Mandarin Chinese is one of the most difficult languages to learn on our planet earth. There are so many reasons why foreigners struggle with the Chinese language, such as no fixed alphabet, thousands of characters, 5 tones (including a neutral tone), confusing characters, etc. However, learning characters is arguably one of the most difficult part of learning this language. This book provides you 100 basic noun characters . For each of the characters, 5 words accompanied by example sentences are included. All the characters, words, and sentences are included with English and pinyin romanization. The characters, words, and sentences have been thoroughly indexed. Free online Mandarin Chinese lessons (Ming Mandarin): http: //www.MingMandarin.com/ -Jia Ming