Making Out in Chinese: Revised Edition (Making Out Books)
Making Out in Chinese is a fun, accessible and thorough guide to Mandarin as it’s really spoken. It has been thoroughly updated and expanded to be even more helpful as a guide to modern colloquial Mandarin for use in everyday informal interactions- giving access to the sort of catchy expressions that aren’t covered in traditional language materials. A new feature of this book is that each phrase is written in Mandarin script as well as in English, so that in the case of difficulties the book can be shown to the person you are trying to communicate with. The transcriptions have also been revised to make it easier to pronounce the phrases intelligibly.
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Chinese Astrology – understand personality trends and discover compatibility with other signs in love, business and partnership
This comprehensive guide will help you explore Chinese astrology, understand personality trends and discover compatibility with other signs in love, business and partnership. Audience Intended for everyone interested Chinese Astrology. Features Ruling hours for each sign Compatibility with other sighs Famous people and more… Always have the guide available for a quick reference. Description of a RAT sign: RAT1900, 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008 Personality: According to Chinese folklore, this sign can be quite complex and people who are born under this Chinese sign possess strong leadership skills and are intelligent, charismatic, artistic, charming, persuasive, attractive, generous to loved ones, and ambitious. On the negative side, rats can be exploitive, dangerous, dreamy, deviant, selfish, cunning, psychotic(rats tend towards mental instability), lustful, stubborn, manipulative, frail, and vain. Rats are a symbol of good luck and wealth. They are clever, lustful, and intelligent. This sign is very ambitious and strong-willed, and is motivated by its own interests, which often include money and power. Rats are naturally charming, seductive and persuasive. They are energetic and versatile and can usually find their way around obstacles, and adapt to various environments easily. A rat’s natural charm and sharp demeanor make it an appealing friend for almost anyone. The Rat likes to know who is on its side and will treat its most loyal friends with an extra measure of protection and generosity. However, they also have long memories and will rarely forgive or forget an enemy. Rats are strongly family oriented. Although they are often hoarders and can be miserly, they also are very generous to their family and friends. Rats have a great capability for accumulating and holding on to items of value. A valuable lesson for Rats is to learn to consider others below themselves, at least sometimes, and to avoid forcing their ideas onto others. Rats are fair in their dealings and do not expect the same from others in return, and can be deeply affronted if they feel they have been deceived or that their trust has been abused. Sometimes they set their targets too low, whether in relationship to their friends or in their career, but as the years pass they will become more idealistic and tolerant. If they can develop their sense of self and realize it leaves room for others in their life as well, Rats can find true happiness. In middle age, if everything goes smoothly, Rats will be able to achieve their life goals. Ideal jobs for rats include detective, artist, musician, spy, writer, lawyer, broker, politician, psychiatrist, pathologist, and crime laboratory scientist. Attributes: Ruling hours: 11pm-1amDirection: NorthSeason and month: Winter, DecemberGemstone: GarnetRoughly equivalent western sign: SagittariusPolarity: YangCountries: Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Brazil, Sweden, Colombia Compatible: Dragon, Monkey, OxMore or less compatible: Snake, Tiger, Dog, Boar, RatConflicting: Horse Famous people born this year are Shakespeare, Mozart, Churchill, Washington, and Truman Capote. Note: the trial version is limited to the Rat sign.This comprehensive guide will help you explore Chinese astrology, understand personality trends and discover compatibility with other signs in love, business and partnership. Audience Intended for everyone interested Chinese Astrology. Features Ruling hours for each sign Compatibility with other sighs Famous people and more… Always have the guide available for a quick reference. Description of a RAT sign: RAT1900, 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008 Personality: According to Chinese folklore, this sign can be quite complex and people who are born under this Chinese sign possess strong leadership skills and are intelligent, charismatic, artistic, charming, persuasive, attractive, generous to loved ones, and ambitious. On the negative side, rats can be exploitive, dangerous, dreamy, deviant, selfish, cunning, psychotic(rats tend towards mental instability), lustful, stubborn, manipulative, frail, and vain. Rats are a symbol of good luck and wealth. They are clever, lustful, and intelligent. This sign is very ambitious and strong-willed, and is motivated by its own interests, which often include money and power. Rats are naturally charming, seductive and persuasive. They are energetic and