Re: USAGE: Cantonal spelling
| From: | Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 24, 2001, 9:48 |
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>From: laokou <laokou@...>
>Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 00:56:56 -0400
>Do you have a central source for this info? I know Karlgren went nuts on
>stuff like this, and some of my sources are still in Taiwan, but I feel
>like
>I'm reinventing the wheel by making my own observations on the matter.
>Here's what I've gotten so far:
>
> Mandarin Hu Yue Min
>
>Kou
Which dialect group does Hu belong to? I'm familiar with --
Mandarin
Wu
Xiang
Gan
Kejia
Minnan
Minbei
Yue
Adam the sinonut.
PS This is a more conculturish question, but do any of you Chinese or
sinophiles out there know of a good source for pictures of
painting/sculptures or written discriptions of Chinese fabulous beasts? I'm
talking the really obsucre things way beyond dragon, qilin, fenghuang and
peng.
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