Domain Name Com's 250 Essential Chinese Characters for Everyday Use, Vol. 1

250 Essential Chinese Characters for Everyday Use, Vol. 1

Domain Name Com's - : 250 Essential Chinese Characters for Everyday Use, Vol. 1

- Get the flash cards instead
My only issue with this book is that it is almost completely redundant with the flash cards (Chinese In A Flash) offered by the same author and publisher. I have found the flash cards to be a much more effective way to learn Chinese characters, and so am disappointed about having also purchased the book. Although the book does sometimes include a sentence or two about a character's origin, which could in principle be useful for remembering that character, these sentences usually refer to the traditional character rather than the simplified one, and are usually too brief and simplistic to be of much use anyway. So my advice would be to buy the flashcards instead of the book - they contain the identical information, but in a more compact, easy-to-use format.

Rating:

- A fine way to learn Chinese Characters
I love this book. If you're looking to get started on the written Chinese language, I really can't think of a better source of instruction. Each page consists of one single character. For each character every stroke is broken down, the character is explained and half the page is empty squares of practice space. You can also buy flash cards that go along with the book. Writing in Chinese is the best thing ever and if you've wanted a good starting spot then here it is. After you finish this one there is another book of 250 more characters. I like this, it's good and it does me well.

Rating:

- Highly recommended for people at right stage of study.
I love this book.

I am learning conversational Chinese and pinyin, and even gaining a basic knowledge of the Hanzi adds a whole new dimension.

Not only do I find learning the charaters fun - they really are quite beautiful things - but quite often I have 'penny dropping' moments where something about a character fills a gap in my understanding and things make more sense. As an aside, I am amazed at how logically Chinese works, and am so glad I don't have to learn English.

To be clear, I would not recommend this to someone with NO knowledge of Chinese. You need to HEAR the language and pronunciation first and foremost.

But even at my basic stage (around a 450 word vocab), starting the Hanzi is wonderful. I had actually picked up the 'first' 100 or so just by studying pinyin and looking at the Hanzi supplied, but being given the stroke order is a major help.

One small suggestion for the author or editors if they ever read this: Adding some arrows on the diagrams to make it 100% clear which way some of the smaller strokes should be drawn would make it even more helpful.

xiexie Mr Lee.

Rating:

- 250 characters is not enough for every day use
If you've attended any years of Chinese school, then this book is not for you. I purchased this book to be a refresher and I forgot that 250 characters is a very small number of words. I flipped through the book and realized that I knew most of them already. This book is appropriate if you are a newbie to the Chinese language.

Rating:

- Just ok.
I saw the good reviews this book recieved and have been looking for it. I found it a library since it didnt seem like a book worth buying to me, even with the good reviews. Once I started using it I realized I made a good choice by checking it out from the library.

It consists of 250 characters as it says. One character per page with a one word definition at the top and pronunciation. Then under that it explains a little about how the character was put together and came to mean what it does now. Sometimes the meaning of the broken down components seem to be stretched a little so as to add some meaning and a way to remember the character. Then it goes on to show you the main radical of the character. For the rest of the top half of the page is "Compounds, sentences and meanings" giving examples of uses for the character. There are a couple problems here for me. First off this is a beginners book but the sentences use characters it does not teach, and characters the student will most likely have no idea about. It does give you pinyin, and the english translation of the sentence. Yet I dont see much use for this to a beginner. Plus the sentences are in simplified chinese. I dont see why there isnt a traditonal version of the sentence given all the space in this book. It does give a few compounds wich I think are more valuable to a learner and there should be more.

The bottom half of the page has stroke order but most of it is just empty squares. Essentially a high priced notebook. Interspersed throughtout are some quizes and excersizes. Mostly flash card equivalents and simple translations excersizes. All in all 250 characters is not very many especially without a lot more compounds. I thought this book would be "fun", it isnt. I'm not even sure who this book would appeal to. Either too simple or confusing to a begginer, or nothing of appeal to an imtermediate student or just a dedicated begginer. I'd look elsewhere if I was serious in learning this language. And dont overlook the internet there are many great sites very helpful for any level of student.

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