Details

Subject(s)

• Chinese language—Dialects—China—Ningbo Shi—Texts [Browse]
• Chinese language—Transliteration—Texts [Browse]
• Chinese language—Readers [Browse]

Related name

• Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916 [Browse]
• Rankin, Henry Van Vleck, 1825-1863 [Browse]

Donor

• Rankin, John Luther, 1869-1959 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Textbooks [Browse]

Notes

• Title devised by cataloger.
• On folded leaves, stitch bound. Illustrations occasionally overlap with text or the border, suggesting two-step printing process.
• "Presented by Mr. J. L. Rankin"--typewritten and inscribed on wrapper.
• "A primer, the first Romanized colloquial Chinese book, prepared chiefly by Mr. W. Martin's teacher. Cut in blocks"--inscription on wrapper.
• A Chinese primer written in Latin romanization of the dialect of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China; possibly a collaborative work by W.A.P. Martin, his Chinese teacher, Henry Van Vleck Rankin, Robert Henry Cobbold, and other Presbyterian missionaries.
• 框高21.2 cm至24.3 cm不等.

Language note

Text in Romanized dialect of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China

Script

Latin alphabet.

Contents

• Ih z t'u-wô
• Liang z t'u-wô
• Sæn z t'u-wô
• S z t'u-wô
• Ih ko nying
• Ih chü jü
• Ih dzing ts'ô-ts
• Ih tsah jün
• Ih tsah tiao
• Ih kwang ng
• Ih keng zô
• S-ts, lao-hu, loh-do
• Kong niæn veh.
• [一字土话]
• [两字土话]
• [三字土话]
• [四字土话]
• [一个人]
• [一株树]
• [一顶车子]
• [一只船]
• [一只鸟]
• [一筐鱼]
• [一根蛇]
• [狮子, 老虎, 骆驼].

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Other title(s)

• [Ningbo tu hua chu xue].
• [宁波土话初学].
• [Nying-po t'u-wô ts'u-ôh]

OCLC

1347186942

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