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Ross, Claudia. Chinese Demystified. US: McGraw-Hill, 2010.

Chinese Demystified

Authors: Claudia Ross

Published:  September 2010

eISBN: 9780071634168 0071634169 | ISBN: 9780071477253
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  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part One: The Basics of Mandarin Chinese
  • Chapter 1 Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation and Characters
  • Chinese Around the World
  • Spoken Mandarin
  • The Structure of the Mandarin Syllable
  • Tones
  • Consonants
  • Vowels
  • Traditional and Simplified Chinese Characters
  • Strokes
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 2 An Overview of Mandarin Grammar
  • Parts of Speech
  • The Building Blocks of a Mandarin Sentence
  • The Order of Information in a Mandarin Sentence
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 3 Chinese Names and Titles
  • Chinese Names
  • Titles and Terms of Address
  • Addressing Others
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 4 Numbers
  • The Numbers 1–10 and Zero
  • The Numbers 11–19
  • The Numbers 20–90
  • The Numbers 100–999
  • The Numbers 1,000–9,000
  • The Numbers 10,000 and Up
  • Ordinal Numbers
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 5 Using Pronouns and Nouns
  • Pronouns
  • Nouns
  • Expressing And
  • Expressing Both and All
  • Indicating the Number of Nouns
  • Expressing This and That
  • QUIZ
  • Part Two: Actions and Verbs
  • Chapter 6 Identifying Nouns with Linking Verbs
  • Expressing Identity with the Verb [Omitted] shì be
  • Expressing Family Names with the Verb [Omitted] xìng family name, be family-named
  • Expressing Someone's Name with the Verb [Omitted] jiào call, be called
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 7 Adjectival and Stative Verbs
  • Describing Things with Common Adjectival Verbs
  • Using Adjectival Verbs with Intensifiers
  • Adjectival Verbs in the Predicate
  • The Adjectival Verbs [Omitted] duo many, a lot and [Omitted] shao few
  • Expressing Feelings with Stative Verbs
  • Using Stative Verbs with Intensifiers
  • Expressing Past States
  • Comparing Stative Verbs That Have Similar Meanings
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 8 Action Verbs: Talking About Habitual, Future, and Ongoing Actions
  • Action Verbs and Duration
  • Action Verbs and Their Objects
  • Talking About Habitual Actions
  • Talking About Future Actions
  • Talking About Present-Time Actions and Ongoing Actions
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 9 Completed Actions and Actions That Did Not Happen
  • Indicating a Completed Action with [Omitted] le
  • Indicating That an Action Has Not Happened with [Omitted] méi
  • A Summary of the Use of [Omitted] le and [Omitted] méi in Describing Actions
  • Indicating a Past Action with [Omitted] . [Omitted] guo
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 10 Indicating Possibility, Ability, and Permission with Modal Verbs
  • Rules for Correctly Using [Omitted] . [Omitted] huì, [Omitted] néng, and [Omitted] kéyi
  • Expressing Probability and Possibility with [Omitted] . [Omitted] huì
  • Expressing Ability with [Omitted] . [Omitted] huì and [Omitted] néng
  • Expressing Permission with [Omitted] kéyi
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter11 Expressing Obligations, Suggestions, and Prohibitions
  • Expressing Obligations
  • Expressing Suggestions
  • Expressing Commands
  • Expressing Prohibitions
  • QUIZ
  • Part Three: Nouns, Questions, and Connections
  • Chapter 12 Indicating Possession
  • Indicating Possession with [Omitted] you have
  • Indicating Possession with the Particle [Omitted] de
  • Possession Phrases That Don't Specify the Thing Possessed
  • Word Order and Possession
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 13 Describing Nouns with Adjectival Verbs and Description Clauses
  • Describing Nouns with Adjectival Verbs
  • Describing Nouns with Clauses
  • Composing Mandarin Noun Phrases with Description Clauses
  • Translating Mandarin Noun Phrases with Description Clauses into English
  • Identifying Noun Descriptions When the Main Noun Is Omitted
  • Translating English Relative Pronouns
  • Describing a Noun with More Than One Description
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 14 Asking and Answering Yes-No Questions
  • Asking Simple Yes-No Questions with [Omitted] . [Omitted] ma
  • Asking Yes-No Questions Using the Verb-Not-Verb Construction
  • Answering Yes-No Questions
  • Asking and Answering Follow-Up Questions with (omittted) ne
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 15 Asking and Answering Content Questions
  • Mandarin Content Question Words
  • Asking Questions with Content Question Words
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 16 Expressing All or Both in Relation to Nouns
  • The Location of [Omitted] dou in the Sentence
  • Using [Omitted] dou to Say Both or All of the Object of a Verb
  • Emphasizing Every with [Omitted] suóyou de
  • Using [Omitted] dou to Say None (of)
  • Expressing Not All with [Omitted] bù dou
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 17 Linking Verbs and Verb Phrases with And and Only
  • Expressing And in Mandarin
  • Expressing In Addition with [Omitted] · [Omitted] hái
  • Indicating Two Qualities with [Omitted] yòu + AV[sub(1)] + [Omitted] yòu + AV[sub(2)]
  • Saying Only with [Omitted] zhi, [Omitted] jiù, and [Omitted] cái
  • QUIZ
  • Part Four: Time and Space, Actions and Comparisons
  • Chapter 18 Location and Distance
  • Location Words
  • Indicating Location with a Location Phrase: [Omitted] zài + Location Word
  • Indicating Location with Respect to a Reference Point
  • Talking About Things That Exist at a Location
  • Indicating the Place Where an Action Happens
  • Using Location Phrases to Describe People, Places, and Things
  • Words That Indicate Distance
  • Expressing the Distance Between Two Locations
  • Expressing Near and Far
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 19 Talking About Time
  • Talking About Hours and Minutes
  • Reciting Time
  • Talking About the Parts of the Day
  • Combining Time Expressions
  • Talking About Weeks and the Days of the Week
  • Counting Days and Referring to Surrounding Days
  • Talking About Months and the Dates of the Month
  • Talking About Years
  • Reciting Complete Dates: Year, Month, and Date
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 20 Describing How Actions Are Performed
  • Describing an Action When There Is No Object
  • Describing an Action When There Is an Object Noun Phrase
  • Asking How Someone Performs an Action
  • Describing How Someone Performs a Specific Action
  • QUIZ
  • Chapter 21 Making Comparisons
  • Indicating More Than: Comparison with [Omitted] bi
  • Indicating Less Than: Comparison with [Omitted] méi you
  • Indicating The Same As: Comparison with [Omitted] · [Omitted] yiyàng
  • QUIZ
  • Final Exam
  • Answer Key
  • Index