Cantonese Phrasebook | 
 enlarge | Authors: Chiu-yee Cheung, Tao Li, 9781740599344
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Category: Book
List Price: $8.99
Buy New: $3.78
You Save: $5.21 (58%)
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 261503
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Pages: 260
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 3.7 x 0.6
ISBN: 1740599349
Dewey Decimal Number: 495
EAN: 9781740599344
ASIN: 1740599349
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand new book delivered from the UK in 10-14 days.
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Product Description
More kick than kung fu, more bite than dim sum, more astounding than a Hong Kong skyscraper - Cantonese is the trademark of success for your travels in southern China. Get talking and put your best face forward with this phrasebook in your hand.
Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.
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A nice pocket phrase book, but not perfect November 5, 2008
JC (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A lot of info is stuffed in a small pocket book. It will come handy if you are traveling to Hong Kong or Guang-dong region.
Here are a couple of things I liked about this book. (1)Even though the fonts are small (ie, pocket version), it does not strain the eyes because the paper is high quality and has colored fonts. (2)It has the Chinese characters next to all the sentences and words. I did not like those books which only have the romanization but no Chinese characters. In the long run you really need to know them. (3) A lot of handy info/words/sentences included (such as 'I want to make love to you' or 'leave me alone!')
I have two reasons I can't give 5 stars: (1) It does NOT use the 'standard Yale' system--it could be a little confusing to those using Yale system (why don't everybody just use Yale???);(2)right off the bat, I noticed couple typo/errors in the pronounciation--I would use as a reference, not the primary source of studying Cantonese.
Overall, I think it is a worth investment, especially considering the low cost.
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