Understanding Chinese Characters By Their Ancestral Forms.

Understanding Chinese Characters By Their Ancestral Forms

Ping-gam Go

Simplex Publications

575 Larkspur Plaza, Suite 4, Larkspur, CA 94939

0962311375, $15.95 www.simplexpublications.com

Being able to converse in the language of another country or domestic ethnic enclaves in our own, being able to read everything from street signs to restaurant menus, is an indispensable ability whether visiting for business or for pleasure. This is especially true for the growing numbers of business travelers and vacationers going to China, one of the largest and most diverse nations of the world. Now in a newly updated, expanded, and illustrated fourth edition, "Understanding Chinese Characters By Their Ancestral Forms" author and linguist Ping-gam Go provides a thoroughly 'user friendly' guide to deciphering Chinese characters commonly encountered when visiting San Francisco's China Town or Downtown Beijing. Of special note are the sections providing a 288 common character dictionary; advice about flash cards; and the chapter devoted to 'What's on the Menu?--Characters seen on the Menu'. Also very highly recommended for the tourist, business traveler, or student of the Chinese language is a companion volume by Ping-gam Go, "What Character Is That? An Easy-Access Dictionary Of 5,000 Chinese Characters (0962311359, $21.95)