Unanswered Questions
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Has there ever been an English translation of 《輶軒》"Fangyan"?
《輶軒使者絕代語釋別國方言》has a couple of different names including《方言》and《揚子方言》.
In English it mostly just gets called Fangyan.
The entire Chinese text has been put up on ctext.
As
the first Chinese dictionary ...
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Could this kind of a component-based null cipher be possible in Chinese?
I'm writing a story set partially in historic China, and it involves a network of secret agents who seek to communicate over the mail in innocuous-looking letters. So I need a description of a pen-and-...
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Differences between 知识，知，识，知感 and 认识？
“知识” 两个字我始终认为它是要分开来谈的，“知” 就是知感，“识” 就是认识。所谓 “知感” 就是别人告诉你、说给你听、要求你记住的那一部分。但只有这一部分是不够的，还要有认识、思考。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 22.
I would appreciate if you explain the ...
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Is there a dictionary or database of Chinese morphemes and Chinese words with morphological information?
Linguistics textbooks on Chinese morphology identify the morpheme (词素/语素) and word (词) as linguistic entities. In addition, they propose a classification system for morphemes (词素/语素) as:
自由 eg. 地 牛 走
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What are the Cantonese to English transliterations for 俊傑, 俊熙, 俊健, and 俊文? I found zeon3 for 俊. That does not sound right
What are the Cantonese to English transliterations for 俊傑, 俊熙, 俊健, and 俊文? I found zeon3 for 俊. That does not sound right.
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I need help identifying the characters on this artist’s seal (Characters identified: 南海)
I have this cool tshirt from the 1990’s and really want to know who is the artist. I actually lived in Guangdong for 4 years and have asked some friends but they cannot help. So… translation software ...
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I am hoping to find any information available regarding this stamp (Characters identified: 福 日本館印)
This stamp is on an Enso circle that I purchased at auction. I'm hoping to find out any information that may be gleaned from it.
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Seal on vase identification help (Characters identified: 工藝)
This is the seal on the vase I’m trying to identify. The picture is of a bird and flowers. Thank you!
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Artist name and date of painting
What is the artist name and date of the painting? It’s ink on paper 7.5 in x 8 in.
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Hoping to identify a stamp on a bronze that I have
I am hoping someone can help me identify the stamp on what I believe is a Chinese bronze crab.
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Can you help identify seal markings?
I have over 40 ink paintings that I am trying to identify, flowers, fish, humans, horse etc. They are painted on very thin paper with Chinese writing.
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雙注 Double zhuyin?
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Background:
I'm a cangjie typist and only really use phonetic methods when looking up new words I don't know the shape of.
But I'm interested in double ...
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Evidence for "sab" meaning "thanks"?
In his paper, Implications of the Soviet Dungan Script for Chinese Language Reform, on page A-10 Victor Mair writes:
Numerous expressions used in the daily life of Peking Muslims are still considered ...
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Please help me understand the song 弹唱词 / 别后 by Lo Ta-yu
I'm attempting to understand this very haunting song 别后 and I have a number of questions, I hope it is OK to put them all in a single post.
Numbers refer to the lines in the transcription below.
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Is there any evidence that 八 used to be pronounced bia?
I've heard from someone that 八 was at one point pronounced bia1 in old Mandarin. The topic came up when discussing the term biaji, a word for chewing loudly. I couldn't find any evidence for it, since ...
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