Practical Chinese Usage

Practical Chinese Usage offers post-beginner to near advanced students of Chinese a guide to the most frequently misused and confusing words in the language.
Entries are arranged in alphabetical order for ease of reference.
Sample sentences with pinyin and English translations are provided after each explanation.
Examples of typical mistakes made by students are clearly marked throughou.
Each entry is annotated in accordance with the New HSK guidelines, indicating the level of difficulty.
Practical Chinese Usage provides students of Chinese with the necessary tools to refine their use of expressions and synonyms in order to communicate effectively in the Chinese language.

Emma L. Wu obtained her BA in English Education from Dalian Foreign Langauges University (formerly, Dalian Foreign Languages Institute), China, and her MA in Translation Studies and postgraduate diploma in Conference Interpreting from Leeds University, UK. She has been teaching Chinese since 1996, including at the University of Edinburgh, Manchester College of Arts and Technology and the University of Leeds. She joined Cambridge University in 2003 and has been teaching Chinese there ever since. She is interested in generative grammar, syntax and second language acquisition research from the perspective of psycholinguistics.