Though the book is especially for English spoken people who even doesn’t know Chinese characters at all , IT IS CHINESE-ENGLISH BILINGUAL IN THE SECONG EDITION . It collects many important and useful short Taiwanese phrases or sentences which are generally composed of no more than five Chinese characters . For the beginners , the shorter the easier . Every phrase lists Mandarin Hanyu-Pinyin ,Taiwanese Hanyu-Pinyin , English meaning , and Taiwanese grammar .Besides, the beginners may practice the phrases with the examples. It's a very practical book for those who are interested in Taiwanese . Hope that it helps you understand Taiwan more. For example ,
Mandarin: qĭng
Taiwanese: qiā 請
English : please
qiā + VERB
qiā jiē 請坐(please have a seat)
qiā kua 請看( please take a look)
qiā jiā 請吃(please taste it)
qiā li lai 請進來(please come in)
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