versatile and can usually find their way around obstacles, and adapt to various environments easily. A rat’s natural charm and sharp demeanor make it an appealing friend for almost anyone. The Rat likes to know who is on its side and will treat its most loyal friends with an extra measure of protection and generosity. However, they also have long memories and will rarely forgive or forget an enemy. Rats are strongly family oriented. Although they are often hoarders and can be miserly, they also are very generous to their family and friends. Rats have a great capability for accumulating and holding on to items of value. A valuable lesson for Rats is to learn to consider others below themselves, at least sometimes, and to avoid forcing their ideas onto others. Rats are fair in their dealings and do not expect the same from others in return, and can be deeply affronted if they feel they have been deceived or that their trust has been abused. Sometimes they set their targets too low, whether in relationship to their friends or in their career, but as the years pass they will become more idealistic and tolerant. If they can develop their sense of self and realize it leaves room for others in their life as well, Rats can find true happiness. In middle age, if everything goes smoothly, Rats will be able to achieve their life goals. Ideal jobs for rats include detective, artist, musician, spy, writer, lawyer, broker, politician, psychiatrist, pathologist, and crime laboratory scientist. Attributes: Ruling hours: 11pm-1amDirection: NorthSeason and month: Winter, DecemberGemstone: GarnetRoughly equivalent western sign: SagittariusPolarity: YangCountries: Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Brazil, Sweden, Colombia Compatible: Dragon, Monkey, OxMore or less compatible: Snake, Tiger, Dog, Boar, RatConflicting: Horse Famous people born this year are Shakespeare, Mozart, Churchill, Washington, and Truman Capote. Note: the trial version is limited to the Rat sign.
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Very useful, cool guide, but hard to read phonetics.,
This book is full of useful colloquial slang expressions, as well as good conversational phrases. Its sections are divided by theme (e.g., Basic Phrases, Getting Acquainted, I’ve Got the Munchies, etc.) which make finding phrases pretty easy.
My only gripe is that the author does NOT use standard “pinyin” phonetics to write out the Chinese words in the Roman alphabet. It seems as though he has modified the standard pinyin consenants and vowels in an effort to make it sound more like real English pronounciation. This is great for someone who has never studied Chinese using the standard pinyin system, but for some who has trained themselves to read pinyin (which is a screwy system to begin with) the phrases in the book are difficult to pronounce, and more importantly, difficult to memorize (through visual symbolic recognition based on already-learned words).
I would hope that a new revision of the book be written for standard Chinese pinyin, if possible.
P.S. The phrases and words related to sexual intercourse are in good number and detail. The author did not abstain from including even the dirtiest of phrases.
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|Note: I am reviewing the updated edition (2003),
The new edition, which has been revised by someone other than the original author now contains Chinese characters, Pinyin and a simplified pronunciation guide for each entry. If you are looking for a complete guide to slang then this book is disappointingly thin on the ground. It gives one way to say something, that is a valid way, but it misses out other ways that are just as likely to be encountered in common, everyday usage. I was impressed with some of the attention to cultural, idiomatic usage, that was very helpful, such as the euphemistic way Chinese people refer to a woman’s level of beauty. Finally, one caveat with learning Chinese – If you are starting out, you can’t learn to pronounce it well from a book alone, even if it does include Pinyin, or other make-shift phonetics, as this one does. You just won’t be understood. For the price, this book is OK, but just OK. I feel that a lot more could have been included and hope that the publisher will produce a follow up like they did with “Making Out in Japanese”.
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|Small, Basic and Fun,
This is a very small phrase book. As far as phrase books go, it contains much less information than any regular sized phrase book. As such, it may be most suitable for someone who knows no Chinese and would like to learn just a few expressions.
On the other hand, this booklet does include few slang expressions, some insults, dating and sex-related language which you won’t find in a regular phrase book.
All words / expressions are written in English, in Chinese simplified characters, and in pinyin.
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|A Must Have!,
Chinese Astrology – understand personality trends and discover compatibility with other signs in love, business and partnership
This ebook is a lot of fun to read and is very insightful. One of the most interesting points for me was Chinese astrology’s deep ties to eastern philosophy.
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