A Glossary of Common Cantonese Colloquial Expressions

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-962-201-975-1
Verlag: The Chinese University Press

Buch, Englisch, 452 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Cantonese has a wealth of colloquial expressions on various daily life situations which are very descriptive but not easily comprehensible to non-Cantonese. This book collects and compiles over 3,000 entries of the commonly used ones and presents them with their English translations for English-speaking students learning Cantonese. Besides listing the expression in Chinese characters with its literal translation in English, each entry also contains its phonetic transcription in the Yale Romanization System, and a description of its meaning and sometimes its origin. The entries are arranged alphabetically according following the Yale Romanization System, and for ease of reference, an index by the strokes of the Chinese characters of the expressions is included. There is also an elaborate description of the Yale Romanization System.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simon So (George Brown College, Toronto

So, Simon S. H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Wörterbücher
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)

Über Autor(innen)

Simon Siu-Hing So teaches Chinese, Cantonese and Chinese-English translation at George Brown College in Toronto and the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto. His Chinese works include Treaties on the Eminent Families in the Two Chins and Southern Dynasties, Chinese Railroad Workers for the Canadian Pacific Railway and Probing China's Soul. He is also the author of two textbooks for Cantonese learners, Say It in Cantonese.