Great guide for learning the characters!

I have this book as well, he's right ABSOLUTELY THE BEST! 絕對是最好的！

I've read up about character 110 now, I'm starting to see them in a whole new light now. :)

The UK version appears to be green. ;) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reading-Writing-Chinese-Simplified-Character/dp/0804835098/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-4956157-6148719?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184121092&sr=8-1

Looks to be an earlier edition actually.

I expect you've noticed Bazza but buying it from Amazon US with UK shipping would work out cheaper, I think, for us at the moment - $25.45 over £18.74 (inc P&P). Crazy! Thanks for the recommendation, Frank!

Will probably take a week longer to be delivered though.

what´s a week if you have a live study it ;-) ( 9 comment´s to go and I´m climbing up the post score to actual most posting user /posted user (not posing user I hope ;-) ) )

I'm impatient and want things quickly. ;)

you know that things go wrong easyle if you try to hard and to quick duibudui? ;-)

I think more important than the price is what's the difference between the editions. The US one says "Bilingual edition (July 15, 2005)" and the UK one says "3rd Ed., Simplified Character Ed edition (31 Oct 2003)". For the description on the US one it says "revised third edition" though, so it's not the 4th edition. The UK one also says revised though. I think I'll just get the UK one.

haha... this is the book i use (although i use the traditional one)!!! i have used it while in Taiwan and found it to be an invaluable resource. 1. I like how it builds on itself... for example, first you learn the characters for woman (女), then child (子), and then you learn good (好), which is a combination of the two. 2. It also provides a great way to look up characters that you don't know by using stroke count or pinyin. 3. In my version (traditional characters), it also provides the simplified version, if different. 4. For each entry, it also gives a few examples of words using that particular character. 5. The origin of many of the characters are clearly explained As a side note, I also used the Japanese version a few years back for learning "kanji" and found it to be equally worthwile. :)

My order says: Delivery estimate: 19 Jul 2007 - 24 Jul 2007 So looks like I'm not going to get it quickly anyway. Probably because I chose the free delivery option.

KennyK, I have a red version, too, but it's for the Traditional characters, not the Simplified. Make sure you got the right one!

My order was actually dispatched on Friday, so I should get it Monday or Tuesday now. :)

My book arrived today. I did get the orange one. It's an awesome book. :)

I wonder if we could get them to add an "Endorsed by Bazza" sticker on the front cover. :-D

wow, do you know where we can find this ebook ?

by the way, Frank, may I say this, your face looks gentle just like priest...:)

I wish I had this book a year ago, I've already learnt a lot in first few pages.

bazza, i never saw "bilingual edition" before... are you sure that's the same book? well, maybe because it's an older edition ("revised third edition")... in any case, the version i got is red ;)