Pocket Cantonese Dictionary

Pocket Cantonese Dictionary by Philip Yungkin Lee

Part of our popular Pocket Dictionary series of titles covering every major Asian language. Current titles include: Cambodian, Filipino, Japanese, Indonesian, Korean, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese. These are the ideal dictionaries for beginning students and travellers.

Each contains:

• General vocabulary appropriate to beginning and lower intermediate students, and covers all the words needed for the everyday situations encountered by travellers.
• Bi-directional, to and from English, presenting the 3,000 most commonly used words in each language.
• Both romanized forms and the authentic script are given.
• A brief guide to pronunciation allows the user to say the words correctly.
•  Different senses of the same word are clearly distinguished by explanatory glosses.
• No confusing abbreviations or dictionary terminology; clear layout and readable type.

Pocket Cantonese Dictionary - About the Author

Philip Yungkin Lee is a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of many language learning titles and has received a Teaching Excellence award from his university.