Second 100 Chinese Characters: Traditional Character Edition: The Quick and Easy Method to Learn the Second 100 Basic Chinese Characters (Tuttle Language Library)

This book is a quick and easy way to learn the second 100 basic Chinese traditional characters.

The major struggle facing all beginning Chinese language students is to learn to recognize, read and write hundreds of Chinese characters. The Second 100 Chinese Characters adopts a structural approach that helps students to overcome this initial difficulty and quickly master the basic Chinese characters that are fundamental to this language. Intended for beginning students, this book contains characters that have been carefully selected and sequenced for rapid and effective learning.

For effective leaning, memorization and practice, each Chinese character is shown separately on a single page, together with its English definitions, hanyu pinyin romanization, alternate form (if any), a stroke order guide and ample space for writing practice. This book features

• The second 100 most frequently–used Chinese characters
• Foundation characters for the HSK A level language proficiency test
• Standard hanyu pinyin romanizations
• Step–by–step stroke order guides and ample space for writing practice
• Over 500 words and phrases containing the basic characters
• Concise English definitions