Conversational Chinese

Contents: I. Basics about China. II. Basics of Chinese language. III. Grammatical patterns. 1. Greetings. 2. Introduction. 3. Eating out. 4. Change money. 5. Weather. 6. Date and time. 7. To visit a university campus. 8. At the shopping center. 9. A tour of golden triangle. 10. Olympics. IV. Comparative tables of Pinyin, Wade-Giles and Yale. V. Idioms and proverbs. VI. Additional vocabulary. VII. Vocabulary index.

"Is a teach-yourself book designed to meet the needs of those aspiring to speak Chinese in the shortest possible time. It deals with Chinese for daily interaction and conversation lessons cover a wide variety from tourism to sports."