About this item
This Mandarin Chinese Dictionary is for elementary to intermediate learners of Chinese. Tuttle Learner's Chinese-English Dictionary was designed specifically for elementary to intermediate learners of Chinese and contains all 3,051 vocabulary items prescribed for Levels A and B of the internationally recognized test of Mandarin language proficiency, Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) . This self-contained dictionary has over 5,000 headwords - those required for HSK Levels A and B, plus important proper nouns and common idioms. Extensive notes on culture, grammar and meaning are included to enhance understanding and ensure correct usage. Students attempting to learn Chinese will find this dictionary to be an essential guide to the Chinese language as well as a reliable reference tool.
About the Author
Li Dong was a full professor of English at the Shanghai International Studies University when he left China in 1988. Before that he had spent two years with the Oxford University Press Lexical Research Unit for advanced studies in lexicology and lexicography. Professor Li has had 45 years experiences in teaching English and Chinese at university levels in China, the UK, the USA and New Zealand. He has published book-length dissertation and journal articles on lexicology and lexicography. His specialist field is pedagogical lexicography (or, in plain English, the making of dictionaries specially for the teaching and learning of a foreign language) . That is why he is the proud author of the highly successful Tuttle Chinese dictionaries including --
Tuttle Beginner's Chinese Dictionary,
Tuttle Learner's Chinese-English Dictionary (2 editions) ,
Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary,
Tuttle Chinese-English Dictionary,
Tuttle English-Chinese Dictionary, and
Tuttle Compact Chinese Dictionary.
Now retired from teaching, Prof Li is working on a new Chinese-English dictionary for learners to keep abreast of the rapidly developing Chinese society.
