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Robert Morrison (1782-1834) is credited with several historical firsts in addition to the first bidirectional Chinese and English dictionary. He was the first Protestant missionary in China, started the first Chinese-language periodical in 1815, collaborated with William Milne to write the first translation of the Bible into Chinese in 1823, helped to found the English-language The Canton ...
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Oct 24, 2007 · A dictionary of the Chinese language by Morrison, Robert, 1782-1834. Publication date 1815-1822 ... Be the first one to write a review. 9,702 Views . 11 ...
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A Chinese dictionary is a reference work for the Chinese language. There are two main types of Chinese dictionaries: zidian ("character dictionaries"), which list individual Chinese characters and their definitions, and cidian ("word/phrase dictionaries"), which list words (many of which use multiple characters) and short phrases along with ...
Feb 13, 2008 · At head of title, in Chinese: Zi dian. - Part I vol.II dated 1822, part I vol.III 1823, part II vol.I 1819, part II vol.II 1820 and part III 1822. - In 4 vols. the imprint includes: Published and sold by Black, Parbury, and Allen, Booksellers, Leadenhall Street, London.
A dictionary of the Chinese language, in three parts / By the Rev. Robert Morrison.
A Dictionary of the Chinese Language, in Three Parts or Morrison's Chinese dictionary (1815-1823), compiled by the Anglo-Scottish missionary Robert Morrison was the first Chinese-English, English-Chinese dictionary. Part I is Chinese-English arranged by the 214 Kangxi radicals, Part II is Chinese-English arranged alphabetically, and Part III is English-Chinese also arranged alphabetically ...
A dictionary of the Chinese language, in three parts. By the Rev. Robert Morrison. Macao, Printed at the Honorable East India company's press, by P.P. Thoms; [etc., etc.] 1815-23.
