Spoken by over 850 million people world-wide, Man-darin Chinese is the standard language for business and trade in China, one of the six official languages of the United Na-tions, and the world's most widely-spoken language. Man-darin is also a useful study and reference tool for students of Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Tibetan, all of which have strong cultural roots in Chinese. Features of the dictionary include: Simplified Chinese characters and the internationally standard pinyin Romanisation for all entries; Pronunciation key; List of characters sorted by stroke count to aid in identifying unfamiliar characters; Over 15,000 entries. This convenient and practical dictionary is ideally suited to the needs of students, businesspeople, and travellers!