I studied Japanese for 4 years. I memorized the 2000 basic kanji, I already know a lot more, but I'm not sure how many.
I want to study Chinese now. I bought a Chinese book and loved it. I understand all the hanzis, there are some new ones, but I don't have any problems memorizing them. I only found ONE book that taught hanzis and grammar, it was good, but it was very basic. There are some books that teach only hanzis, but no grammar. There are some books that teach grammar, but they don't use hanzis, they teach everything in roman letters.
What book is good to learn Chinese for someone who's very familiar with kanji?
2006-07-05 06:53:59 · 6 answers · asked by Leonardo 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
You do not need to buy anything. Chinese Language books are all free online.
You can find some books in this Free Online Library
http://www.wisdeal.com/hellomandarin/textbook/mandarin.html
From Zero to Advanced
If you need more help, you can go to ' I Love Chinese ' to find some professional Chinese study advisers. They will answer your questions.
http://www.hellomandarin.com/ilovechinese/index.html
2006-07-05 19:54:41 · answer #1 · answered by nihaomahi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a conversational textbook that has both hanzi and the romanization. Remember Chinese Hanzi are pronounced differently from Japanese Kanji. Also there are some differences in meaning, so dont expect a complete language transfer.
Try Conversational Chinese 301
It teaches a little grammar.
Not sure what your purpose in learning Chinese is. Do you want to speak or read it.
Try watching movies with Chinese subtitles.
Read a Chinese language newspaper.
I also have studied Japanese (but only know about 200 kanji), In learning Chinese, I realize the pronunciation is different. You should learn the pinyin (romanized part) and the tone.
2006-07-06 00:33:08 · answer #2 · answered by sakeslug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In all honesty, a Chinese-English and English-Chinese dictionary might not be a bad idea... A copy of any Chinese newpaper might also be helpful... I learned Chinese up to the 3rd grade level, and a Chinese newspaper is at times challenging but a good way to improve!
Hope this helps. :)
2006-07-05 15:39:26 · answer #3 · answered by tokyo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Babelfish
2006-07-05 14:27:39 · answer #4 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
books?
2006-07-05 13:56:53 · answer #5 · answered by LemonBuzz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fortune cookies ... ha
2006-07-05 13:56:58 · answer #6 · answered by ▲▼▲▼ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