Mandarin Chinese Picture Dictionary
Learn 1,500 Key Chinese Words and Phrases (Perfect for AP and HSK Exam Prep, Includes Online Audio) (Tuttle Picture Dictionary)
Hardcover – March 27, 2025
by Yi Ren (Author)
Part of: Tuttle Picture Dictionary (8 books)
A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Mandarin—whether you're 5 or 100!
This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Mandarin Chinese words and phrases. Each word and sentence is given in Mandarin characters—with a Romanized version to help you pronounce it correctly—along with the English meaning.
The words are grouped into 40 different themes or topics, including basics like meeting someone new and using public transportation to culture-specific topics like celebrating Chinese holidays and eating Chinese food.
This colorful picture dictionary includes:
- Hundreds of color photographs
- 1,500 Mandarin words and phrases
- 40 different topics—from social media and WiFi to paying and counting
- Example sentences showing how the words are used
- Companion online audio recordings by native Mandarin speakers
- An introduction to Mandarin pronunciation and grammar
- An index to allow you to quickly look up words
Mandarin Chinese Picture Dictionary makes language learning more fun than traditional phrasebooks. This resource is perfect for beginners of all ages—curious kids, visual learners and future travelers to China.
This illustrated dictionary presents 1,500 useful Mandarin Chinese words and sentences!
40 topics + over 600 photographs cover a wide range of practical themes, such as:
and many more!
This language resource is perfect for beginners of all ages--curious kids, visual learners and future travelers to China!
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Key Features Include:
1,500 Words & Phrases!
1,500 of the most useful Mandarin words and phrases are presented with over 600 photographs. Every word and sentence appears in Chinese characters along with romanized pronunciation and English meaning.
Wide Range of Practical Topics
This book covers everything! The vocabulary is organized into 40 themes or topics. Each section presents 25-35 words and 3-8 sentences demonstrating their correct usage. This book covers the most practical and useful words and phrases ranging from greetings and meetings, social media and ordering food, to making a doctor's appointment.
Additional Tools for Learning
To aid in your study, this book offers a few tools for comprehension, including:
- An introduction to Mandarin pronunciation and grammar
- Companion audio (available online) with native Mandarin Chinese speakers
- A comprehensive English-Mandarin index
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Reviews
"It's a great resource for not only kids learning Chinese, but also for adults. Travelers and expats living in Chinese-speaking countries will find this dictionary handy as well. [...] The dictionary includes a brief introduction to Chinese pronunciation and tones. A comprehensive index allows readers to quickly and easily search for words and phrases."
—BiculturalMama.com
"This is an excellent and engaging dictionary and guide to speaking and reading in Chinese. It covers Mandarin, the major version of the language. It's very well done, and is filled with engaging photography of popular items and general topics which would be commonly used today..."
—KidsR.Us
"This book provides a perfect way for visual learners to learn Mandarin Chinese…One of the great parts of this book is that it appeals to children, but also can help teenagers and adults to learn this language that is often considered a very hard language to learn."
—Crafty Moms Share blog
"This logical and accessible guide offers thematic spreads that introduce related vocabulary words and phrases in context. Chinese characters and Hanyu Pinyin romanizations align with crisp, full-color photographs that pop against clean white backgrounds."
—Booklist
"An interesting way to supplement your boring HSK vocabulary list…a great book to compliment your textbook!"
—Elementary Chinese
About the Author
Yi Ren taught and conducted research in Beijing for several years after graduating from Tsinghua University. Since moving to the U.S., she has been teaching Chinese for the past twenty years. This is her fourth book about Chinese language and culture.
Product Details
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Bilingual edition (March 27, 2018)
Language: English
Hardcover: 96 pages
ISBN-10: 0804845697
ISBN-13: 978-0804845694
Dimensions: 7.9 x 0.7 x 10.1 inches
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#29 in Foreign Language Phrase Books
#95 in Travel Writing
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