A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese

A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese (Routledge Frequency Dictionaries): Core Vocabulary for Learners

By Richard Xiao, Paul Rayson, Tony McEnery

A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese is an invaluable tool for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, providing a list of the 5,000 words and the 2,000 Chinese characters (simplified) most commonly used in the language. Based on a fifty-million-word corpus composed of spoken, fiction, non-fiction and news texts in current use, the dictionary provides the user with a detailed frequency-based list, as well as alphabetical and part-of-speech indexes.

All entries in the frequency list feature the English equivalent and a sample sentence with English translation. The Dictionary also contains thirty thematically organized lists of frequently used words on a variety of topics such as food, weather, travel and time expressions.

A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese enables students of all levels to maximize their study of Mandarin vocabulary in an efficient and engaging way. It is also an excellent resource for teachers of the language.

A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese (Routledge Frequency Dictionaries): Core Vocabulary for Learners - Review

"Xiao, Rayson and McEnery's frequency dictionary is an impressive work that will undoubtedly prove useful to students, teachers, and - because of the detailed statistical information that is given - perhaps to researchers as well…..my main reaction upon perusing this book has been a feeling of regret that it was not available to me years ago when I was first studying Chinese."-- Michael Grosvald, the University of California at Davis

A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese - Contents

Thematic vocabulary list. Series preface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. References. Frequency index. Alphabetical index. Part of speech index