Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects
| Editor | Li Rong |
|---|---|
| Original title | 現代漢語方言大詞典 |
| Country | China |
| Language | Chinese |
| Subject | Dialectology |
| Published | 2002 (Jiangsu Educational Press) |
| Pages | 6556 |
| ISBN | 978-7-5343-5080-1 |
The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects (Chinese: 現代漢語方言大詞典; pinyin: Xiàndài Hànyǔ fāngyán dà cídiǎn) is a compendium of dictionaries for 42 local varieties of Chinese following a common format. The individual dictionaries cover dialects spread across the dialect groups identified in the Language Atlas of China:[1][2][3]
- Mandarin
- Northeastern Mandarin: Harbin dialect
- Ji–Lu Mandarin: Jinan dialect
- Jiao–Liao Mandarin: Muping dialect
- Central Plains Mandarin: Luoyang dialect, Wanrong dialect, Xi'an dialect, Xining dialect, Xuzhou dialect
- Lanyin Mandarin: Urumqi dialect, Yinchuan dialect
- Southwestern Mandarin: Chengdu dialect, Guiyang dialect, Liuzhou dialect, Wuhan dialect
- Lower Yangtze Mandarin: Nanjing dialect, Yangzhou dialect
- Jin: Taiyuan dialect, Xinzhou dialect
- Wu: Chongming dialect, Danyang dialect, Hangzhou dialect, Jinhua dialect, Ningbo dialect, Shanghai dialect, Suzhou dialect, Wenzhou dialect
- Hui: Jixi dialect
- Gan: Lichuan dialect, Nanchang dialect, Pingxiang dialect
- Xiang: Changsha dialect, Loudi dialect
- Min: Fuzhou dialect, Haikou dialect, Jian'ou dialect, Leizhou dialect, Xiamen dialect
- Yue: Dongguan dialect, Guangzhou dialect
- Hakka: Meixian dialect, Yudu dialect
- Pinghua: Nanning dialect
Each dictionary was prepared by specialists in the dialect, and opens with an introduction to the characteristics of the dialect. The main body of each dictionary has between 7,000 and 10,000 entries.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Kurpaska, Maria (2010). Chinese Language(s): A Look Through the Prism of "The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects". Walter de Gruyter. pp. 128–142. ISBN 978-3-11-021914-2.
- ^ a b Yan, Margaret Mian (2006). Introduction to Chinese Dialectology. LINCOM Europa. pp. 33–36. ISBN 978-3-89586-629-6.
- ^ Xiàndài Hànyǔ fāngyán dà cídiǎn 《现代汉语方言大词典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects] (in Chinese). Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. 9 May 2017.
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