Language Study Books/Dictionaries

Language Study Books

Dictionaries

If you are a language student, or even just a visitor/teacher you might want to think about investing in a portable electronic dictionary. Although they don't have an enormous range of words, you should be able to get by in most situations using one and if you are a language student it can be helpful in your studies.

Chinese Language Study Guides

Lonely Planet's Mandarin Phrasebook

Chinese Dictionaries

Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary
AP Cowie & A Evison
Beginner-advanced, standard book
Contains pinyin pronunciation throughout

Chinese Character Genealogy: A Chinese-English Dictionary
Rick Harbaugh

Etymology of Chinese Characters

ABC Chinese-English Dictionary: Alphabetically Based Computerized
John Defrancis
Arranged by word pronunciation instead of character
For learners of spoken Chinese mainly