequency, enabling easy and convenient access for the reader. Each proverb listing: is given in both simplified and traditional characters offers an English translation, followed by English equivalents is followed by two examples, written in Chinese, Pinyin and English, plus explanations and usage notes. Examples are given in the form of dialogues reflecting typical situations, and helpful cultural annotations are provided throughout. A Pinyin index, a stroke index and a Chinese word index are presented at the back of the book and accompanying audio is also available for free download at www.routledge.com/9780415501491. Recorded by native speakers and covering the whole range of proverbs, expressions and example sentences featured in the book, this invaluable resource will help students to build up strong comprehension and communication skills. This dictionary is suitable both for class use and independent study and will be of keen interest to students and teachers of Chinese alike.

Author : Liwei Jiao
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000713022

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A Cultural Dictionary of The Chinese Language by Liwei Jiao Pdf

A Cultural Dictionary of the Chinese Language introduces the 500 most important cultural traits of the Chinese as reflected in language use, especially in Chinese idioms (chengyu), proverbs and colloquial expressions (suyu). Communicative competence, the ultimate goal of language learning, consists of not only linguistic, but intercultural competence, which enables the language learner to speak with fluency and understanding. The Chinese language is richly imbued with cultural wisdoms and values underlying the appropriateness of idioms in the Chinese language. The Dictionary provides Intermediate and B1-C1 level learners as well as scholars of the Chinese language with an essential reference book as well as a useful cultural reader.

Author : Liwei Jiao,Cornelius C. Kubler,Weiguo Zhang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781136882579

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500 Common Chinese Idioms by Liwei Jiao,Cornelius C. Kubler,Weiguo Zhang Pdf

First published in 2010. 500 Common Chinese Idioms is a unique tool for learners. Presenting the 500 most commonly used Chinese idioms or ‘chengyu’, this dictionary presents: The idiom in both simplified and traditional characters The idiom in pinyin romanisation A literal English translation and English equivalents Two suitable example sentences, plus explanations and usage notes The dictionary offers a step-by-step approach to gaining greater fluency through a grasp of the most common idioms in the language, making it the ideal resource for the intermediate learner of Chinese and for Chinese language teachers. The book is also accompanied by recordings of all 500 idioms, available free through the companion website.

Author : Liwei Jiao,Yan Yang,Wei Liu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317330318

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A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese by Liwei Jiao,Yan Yang,Wei Liu Pdf

A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese is a unique resource for intermediate to advanced students of Chinese. The dictionary presents 9,000 words organized thematically in 300 different subject areas. These themes cover the vocabulary necessary for daily use and for conducting meaningful conversations with native Chinese speakers on a variety of topics, from politics to business, and from hobbies to education. Each vocabulary item is annotated with the most frequent collocations allowing learners to improve their fluency by storing new vocabulary in larger linguistic units. Cultural and linguistic tips enable learners to grasp the vocabulary more effectively and increase their awareness of Chinese culture embedded in the language. Review exercises are provided throughout to ensure learners have ample opportunity to practice the new material. This is a great resource for both independent study and classroom use and will be of interest to students and teachers of Chinese alike. For further understanding of Chinese expressions, students are encouraged to read 500 Common Chinese Proverbs and Colloquial Expressions and 500 Common Chinese Idioms.

Author : Ki Chiu Kwong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Chronology, Chinese
ISBN : HARVARD:32044100045855

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A Dictionary of English Phrases with Illustrative Sentences by Ki Chiu Kwong Pdf

Author : Qian Kan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317305491

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Colloquial Chinese by Qian Kan Pdf

Colloquial Chinese: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Chinese as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Chinese in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Chinese is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout. Key features include: A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in China An overview of the sounds of Chinese Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Chinese is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Chinese. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

Author : Sin-Wai Chan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1085 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317382485

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The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language by Sin-Wai Chan Pdf

The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language is an invaluable resource for language learners and linguists of Chinese worldwide, those interested readers of Chinese literature and cultures, and scholars in Chinese studies. Featuring the research on the changing landscape of the Chinese language by a number of eminent academics in the field, this volume will meet the academic, linguistic and pedagogical needs of anyone interested in the Chinese language: from Sinologists to Chinese linguists, as well as teachers and learners of Chinese as a second language. The encyclopedia explores a range of topics: from research on oracle bone and bronze inscriptions, to Chinese language acquisition, to the language of the mass media. This reference offers a guide to shifts over time in thinking about the Chinese language as well as providing an overview of contemporary themes, debates and research interests. The editors and contributors are assisted by an editorial board comprised of the best and most experienced sinologists world-wide. The reference includes an introduction, written by the editor, which places the assembled texts in their historical and intellectual context. The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language is destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital research resource.

