Intermediate Chinese Characters

Learn the Mandarin Chinese characters and words in everyday use in China! This book helps you to quickly learn the intermediate-level Chinese characters you need to know if you want to live or work in China, or progress to the next level with your language skills. Alongside 1200 closely-related vocabulary and phrases, it presents the characters in a series of 20 easy lessons--giving clear pronunciations, English definitions and a writing guide showing you how the character is written. In this book, you'll find: 300 characters grouped into themes; A warm-up narrative for each lesson explaining how the characters in the lesson relate to the theme; All characters and vocabulary needed for the HSK Level 3 exam and the Advanced Placement (AP) Chinese Language and Culture Exam; Exercises that help you practice recognizing the characters and using the vocabulary to create sentences; Reviews that provide a variety of drills and exercises to increase your proficiency; Downloadable online audio by native speakers to help with pronunciation; Printable flash cards. This book is intended for intermediate learners (HSK Level 3). For HSK 1 & 2, see Beginning Mandarin Chinese Characters--the first book in this series.