ABC Dictionary of Chinese Proverbs (Yanyu) (ABC Chinese Dictionary Series, 4) - Softcover

Rohsenow, John S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824827708 ISBN 13: 9780824827700

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, 2003

Synopsis

This Chinese-English dictionary of proverbs (yanyu) consists of approximately 4,000 Chinese proverbs alphabetically arranged by the first word(s) (ci) of the proverb according to the Hanyu Pinyin transcription and Chinese characters (standard simplified), followed by a literal (and when necessary also a figurative) English translation. Additional data such as brief usage notes, sources, parallel expressions, cross-references, and famous instances of use are provided where available. The proverbs are supplemented by an index of key words (both Chinese and English) found in all entries and of all topics addressed. The author has provided a scholarly introduction analyzing the definition, structure, usage, and history of these yanyu in traditional and contemporary China as well as a bibliography of collections and relevant scholarly studies of yanyu.

This work, the first such scholarly collection to appear since the Reverend Scarborough’s 1926 collection, will be of use not only to sinologists in a wide variety of fields, including anthropology, literature, sociology, psychology, and history, but also to non-Chinese readers interested in Chinese culture or comparative ethnolinguistic and paremiological research.

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About the Author

John S. Rohsenow is associate professor of linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824827708
• ISBN 13: 9780824827700
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176