* This Dictionary includes 2,378 words and has 6,156 sample Chinese and English sentences.

* The objective of the Dictionary is to enhance Chinese learning with focus on basic vocabulary needed in daily situations, and to further develop higher-level Chinese learning skills.

* The General Managing Editor of the Learner's Mandarin Chinese Dictionary -- for Beginner level is Dr. Shih-chang Hsin, professor of the Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University; The Chief Editor is Professor Ting-Au Cheng, a Hong Kong Lexicographer. Based on the standpoint of learning Chinese as a second language, and under the general editoring of Profesor H.S, Prof. Cheng adopts the sentence-based approach in listing English definitions with corresponding Chinese and English sample sentences, and matches them with remarks on the parts of speech to indicate the word meaning. The major functions of this dictionary are:

1. To serve as a reference for non-native Chinese learners.

2. To serve as a reference for designing the courses of teaching Chinese as a second language.

3. To serve as the basis of and a reference for Chinese test items construction.

4. To serve as a reference for teachers of Chinese in preparing their lessons.