Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars)

Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar offers a full and authoritative description of modern Chinese, combining rigorous linguistic analysis with practical clarity. Written by Yip Po-Ching and Don Rimmington, this Routledge volume is part of the acclaimed Comprehensive Grammar series and provides detailed coverage of syntax, morphology, and usage across all major sentence types.

Through hundreds of examples in Chinese script, pinyin, and English translation, the authors explain how grammatical forms operate within real communication. Topics include nouns and nominalization, verbs and aspect, measure words, sentence structure, word order, complements, coverbs, conjunctions, and stylistic variation. The book also explores particles such as le, shi, and you, and their critical roles in expressing time, modality, and emphasis.

Designed for advanced learners, teachers, translators, and linguists, this grammar highlights both spoken and written registers, bridging structural, semantic, and functional perspectives. Comprehensive, reliable, and insightful, it remains one of the most valuable references for anyone seeking to master the complexity and elegance of the Chinese language.