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First Thousand Words in Chinese

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First Thousand Words in Chinese by Heather Amery is a vibrant and engaging children's book designed to introduce young readers to basic Chinese vocabulary. Each colourful scene features everyday settings like the home and the market, with labelled illustrations to help kids learn common words in context. It includes a pronunciation guide and an alphabet of Chinese characters to make learning both fun and educational.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this book if you're keen on introducing children to the fundamentals of the Chinese language through engaging illustrations and a vast array of everyday words. It's perfect for young learners eager to explore a new language in a fun and interactive way.

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First Thousand Words in Chinese

An all-time Usborne classic from Heather Amery and Stephen Cartwright, this jolly picture book of first words makes picture to word recognition fun.



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An all-time Usborne classic from Heather Amery and Stephen Cartwright, this jolly picture book of first words makes picture-to-word recognition fun.

First Thousand Words in Chinese is a classic bilingual Chinese (Mandarin)/English word book, illustrated with busy scenes and labelled pictures to help children learn key Mandarin Chinese vocabulary. Written in Mandarin Chinese with a standard 'pinyin' pronunciation guide in Roman letters, it includes an English/Chinese word list.

Readers can hear how to pronounce every word by listening to a native Chinese speaker on the Usborne Quicklinks website.

Fully revised and updated for 2014 and beyond, with new words added, redundant words removed, and pictures updated.

Series: First Thousand Words

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First Thousand Words in Chinese is described as a highly effective introduction for children to the Mandarin Chinese language, praised for engaging young learners in a delightful and educational manner.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781409570387

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Stephen Cartwright
  • Illustrated by Stephen Cartwright
  • Illustrated by Stephen Cartwright

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 230.0mm

Height: 306.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 64

About the Author

Heather Amery was born and brought up in Bath, Somerset. Heather has written over a hundred books for children, including alphabet books, science and history books, craft books, classical fairy tales, a series for beginner readers called Farmyard Tales, Bible stories, and Greek Myths. She has also compiled word books, song books, and books of poetry.

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