BASIC SPOKEN CHINESE

28 Pages·2012·1.81 MB·English

CORNELIUS C. KUBLER

AN INTRODUCTION TO SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOR BEGINNERS

BASIC SPOKEN
CHINESE

TUTTLE Publishing

Tokyo Rutland, Vermont Singapore

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THIS IS AN ADVANCE SAMPLE. DO NOT REPRODUCE.

Basic Spoken Chinese

© 2011 Cornelius C. Kubler All rights reserved. ISBN 978-0-8048-4015-6 www.tuttlepublishing.com

Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.

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Copyright © 2011 Cornelius C. Kubler
All photos © Cornelius C. Kubler except for:

Front cover/title page: Top Right, © iStockphoto.com/Zhang Bo. Bottom Left, © Arenacreative, Dreamstime.com. Bottom
Right, © Yang Yu, Dreamstime.com. p. 167: © Otnaydur, Dreamstime.com. p. 195: © 2009 Robert Kim. p. 253: © J. Henning
Buchholz, Dreamstime.com.

Assistance received from the following in the fi lming of conversations is gratefully acknowledged:
Unit 2, Part 1: The Mandarin Training Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei; Part 3: Shangrila Hotel, Beijing;
Part 4: Hilton Hotel, Taipei. Unit 3, Part 4: Beijing West Railway Station, Beijing. Unit 4, Part 1: The Mandarin Training Center,
National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei; Part 2: Jianquan Clinic, Taipei; Part 3: Swisshotel, Beijing. Unit 5, Part 3: Yuelong
Restaurant, Beijing. Unit 7, Part 4: Fortune Garden Restaurant, North Adams, Massachusetts.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or
mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written
permission from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kubler, Cornelius C.
Basic spoken Chinese : an introduction to speaking and listening for beginners / Cornelius C. Kubler.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-8048-4015-6 (pbk.)
1. Chinese language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English. 2. Chinese language--Spoken Chinese. 3. Chinese language--
Sound recordings for English speakers. 4. Chinese language--Self-instruction. I. Title.
PL1129.E5K83 2010
495.1’83421--dc22
2010036320

ISBN 978-0-8048-4015-6

Interior design: Anne Bell Carter

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