Kan Qian is Senior Lecturer in Chinese at The Open University, Senior Fellow of the British Higher Education Academy, and Bye-Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge.

• ContentsAcknowledgements ixIntroduction1 Hěn gāoxìng jiàndào nǐ 很高兴见到你Very pleased to meet you2 Xìngmíng, guójí hé niánlíng 姓名、国籍和年龄Name, nationality and age3 Zài gōngsī de jùhuì shang Jiā hé péngyŏu家和朋友Family and friends4 Wèn shíjiān 问时间Asking the time5 Jiārén hé péngyou Zài pàiduì shàng 在派对上Family and friends At a party6 Rìqī hé tiānqì 日期和天气The date and the weather 7 Wèn lù 问路Asking for directions 8 Mǎi dōngxi 买东西Shopping 9 Wǎngshàng gòuwù网上购物Shopping online 10 Diǎn cài 点菜Order food 19011 Dă dī hé mǎi huōchē piào 打的和买火车票Taking the taxi and buying train tickets 12 Zài jiŭdiàn 在酒店At the hotel 13 Dǎ diànhuà 打电话Making telephone calls 14 Tànqīn hé lǚyóu 探亲和旅游 Vising family and travel15 Míngxìnpiàn hé wēxìn 明信片和微信 Postcard and WeChatGrammar summary Answers to Exercises and Reading/listening practices Transcripts in pinyin for Listening/reading practicesChinese–English glossary English–Chinese pinyin glossary Appendix A: Dialogues in characters for Lessons 1 and 2Appendix B: English translations of dialogues/texts from Lessons 3 to 15 Appendix C: Table of combinations of the initials and finals in Putonghua Appendix D: Useful signsIndex to language and cultural notes

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Kan Qian is Senior Lecturer in Chinese at The Open University, Senior Fellow of the British Higher Education Academy, and Bye-Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge.

• ContentsAcknowledgements ixIntroduction1 Hěn gāoxìng jiàndào nǐ 很高兴见到你Very pleased to meet you2 Xìngmíng, guójí hé niánlíng 姓名、国籍和年龄Name, nationality and age3 Zài gōngsī de jùhuì shang Jiā hé péngyŏu家和朋友Family and friends4 Wèn shíjiān 问时间Asking the time5 Jiārén hé péngyou Zài pàiduì shàng 在派对上Family and friends At a party6 Rìqī hé tiānqì 日期和天气The date and the weather 7 Wèn lù 问路Asking for directions 8 Mǎi dōngxi 买东西Shopping 9 Wǎngshàng gòuwù网上购物Shopping online 10 Diǎn cài 点菜Order food 19011 Dă dī hé mǎi huōchē piào 打的和买火车票Taking the taxi and buying train tickets 12 Zài jiŭdiàn 在酒店At the hotel 13 Dǎ diànhuà 打电话Making telephone calls 14 Tànqīn hé lǚyóu 探亲和旅游 Vising family and travel15 Míngxìnpiàn hé wēxìn 明信片和微信 Postcard and WeChatGrammar summary Answers to Exercises and Reading/listening practices Transcripts in pinyin for Listening/reading practicesChinese–English glossary English–Chinese pinyin glossary Appendix A: Dialogues in characters for Lessons 1 and 2Appendix B: English translations of dialogues/texts from Lessons 3 to 15 Appendix C: Table of combinations of the initials and finals in Putonghua Appendix D: Useful signsIndex to language and cultural notes

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Kan Qian is Senior Lecturer in Chinese at The Open University, Senior Fellow of the British Higher Education Academy, and Bye-Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge.

• ContentsAcknowledgements ixIntroduction1 Hěn gāoxìng jiàndào nǐ 很高兴见到你Very pleased to meet you2 Xìngmíng, guójí hé niánlíng 姓名、国籍和年龄Name, nationality and age3 Zài gōngsī de jùhuì shang Jiā hé péngyŏu家和朋友Family and friends4 Wèn shíjiān 问时间Asking the time5 Jiārén hé péngyou Zài pàiduì shàng 在派对上Family and friends At a party6 Rìqī hé tiānqì 日期和天气The date and the weather 7 Wèn lù 问路Asking for directions 8 Mǎi dōngxi 买东西Shopping 9 Wǎngshàng gòuwù网上购物Shopping online 10 Diǎn cài 点菜Order food 19011 Dă dī hé mǎi huōchē piào 打的和买火车票Taking the taxi and buying train tickets 12 Zài jiŭdiàn 在酒店At the hotel 13 Dǎ diànhuà 打电话Making telephone calls 14 Tànqīn hé lǚyóu 探亲和旅游 Vising family and travel15 Míngxìnpiàn hé wēxìn 明信片和微信 Postcard and WeChatGrammar summary Answers to Exercises and Reading/listening practices Transcripts in pinyin for Listening/reading practicesChinese–English glossary English–Chinese pinyin glossary Appendix A: Dialogues in characters for Lessons 1 and 2Appendix B: English translations of dialogues/texts from Lessons 3 to 15 Appendix C: Table of combinations of the initials and finals in Putonghua Appendix D: Useful signsIndex to language and cultural notes

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