Book
Learn to Speak Chinese, Book 1
Elementary volume of Wang Guo'an's bilingual spoken Mandarin course, published in Hong Kong by the Commercial Press.
Versions & editions
Commercial Press (Hong Kong) edition, Book 1 (Chu jie)[2]
Market not established · supported
Evidence reviewed
Context, dates & evidence notes
- Evidence observed
- 2026-09-13
- Pack
- paperback
Open Library record OL22978836M covers both volumes (ISBN-10 962071184X for Book 1, 9620711866 for Book 2), published Xianggang, Di 1 ban, 1996
Specifications
- Level
- Chu jie (初階, elementary)[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: Chu jie (初階, elementary)
known · printed
Table of contents of the two-volume record: "bk. 1. Chu jie -- bk. 2. Jin jie"
- Text
- Chinese with Hanyu Pinyin and English[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: Chinese with Hanyu Pinyin and English
known · printed
Open Library: "Text accompanied with Han yü pʻin yin", English subtitle; Amazon.com describes simplified characters, Pinyin and English
- Height
- ≈21 cm[4]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 21 cm cm
known · normalized
Catalogue collation "2 v. ; 21 cm" for the two-volume set
Credits
- Wang Guo'an · editor-in-chief[2] · By-statement "Wang Guo'an bian zhu" (compiled and edited by); the publisher calls him editor-in-chief of the course
Book facts
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- Also named
- 學說中國話（初階） (zh)
- Brand
- Commercial Press
- Family
- Learn to Speak Chinese
- Category
- Textual/Printed/Reference Materials, Textual/Printed/Reference Materials, Books, Printed Books/Compositions
- Pack
- paperback
- Sold in
- 🇺🇸 United States[1]
- Authors
- Wang Guo'an
- Imprint
- Commercial Press
- Publisher
- Commercial Press (Hong Kong)
- Series
- Han yu cong shu vol. 1
- Edition
- Di 1 ban
- Binding
- paperback
- Pages
- 184
- Published
- 1996
- ISBN-10
- 962071184X
About this product
Learn to Speak Chinese (學說中國話, Xue shuo Zhongguo hua), Book 1, is the elementary (Chu jie) volume of a two-part bilingual course in spoken Mandarin compiled by Wang Guo'an and published in Hong Kong by the Commercial Press.[2] Wang is a professor of Chinese as a foreign language at Fudan University in Shanghai, and the course stresses conversation and listening comprehension; Book 2 (Jin jie) continues it at intermediate level.[3] The text gives the Chinese with Hanyu Pinyin and English.[2] Open Library dates the first edition to 1996, while retailers list a 2000 paperback of 184 pages.[1]
Where it's sold
🇺🇸 United States
AbeBooks[1] sourced
- Listing observed
- Condition
- used
Listing prints ISBN 13 9789620711848; used copies only, offered by ThriftBooks-Atlanta (Austell, GA) and Bay State Book Company (North Smithfield, RI); no new copies
🇺🇸 United States
Amazon.com[6] sourced
- Listing observed
- Condition
- used
Amazon.com page prints ISBN-13 978-9620711848, format paperback; offered through the used buy box
A listing is evidence that this barcode is sold there, on that date; a price is what that listing showed, not a recommended price.
Other names for this product
Also known as
- Xue shuo Zhongguo hua
- 学说中国话 zh
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Sources & research
Evidence reviewed
AbeBooks
AbeBooks: Learn to Speak Chinese: Bk. 1
retailer · Accessed 2026-09-13
Source & attribution [1] ↗Open Library
Open Library: Xue shuo Zhongguo hua = Learn to speak Chinese
catalogue · Accessed 2026-09-13
Source & attribution [2] ↗The Commercial Press (Hong Kong) Limited
The Commercial Press (H.K.): 學說中國話進階 (Learn to Speak Chinese, Book 2)
manufacturer · Accessed 2026-09-13
Source & attribution [3] ↗Coverage & research gaps (7)
Coverage measures the evidence recorded here. It does not rate the product.
- Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
- Book details: 5 / 6 · Profile fields recorded: authors, publisher, language, binding, pages, published. Missing fields may require research or an applicability note.
- Context: 1 / 1 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
- Label photographs: 0 / 1 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
- Specifications: 1 / 3 · Recorded specifications mapped to comparable property keys
- identity · disputed: Publication date: Open Library and the Internet Archive catalogue give 1996 (Di 1 ban); AbeBooks and Amazon.com give 2000 (Amazon: 31 December 2000). The retail date may be a reprint or a catalogue placeholder.
- media · disputed: Amazon.com's description mentions two accompanying CDs, but AbeBooks warns its synopsis may belong to another edition and the publisher sells Book 2 as a set with two cassettes under a separate ISBN (9789620711879). Whether this ISBN included audio, and in which format, is unconfirmed.
- specifications · unknown: The 184-page count comes from retailer data (AbeBooks) only and was not checked against a copy.
- images · unknown: No licensed cover photo found; the Open Library cover states no licence and may show the two-volume set.
- markets · not_researched: No Hong Kong listing of this ISBN was found. A web search showed an Amazon.com listing titled "Learn to Speak Chinese 1" (ISBN 9789620713330), possibly a later edition; that page answered HTTP 500 and was not read.
- images · not_researched: No product photographs recorded.
- schema · schema_gap: Some specifications retain source labels without comparable property keys.
All references & source details
References
- ↑ AbeBooks: Learn to Speak Chinese: Bk. 1 AbeBooks. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-13.
- ↑ Open Library: Xue shuo Zhongguo hua = Learn to speak Chinese Open Library. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: OL22978836M. CC0.
- ↑ The Commercial Press (H.K.): 學說中國話進階 (Learn to Speak Chinese, Book 2) The Commercial Press (Hong Kong) Limited. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 5614.
- ↑ Internet Archive: Xue shuo Zhongguo hua = Learn to speak Chinese (1996 two-volume edition) Internet Archive. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: xueshuozhongguoh0000wang.
- ↑ Barcodepedia (archived 30 June 2007): Learn to Speak Chinese Barcodepedia. other. Published 2007-06-30. Accessed 2026-09-13.
- ↑ Amazon.com: Learn to Speak Chinese Amazon.com. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 962071184X.
Further sources
Additional sources recorded for this entry, including other observations and related pages.
- Wikipedia: Commercial Press (Hong Kong) Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Commercial Press Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. CC BY-SA 4.0.
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