Colloquial Chinese : The Complete Course for Beginners Book

Introduction 1. Meeting Someone for the First Time 2. Name, Nationality and Race 3. At a Company Party 4. Asking the Time 5. Family and Friends 6. The Date and the Weather 7. Asking for Directions 8. Shopping (I) 9. Shopping (II) 10. At the Restaurant 11. Taking the Taxi and Buying Train Tickets 12. At the Hotel 13. Making Telephone Calls 14. Socializing 15. Writing a Letter to a Chinese Friend. Grammar Summary. Key to the Exercises and Reading/Listening Comprehension Questions. Chinese–English Glossary. Appendix A: Useful Signs. Appendix B: Table of the Combinations of the Initials and Finals in Putonghua. Appendix C: Dialogues in Characters for Units 1 to 3. Appendix D: English Translation of Dialogues from Units 6 to 15. Index of Grammatical Terms and Cultural Notes