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MATHEWS, R.H.. MATHEWS' CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY: Compiled for the China Inland Mission..
THE BEST CHINESE LANGUAGE DICTIONARY YET COMPILED This volume meets the demand for a small dictionary which is at the same time comprehensive enough for the needs of the ordinary student. It contains 7773 Chinese characters and 104,000 compounds taken from classics, general literature, magazines, newspapers &c. All necessary corrections in regard to pronunciation have been made,the tones of the cha- racters have been checked, and a large number of new terms have been added to facilitate the reading of contemporary periodicals and newspapers, whether political, economic, chemical or military. * This work suppies the most important part of Chinese- English vocabulary, with comprehensive organization of all radicals neatly arranged, easy to use, with compounds and numbering system. The standard source for translators. This work while useful, is even more useful with the additional & separate English index published by Harvard University in 1947, uniformly bound in black cloth and is uniform in size with the dictionary, not found in the early editions. Without the index, this book is extremely hard to use ! * The original was published in Shanghai, 1931, and had several reprints, but this is the best and most complete edition. An essental reference for any student of Chinese language study. A FAMOUS & CLASSIC WORK ! * Color scans can be sent by email. Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * BUY WITH * * * * SHIPPING: WE SHIP WORLD WIDE * * * * * The shipping costs displayed for our books on ZVAB are ONLY AN ESTIMATE !!! * ACTUAL costs are based book weight, destination and value. * We will inform you of shipping costs and options once you select the book. **FOREIGN: We usually ship by registered/insured airmail to customers abroad. **DOMESTIC: We ship to USA customers by UPS/FEDEX or U.S. MAIL, appropriate insurance/registry and signature required will appply. ***** Please inquire if you have any questions regarding shipping or payments .

Cambridge 1969, Harvard Univ. Black cloth, very good, 1226p. revised American edition, radical index, appendix, bit of minor damp to top of pages, front & back covers, else clean and solid, as is,2 vol. set, English index 186p.BEST EDITION

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MATHEWS, R.H.. MATHEWS' CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY: Compiled for the China Inland Mission..
THE BEST CHINESE LANGUAGE DICTIONARY YET COMPILED This volume meets the demand for a small dictionary which is at the same time comprehensive enough for the needs of the ordinary student. It contains 7773 Chinese characters and 104,000 compounds taken from classics, general literature, magazines, newspapers &c. All necessary corrections in regard to pronunciation have been made,the tones of the cha- racters have been checked, and a large number of new terms have been added to facilitate the reading of contemporary periodicals and newspapers, whether political, economic, chemical or military. * This work suppies the most important part of Chinese- English vocabulary, with comprehensive organization of all radicals neatly arranged, easy to use, with compounds and numbering system. The standard source for translators. This work while useful, is even more useful with the additional & separate English index published by Harvard University in 1947, uniformly bound in black cloth and is uniform in size with the dictionary, not found in the early editions. Without the index, this book is extremely hard to use ! * The original was published in Shanghai, 1931, and had several reprints, but this is the best and most complete edition. An essental reference for any student of Chinese language study. A FAMOUS & CLASSIC WORK ! * Color scans can be sent by email. Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * BUY WITH * * * * SHIPPING: WE SHIP WORLD WIDE * * * * * The shipping costs displayed for our books on ZVAB are ONLY AN ESTIMATE !!! * ACTUAL costs are based book weight, destination and value. * We will inform you of shipping costs and options once you select the book. **FOREIGN: We usually ship by registered/insured airmail to customers abroad. **DOMESTIC: We ship to USA customers by UPS/FEDEX or U.S. MAIL, appropriate insurance/registry and signature required will appply. ***** Please inquire if you have any questions regarding shipping or payments .

Cambridge 1960, Harvard Univ. Black cloth, very good, 1226p. revised American edition, radical index, appendix, 2 vol.set with the separate English index volume of 186p., Cambridge, 1947. COMPLETE SET BEST EDITION SCARCE

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MATHEWS, R.H.. MATHEWS' CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY: Compiled for the China Inland Mission..
THE BEST CHINESE LANGUAGE DICTIONARY YET COMPILED This volume meets the demand for a small dictionary which is at the same time comprehensive enough for the needs of the ordinary student. It contains 7773 Chinese characters and 104,000 compounds taken from classics, general literature, magazines, newspapers &c. All necessary corrections in regard to pronunciation have been made,the tones of the cha- racters have been checked, and a large number of new terms have been added to facilitate the reading of contemporary periodicals and newspapers, whether political, economic, chemical or military. * This work suppies the most important part of Chinese- English vocabulary, with comprehensive organization of all radicals neatly arranged, easy to use, with compounds and numbering system. The standard source for translators. This work while useful, is even more useful with the additional & separate English index published by Harvard University in 1947, uniformly bound in black cloth and is uniform in size with the dictionary, not found in the early editions. Without the index, this book is extremely hard to use ! * The original was published in Shanghai, 1931, and had several reprints, but this is the best and most complete edition. An essental reference for any student of Chinese language study. A FAMOUS & CLASSIC WORK ! * Color scans can be sent by email. Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * BUY WITH * * * * SHIPPING: WE SHIP WORLD WIDE * * * * * The shipping costs displayed for our books on ZVAB are ONLY AN ESTIMATE !!! * ACTUAL costs are based book weight, destination and value. * We will inform you of shipping costs and options once you select the book. **FOREIGN: We usually ship by registered/insured airmail to customers abroad. **DOMESTIC: We ship to USA customers by UPS/FEDEX or U.S. MAIL, appropriate insurance/registry and signature required will appply. ***** Please inquire if you have any questions regarding shipping or payments .

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Stary, Giovanni A Dictionary of Manchu Names A Name-Index to the Manchu Version of the "Complete Genealogies of the Manchu Clans and Families of the Eight Banners" Jakun gusai Manjusai mukun hala be uheri ejehe bithe, Baqi Manzhou shizu tongpu: Stary, Giovanni A Dictionary of Manchu Names A Name-Index to the Manchu Version of the "Complete Genealogies of the Manchu Clans and Families of the Eight Banners" Jakun gusai Manjusai mukun hala be uheri ejehe bithe, Baqi Manzhou shizu tongpu, Verlag Harrassowitz ISBN: 9783447042176
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Stary, Giovanni A Dictionary of Manchu Names A Name-Index to the Manchu Version of the "Complete Genealogies of the Manchu Clans and Families of the Eight Banners" Jakun gusai Manjusai mukun hala be uheri ejehe bithe, Baqi Manzhou shizu tongpu ISBN:9783447042176 Verlag : Harrassowitz, O Einband : Kartoniert Seiten/Umfang : XVII, 645 Seiten - 17 × 24 cm Erschienen : 1. Auflage 2000 Gewicht : 1110 g Preisinfo : 149,00 Eur[D] Aus der Reihe : Aetas Manjurica 8 This Dictionary is an alphabetical index of the personal and clan names, given in a historically correct Manchu transliteration in opposition to the generally used Chinese transcription, which are registered in the Manchu version of the Genealogies of the Clans and Families of the Manchu Eight Banners (Jakun gusai Manjusai mukun hala be uheri ejehe bithe, better known by its Chinese title as Baqi Manzhou shizu tongpu), having the last imperial preface dated 1745. It comprises more than 42,000 names found among the 645 Manchu and the 234 Mongolian, Chinese and Korean clans and families forming the military and social basis of the Eight Manchu Banner armys multi-ethnic structure. Together with an analysis of the names meaning and their formation process, an additional key for a correct reconstruction of the Manchu/ Mongolian names and clans on the basis of their Chinese transcription is offered. Buch

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