A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language
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A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language: Arranged According to the Wu-Fang Yuen Yin, with the Pronunciation of the Characters as Heard in Peking, Canton, Amoy, and Shanghai or the Hàn-Yīng yùnfǔ 漢英韻府, compiled by the American sinologist and missionary Samuel Wells Williams in 1874, is a 1,150-page bilingual dictionary including 10,940 character headword entries, alphabetically collated under 522 syllables.[1] Williams' dictionary includes, in addition to Mandarin, Chinese variants from Middle Chinese and four regional varieties of Chinese, according to the 17th-century Wufang yuanyin 五方元音 "Proto-sounds of Speech in All Directions".
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Author | Samuel Wells Williams |
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Country | China |
Language | Chinese, English |
Publisher | American Presbyterian Mission Press |
Publication date | 1874 |
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Pages | lxxxiv, 1150, appendices 1151-1254 |
OCLC | 1921655 |
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