Cheng & Tsui Chinese-Pinyin- English Dictionary for Learners

Specifically designed for English-speaking learners of Mandarin Chinese, this dictionary's welcome combination of comprehensiveness and user-friendliness make it a powerful tool. It offers helpful features that are not found in most other dictionaries, and that are critical to learners of Chinese. For instance, it includes many example sentences--given in characters, pinyin, and English--to illustrate each compound's use. The 30,000+ entries are organized alphabetically by pinyin and are in simplified characters. Traditional forms are provided in parentheses for main character entries. Additionally, grammar notes in English are provided for especially important or difficult words and terms, making this dictionary unusually complete. Extensive appendices include a scheme for the Chinese phonetic alphabet; a table of decimals, fractions and percentages; a table of common measurement terms; a chronological table of Chinese history; and more.