Two Scripts, Two Sounds: A Manga Guide to Chinese
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Why does one Chinese sign look busy and another look clean? Why can't a Beijing taxi driver and a Hong Kong tea-house regular understand each other — when they write the same language? This 19-page watercolor manga guide answers both questions with two friendly guides, Wei from Shanghai and Lin from Hong Kong. Inside: Simplified vs Traditional characters (how simplification worked, side-by-side sentences, how readers cross over), Mandarin vs Cantonese (different spoken languages, tones, everyday words), and a who-uses-what tour — mainland China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the overseas Chinatowns of Vancouver, San Francisco, and New York — ending with a one-page cheat sheet and a 'which Chinese should YOU learn?' guide. A gentle, visual first map of the Chinese-speaking world, from Dylan From 2045.
Two Scripts, Two Sounds: A Manga Guide to Chinese
$2.00 USD