CHAPTER I. THE CHINESE LANGUAGE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
5. CHAPTER I. THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 3
6. CHAPTER II. PRONUNCIATION AND ROMANIZATION 19
7. CHAPTER III. GRAMMAR 33
8. CHAPTER IV. THE CHARACTERS 60
9. CHAPTER V. METHOD OF STUDY 72
10. PART TWO: FOUNDATION WORK
11. TO THE STUDENT 84
12. LESSON A. THE TONES 85
13. LESSON Β. DIFFICULT SOUNDS 92
14. LESSON C. THE SYSTEM OF SOUNDS 97
15. LESSON D. SYSTEM OF TONE SANDHI 107
16. PART THREE: THE LESSONS
17. TO THE STUDENT 116
18. LESSON 1. YOU, I, AND HE ‘FOUR MEN’ 120
19. LESSON 2. THINGS 126
20. LESSON 3. SPEAKING CHINESE 134
21. LESSON 4. TELEPHONING 140
22. LESSON 5. UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, FRONT, BACK, AND MIDDLE 148
23. LESSON 6. A SMOKE RING 158
24. LESSON 7. MR. CAN'T STOP TALKING 164
25. LESSON 8. ANTONYMS 172
26. LESSON 9. A GOOD MAN 180
27. LESSON 10. THE TAILLESS RAT 188
28. LESSON 11. WATCHING THE YEAR OUT 194
29. LESSON 12. A RESCUE AT SEA 204
30. LESSON 13. INQUIRING AFTER A SICK MAN 210
31. LESSON 14. CONVERSATION WITH THE DOCTOR 216
32. LESSON 15. WORLD GEOGRAPHY 224
33. LESSON 16. CHINESE GEOGRAPHY 230
34. LESSON 17. TALKING ABOUT INDUSCO 236
35. LESSON 18. TO THE MINSHENG WORKS 242
36. LESSON 19. RENTING A HOUSE 250
37. LESSON 20. THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER 256
38. LESSON 21. LISTENING AND LISTENING IN ACT I. DICTATION 266
39. LESSON 22. STUDYING 272
40. LESSON 23. THE VERNACULAR LITERATURE MOVEMENT 282
41. LESSON 24. AN AMERICAN MAKES A SPEECH 290
42. VOCABULARY AND INDEX 301
43. ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS 336
44. SYNOPSIS OF TONAL SPELLING 336