Useful Phrases in the Shanghai Dialect

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Author

McIntosh, Gilbert

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Produced by Ronald Grenier (This file was produced from images generously made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library)

Language

English

LoC Class

PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

Subject

Chinese language -- Conversation and phrase-books

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Text

eBook-No.

62133

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62133

Release Date

May 14, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.USEFUL PHRASES IN THE SHANGHAI DIALECT
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.Description of the Shanghai Romanised System. — Initials. — Finals.
5. 5.SALUTATIONS.
6. 6.ON THE STREET.
7. 7.THE MERCHANT.
8. 8.GOING UP-COUNTRY.
9. 9.THE COOK (大司務).
10. 10.HOUSE BOY (西崽) and COOLIE (出點).
11. 11.AMAH (阿媽).
12. 12.THE GENTLEMEN’S TAILOR (栽縫).
13. 13.THE LADIES’ TAILOR.
14. 14.THE WASHERMAN (淨衣裳个人).
15. 15.THE MAFOO (馬夫). — I. Riding. — II. Driving.
16. 16.PURCHASING.
17. 17.THE CHINESE TEACHER (先生).
18. 18.NUMERALS (藪目).
19. 19.CLASSIFIERS. — First Classifier, 个 ( kuh ). — Second Classifier, 隻 ( tsak ). — Third Classifier, 把 ( po ). — Fourth Classifier, 條 ( diau ). — Fifth Classifier, 根 ( kung ). — Sixth Classifier, 本 ( pung ). — Seventh Classifier, 部 ( boo ). — Eighth Classifier, 座 ( zoo ). — Ninth Classifier, 疋 ( phih ). — Tenth Classifier, 匹 ( phih ). — Eleventh Classifier, 塊 ( khwe ). — Twelfth Classifier, 幅 ( fok ). — Thirteenth Classifier, 扇 ( sen ). — Fourteenth Classifier, 乘 ( dzung ). — Fifteenth Classifier, 頂 ( ting ). — Sixteenth Classifier, 位 ( we ). — Seventeenth Classifier, 張 ( tsang ). — Eighteenth Classifier, 爿 ( ban ). — Nineteenth Classifier, 副 ( foo ). — Twentieth Classifier, 雙 ( saung ). — Twenty-first Classifier, 尊 ( tsung ). — Twenty-second Classifier, 包 ( pau ). — Twenty-third Classifier, 棵 ( khoo ). — Twenty-fourth Classifier, 面 ( mien ). — Twenty-fifth Classifier, 堆 ( te ). — Twenty-sixth Classifier, 綑 ( khwung ). — Twenty-seventh Classifier, 管 ( kwen ). — Twenty-eighth Classifier, 對 (te). — Twenty-ninth Classifier, 口 ( kheu ). — Thirtieth Classifier, 桶 doong ). — Thirty-first Classifier, 瓶 ( bing ) — Thirty-second Classifier, 箱 ( siang ). — Thirty-third Classifier, 封 ( foong ). — Thirty-fourth Classifier, 帮 ( paung ). — Thirty-fifth Classifier, 回 ( we ). — Thirty-sixth Classifier, 票 ( phiau ). — Thirty-seventh Classifier, 樁 ( tsaung ). — Thirty-eighth Classifier, 層 ( dzung ). — Thirty-ninth Classifier, 藏 ( dzaung ). — Fortieth Classifier, 股 ( koo ). — Forty-first Classifier, 間 ( kan ). — Forty-second Classifier, 件 ( jien ). — Forty-third Classifier, 捸 ( da ).
20. 20.PRONOUNS. — Personal Pronouns. — Interrogative Pronouns. — Demonstrative Pronouns. — Indefinite Pronouns.
21. 21.Examples of Adjectives .
22. 22.Adverbs.
23. 23.Conjunctions.
24. 24.DIRECTIONS (方向).
25. 25.TITLES OR DESIGNATIONS (稱呼).
26. 26.WEATHER (天氣).
27. 27.HOUSE VOCABULARY.
28. 28.TIME (時候).
29. 29.INDEX AND VOCABULARY.
30. 30.Transcriber's Notes
31. 31.Transcriber’s Notes: Unknown Characters

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