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Each of the 25 units deals with a particular grammatical point and provides associated exercises. Features include:  \n• clear, accessible format  \n• many useful language examples  \n• jargon-free explanations of grammar  \n• ample drills and exercises  \n• full key to exercises  \nAll Chinese entries are presented in both pinyin romanization and Chinese characters, and are accompanied, in most cases, by English translations to facilitate self-tuition as well as classroom teaching in both spoken and written Chinese.  \nBasic Chinese is designed for students new to the language. Together with its sister volume, Intermediate Chinese, it forms a compendium of the essentials of Chinese syntax.  \nYip Po-Ching was formerly Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Leeds and Don Rimmington is Emeritus Professor of East Asian Studies and former head of the East Asian Studies Department at the University of Leeds. They are the authors of Chinese: An Essential Grammar (1996; 2nd edition, 2006), Intermediate Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook (1998; 2nd edition forthcoming), and Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar (2004) .  \nTitles of related interest published by Routledge:  \nIntermediate Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook by Yip Po-Ching and Don Rimmington  \nChinese: An Essential Grammar  \nby Yip Po-Ching and Don Rimmington  \nChinese: A Comprehensive Grammar by Yip Po-Ching and Don Rimmington  \nColloquial Chinese: A Complete Language Course by Kan Qian  \nColloquial Chinese CD-ROM by Kan Qian  \nColloquial Chinese (Reprint of the first edition) by Ping-Cheng T’ung and David E. Pollard  \nThe Chinese Lexicon by Yip Po-Ching  \nBasic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook by Virginia Yip and Stephen Matthews  \nIntermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook by Virginia Yip and Stephen Matthews  \nCantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar by Stephen Matthews and Virginia Yip  \nColloquial Cantonese: A Complete Language Course by Keith S. T. Tong and Gregory James  \nOther titles available in the Grammar Workbooks series are:  \nBasic Cantonese  \nIntermediate Cantonese  \nBasic Dutch  \nIntermediate Dutch  \nBasic German Intermediate German Basic Irish Intermediate Irish Basic Italian  \nBasic Korean  \nIntermediate Korean (forthcoming)  \nBasic Polish  \nIntermediate Polish Basic Russian Intermediate Russian Basic Spanish Intermediate Spanish Basic Welsh Intermediate Welsh  \nBASIC CHINESE: A GRAMMAR AND WORKBOOK  \n2nd edition  \nYip Po-Ching and Don Rimmington with Zhang Xiaoming, Rachel Henson and Yip Li Quzhen  \nFirst published 1998  \nby Routledge  \n2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge  \n270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Second edition published 2009  \nRoutledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2009.  \n“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s  \ncollection of thousands of [eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk](eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk)”  \n© 1998, 2009 Yip Po-Ching and Don Rimmington  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Yip, Po-ching, 1935–  \nBasic Chinese : a grammar and workbook / Yip Po-Ching and Don Rimmington.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes index.  \n1. Chinese language—Grammar. 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