Author : Liwei Jiao
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-26
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781351684071

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The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Language and Culture by Liwei Jiao Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Language and Culture represents the first English anthology that delves into the fascinating and thought-provoking relationship between the Chinese language and culture, exploring various macro and micro perspectives. Chinese culture boasts a history of ten thousand years, while the Chinese language’s recorded history spans at least three thousand years, dating back to the Shang dynasty oracle bone inscriptions (OBI). This handbook is comprised of 17 chapters from 18 scholars including Victor Mair and William S-Y. Wang. Many chapters approach their respective topics with a comprehensive and historical outlook. Certain extensive subjects are addressed in multiple chapters, complementing one another. These topics include: The languages and peoples of China, and the southern Chinese dialects Mandarin’s evolution into a national language and its related writing reforms Language as a propaganda tool in the Cultural Revolution and in contemporary China Chinese idioms and colloquialisms This book offers an approachable exploration of the subject, appealing to both specialists and enthusiasts of the Chinese language and culture.

Author : Juwen Zhang
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781793645142

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Oral Traditions in Contemporary China by Juwen Zhang Pdf

In Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation, Juwen Zhang provides a systematic survey of such oral traditions as folk and fairy tales, proverbs, ballads, and folksongs that are vibrantly practiced today. Zhang establishes a theoretical framework for understanding how Chinese culture has continued for thousands of years with vitality and validity, core and arbitrary identity markers, and folkloric identity. This framework, which describes a cultural self-healing mechanism, is equally applicable to the exploration of other traditions and cultures in the world. Through topics from Chinese Cinderella to the Grimms of China, from proverbs like “older ginger is spicier” to the life-views held by the Chinese, and from mountain songs and ballads to the musical instruments like the clay-vessel-flute, the author weaves these oral traditions across time and space into a mesmerizing intellectual journey. Focusing on contemporary practice, this book serves as a bridge between Chinese and international folklore scholarship and other related disciplines as well. Those interested in Chinese culture in general and Chinese folklore, literature, and oral tradition in particular will certainly delight in perusing this book.

Author : Kathy Wu
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789810945398

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Common Chinese Proverbs by Kathy Wu Pdf

This book contains some of the proverbs commonly used in China. It is written in modern simplified Chinese language with Pinyin pronunciation. Each Chinese character or word (if appropriate) is grouped together with its translation and Pinyin to help a learner of the Chinese language master the language. From this text, the learner can also learn about Chinese culture, Chinese philosophy and Chinese way of thinking.

Author : Talk To Me In Korean
Publisher : Talk To Me In Korean
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-10
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Korean Slang Expressions by Talk To Me In Korean Pdf

Learn Korean slang expressions that are used on a daily basis in South Korea. You can understand a lot more of the conversations you hear in Korean by understanding commonly used slang expressions.

Author : Julian Jaynes
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000-08-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780547527543

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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes Pdf

National Book Award Finalist: “This man’s ideas may be the most influential, not to say controversial, of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Columbus Dispatch At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion—and indeed our future. “Don’t be put off by the academic title of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Its prose is always lucid and often lyrical…he unfolds his case with the utmost intellectual rigor.”—The New York Times “When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium BC men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis.”—John Updike, The New Yorker “He is as startling as Freud was in The Interpretation of Dreams, and Jaynes is equally as adept at forcing a new view of known human behavior.”—American Journal of Psychiatry

Author : Paul R. Goldin
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780824873998

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After Confucius by Paul R. Goldin Pdf

After Confucius is a collection of eight studies of Chinese philosophy from the time of Confucius to the formation of the empire in the second and third centuries B.C.E. As detailed in a masterful introduction, each essay serves as a concrete example of “thick description”—an approach invented by philosopher Gilbert Ryle—which aims to reveal the logic that informs an observable exchange among members of a community or society. To grasp the significance of such exchanges, it is necessary to investigate the networks of meaning on which they rely. Paul R. Goldin argues that the character of ancient Chinese philosophy can be appreciated only if we recognize the cultural codes underlying the circulation of ideas in that world. Thick description is the best preliminary method to determine how Chinese thinkers conceived of their own enterprise. Who were the ancient Chinese philosophers? What was their intended audience? What were they arguing about? How did they respond to earlier thinkers, and to each other? Why did those in power wish to hear from them, and what did they claim to offer in return for patronage? Goldin addresses these questions as he looks at several topics, including rhetorical conventions of Chinese philosophical literature; the value of recently excavated manuscripts for the interpretation of the more familiar, received literature; and the duty of translators to convey the world of concerns of the original texts. Each of the cases investigated in this wide-ranging volume exemplifies the central conviction behind Goldin’s plea for thick description: We do not do justice to classical Chinese philosophy unless we engage squarely the complex and ancient culture that engendered it. An electronic version of this book is freely available thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched, a collaborative initiative designed to make high-quality books open access for the public good. The open-access version of this book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which means that the work may be freely downloaded and shared for non-commercial purposes, provided credit is given to the author. Derivative works and commercial uses require permission from the publisher.

Author : Arcturus Publishing
Publisher : Sirius Entertainment
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 139882061X

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Chinese Proverbs by Arcturus Publishing Pdf

Designed both for inspirational browsing and for students of language and culture. The appeal of Chinese proverbs is profound and universal. This timeless, eloquent collection of proverbs offers fundamental truths about the natural world and the human condition.

Author : Coral Chen
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781467847766

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The Old Man Who Lost His Horse by Coral Chen Pdf