Undoubtedly, Mandarin Chinese is very different from many other languages. However, that does not mean that it is difficult to learn.

One of the greatest challenges in learning Mandarin is mastering its vocabulary, but Mandarin builds its lexicon system in a very unique, interesting, and reasonable way. Once you know the secrets, you can easily achieve a geometric increase in your Mandarin vocabulary.

You will be surprised to know that rote memorization is not needed.

Ease of learning, fun, and efficiency—that's what this word book brings to you.

Contents

001 THE GENES OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE: TAO OF TAO
002 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND MANDARIN CHINESE
003 ABOUT PINYIN
004 TONES
005 CHINESE CHARACTERS
006 ORIGIN OF CHINESE CHARACTERS
007 EVOLUTION OF CHINESE CHARACTERS
008 SIMPLIFIED CHARACTERS AND TRADITIONAL CHARACTERS
009 CHARACTERS AND WORDS
010 MULTIPLE MEANINGS OF A WORD
011 NOUNS
012 VERBS
13 ADJECTIVES
014 ADVERBS
015 PRONOUNS
016 PREPOSITIONS
017 CONJUNCTIONS
018 AFFIXES
019 INTERJECTIONS
020 ONOMATOPOEIA
021 INTERROGATIVES
022 ABBREVIATIONS
023 REDUPLICATIONS
024 THE COMBINING METHOD TO PRODUCE MORE WORDS
025 THREE BASIC TYPES
026 ONE-OFF PRINCIPLE
027 COMBINATION SEQUENCE
028 AN OVERVIEW OF WORDS PRODUCED BY THE COMBINING METHOD
029 WORDS TYPE: NN-1
030 WORDS TYPE: NN-2
031 WORDS TYPE: NN-3
032 WORDS TYPE: VV-1
033 WORDS TYPE: VV-2
034 WORDS TYPE: VV-3
035 WORDS TYPE: AA-1
036 WORDS TYPE: AA-2
037 WORDS TYPE: AA-3
038 WORDS TYPE: NA-3
039 WORDS TYPE: NV-3
040 WORDS TYPE: DV-3
041 SOMETHING MORE
A LETTER TO THE READERS