Though the book is especially for English spoken people who even doesn’t know Chinese characters at all , IT IS CHINESE-ENGLISH BILINGUAL IN THE SECONG EDITION . It collects many important and useful short Taiwanese phrases or sentences which are generally composed of no more than five Chinese characters . For the beginners , the shorter the easier . Every phrase lists Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin ,Taiwanese Hanyu Pinyin , English meaning , and Taiwanese grammar . Besides, the beginners may practice the phrases with the examples. It's a very practical book for those who are interested in Taiwanese . Hope that it helps you understand Taiwan more. For example,
Mandarin: bú huì
Taiwanese: vei hìao; vei 不會
English : be unable to ; can’t ; won’t
vei hìao (vei) + VERB
eg.
vei hìao xià (can’t write) 不會寫
vei hìao gōng wēi (be unable to say) 不會說話
vei hìao yú yìng (can’t swim) 不會游泳
vei gōng bei cà (won’t lie) 不會說謊
