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  1. Middle Chinese. Middle Chinese (formerly known as Ancient Chinese) or the Qieyun system (QYS) is the historical variety of Chinese recorded in the Qieyun, a rime dictionary first published in 601 and followed by several revised and expanded editions. The Swedish linguist Bernhard Karlgren believed that the dictionary recorded a speech standard ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wu_ChineseWu Chinese - Wikipedia

    Wu (traditional Chinese: 吳語; simplified Chinese: 吴语; Wu romanization and IPA:ngu ngei [ŋu²³³.ŋə̰i²¹⁴], wu 6 gniu 6 [ɦu˩˩˧.n̠ʲy˩˩˧] (Shanghainese), ghou 2 gniu 6 [ɦou˨˨˦.n̠ʲy˨˧˩] (), Mandarin Wúyǔ [u³⁵ y²¹⁴]) is a major group of Sinitic languages spoken primarily in Shanghai, Zhejiang Province, and the part of Jiangsu Province south of the Yangtze ...

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  3. Karlgren–Li reconstruction of Middle Chinese. The Karlgren–Li reconstruction of Middle Chinese was a representation of the sounds of Middle Chinese devised by Bernhard Karlgren and revised by Li Fang-Kuei in 1971, remedying a number of minor defects.

  4. Baxter's transcription for Middle Chinese. William H. Baxter 's transcription for Middle Chinese is an alphabetic notation recording phonological information from medieval sources, rather than a reconstruction. It was introduced by Baxter as a reference point for his reconstruction of Old Chinese phonology .

  5. Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Middle Chinese" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.

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