ABSTRACT

Intermediate Chinese is the ideal reference and practice book for students with some knowledge of the language. Each of the 25 units deals with a particular grammatical point and provides associated exercises. Features include:

  • clear, accessible format
  • many useful language examples
  • jargon-free grammar explanations
  • sample drills and exercises with full answer key.

All Chinese entries are presented in both pinyin romanisation and Chinese characters, and are accompanied, in most cases, by English translations to facilitate self-tuition in both the spoken and the written language. This new edition also includes a glossary of vocabulary and aglossary of grammatical terms.

Intermediate Chinese reviews the principal elements presented in its sister volume, Basic Chinese, and introduces more complicated structures. The two books form a compendium of the essentials of Chinese grammar.

chapter 1|14 pages

The bb structure

chapter 2|12 pages

The bèi structure

chapter 3|9 pages

Serial constructions

chapter 4|8 pages

Causative constructions

chapter 6|12 pages

Existence sentences

chapter 8|11 pages

Sentence particle le

chapter 9|11 pages

Abbreviated sentences

chapter 10|8 pages

Rhetorical questions

chapter 14|12 pages

Attributives (summary)

chapter 15|10 pages

Adverbials (summary)

chapter 19|10 pages

Various uses of ypu (summary)

chapter 21|11 pages

The aspect marker le (summary)

chapter 24|8 pages

The idiomatic uses of ne

chapter 25|9 pages

Onomatopoeia and interjection