A frequency dictionary of Mandarin Chinese : core vocabulary for learners / Richard Xiao, Paul Rayson, Tony McEnery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xiao, Richard.

Contributor:

Rayson, Paul.

McEnery, Tony, 1964-

Series:

Routledge frequency dictionaries

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese language--Dictionaries--English.

Chinese language.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Reference sources.

Physical Description:

x, 390 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2009.

Summary:

"A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese is an invaluable tool for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, providing a list of the 5,000 words and the 2,000 Chinese characters most commonly used in the language. Based on a fifty-million-word corpus composed of spoken, fiction, non-fiction and news texts in current use, the dictionary provides the user with a detailed frequency-based list, as well as alphabetical and part-of-speech indexes." "All entries in the frequency list feature the English equivalent and a sample sentence with English translation. The Dictionary also contains thirty thematically organized lists of frequently used words on a variety of topics such as food, weather, travel and time expressions." "A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese enables students of all levels to maximize their study of Mandarin vocabulary in an efficient and engaging way. It is also an excellent resource for teachers of the language."--Jacket.

Contents:

Table of contents: Introduction

References

The ICTCLAS part of speech annotation scheme

Frequency index

Alphabetical index

Part of speech index

Character frequency index.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

9780415455862

0415455863

0203883071

9780203883075

OCLC:

176946371