Tuttle Leaning Chinese Characters HSK – Level A
Author: Alison Matthews and Laurence Matthews Category: Chinese Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Published: December 20, 2011 Language: Chinese File Size: 91.4 KB Tags: Chinese | Language | Learning |
Description:
Summary:
Tuttle Leaning Chinese Characters HSK – Level A by Alison Matthews and Laurence Matthews. There are 800 Chinese characters and 1,033 compounds specified for the original HSK Level A proficiency test are covered.
Concept:
Chinese characters are ideographical. Usually, one character represents one word or a morpheme (a unit for constructing a word), which means one character contains the combined information of sound (pronunciation), shape (what it looks like) and meaning.
Importance:
China has become the world’s second-largest economy, its influence on global trade, business, and technology is undeniable. In today’s globalized world, the ability to communicate in more than one language is a significant asset, and learning Chinese can be particularly impactful.
Note:
- Chinese is one of the most ancient languages still in use today.
- Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world.
- Chinese is a major language in numerous Southeast Asian countries.
- The Chinese language doesn’t have an alphabet.
- There are over 50,000 distinct Chinese characters.
- You don’t need to learn all 50,000 characters!
- Chinese has no articles, verb inflections, or plurals.
- Chinese is an official UN language.
- Chinese is a tonal language.
- Challenging but not hard to learn.
- Chinese follows different calligraphy styles.
- Chinese has borrowed words from English.
- The world’s most famous people are learning Chinese as a second language!
- The Chinese language has number symbols.
- Learning Chinese makes you smart!
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