It's never a good idea to be overly-relient on technology while traveling! Look up words quickly and easily with this great Chinese dictionary. Pocket Chinese Dictionary is an essential tool to learn Chinese or communicate in the Chinese language. It features all the essential Chinese vocabulary appropriate for beginning to intermediate students. It's handy pocket format and user-friendly, two color layout will make any future trip to China much easier. All entries are written in the Romanized form (hanyu pinyin) as well as Chinese characters (hanzi) so that in the case of difficulties the book can simply be shown to the person the user is trying to communicate with. This dictionary includes the following key features: Over 15,000 words and expressions in the Mandarin Chinese language. English-Chinese and Chinese-sections Fully updated with recent vocabulary and commonly used Chinese slang. Clear, user friendly layout with headwords in blue. English, Romanized script (hanyu pinyin), and Chinese characters (hanzi) for every entry. Other books from this bestselling series you might enjoy include: Pocket Japanese Dictionary, Pocket Korean Dictionary, and Pocket Vietnamese Dictionary