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Chineasy
Author(s): ShaoLan Hsueh

Learn to read and write Chinese with Chineasya groundbreaking approach that transforms key Chinese characters into pictograms for easy recall and comprehension.

Chinese is one of the oldest written languages, and one of the most difficult to master, especially for Westerners. With Chineasy, learning and reading Chinese has never been simpler or more fun. Breaking down the Great Wall of Language, iShaoLan Hsueh draws on her entrepreneurial and cultural background to create a simple system for quickly understanding the basic building blocks of written Chinese. Working with renowned illustrator Noma Bar, she transforms Chinese characters into charming pictograms that are easy to remember.

In Chineasy, she teaches the key characters, called radicals, that are the languages foundation, and then shows how they can be combined to form new words and even phrases. Once youve mastered these key characters, you can practice your skills with three storiesa fairy tale, an Asian legend, and a contemporary fabletold using the radicals.

With Chineasy, readers of all ages will be able to navigate a Chinese menu, read signs and billboards, and grasp the meaning of most articles in a Chinese newspaper.

Review(s):
These cute images make reading Chinese characters Chineasy.
In her delightful book…Hsueh offers an inspired approach to learning more than 400 Chinese characters.

ISBN:9780062332097