Lan Shao

Learning Chinese is notoriously difficult and has long put off the most linguistically savvy Westerners... until now. Breaking down the Great Wall of language, ShaoLan Hsueh has unpicked Chinese characters and created a simple system for quickly understanding the basic building blocks of the written language. Working with renowned illustrator Noma Bar, she has developed a unique set of illustrations that are engaging and delightful, and offer a glimpse into the wonder of the Chinese language and culture. The books main section introduces the radicals the key characters on which the language is built and reveals how they can be combined to form a wealth of more complex words and phrases. In fewer than 200 pages, readers of all ages will have made the first steps towards a genuine appreciation of Chinese, loving every new character they learn.

The Chinese language is traditionally taught through a series of between roughly 180 and 215 radicals. These radicals are then used to form the characters of the Chinese language. Chineasy has broken down this collection of characters into their most basic and recurring forms, allowing students to learn fewer and simpler radicals that we have termed building blocks. One building block, or a specific compound form of the building block can be combined with one or more other characters to make a compound character. Two or more independent characters can be placed next to one another to make phrases. In compounds, a whole new character is created; in phrases, the placement of characters next to one another gives a new meaning to the collection of characters. This principle of building blocks is what makes Chineasy so easy!

A Chineasy egy olyan új vizuális módszer, amely megkönnyíti és élvezetessé teszi a kínai írásjegyek olvasását. A leggyakoribb írásjegyeknek - a nyelv építőelemeinek - elsajátítása révén az olvasó gyorsan megérti az alapelveket, illetve a legfontosabb szavakat, és bepillantást nyerhet a kínai nyelvbe és kultúrába. Minél több építőelemet sajátítunk el, annál több írásjegyet és kifejezést tudunk létrehozni - ez teszi a Chineasy módszert végtelenül egyszerűvé!