Author: COUVREUR, SÉRAPHIN:
Title: Dictionnaire français-chinois contenant les expressions les plus usitées de la langue mandarine. Ho Kien Fou, Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique, 1884.
Description: . Tall 8vo. Pp. (iv), xx, 1007, (4). With text in two columns, including Chinese characters. Contemporary half calf, spine with four raised bands, richly gilt and title lettered in gilt, u.e.g., hinges cracking. First edition. Séraphin Couvreur (1835-1919), French sinologist and Jesuit, came to China in 1870. He spent the greater part of his life at the Jesuit residence at Sien-hsien where he was professor at the Seminary. He complied several Chinese dictionaries and translated many of the Chinese classical works. Couvreur was the creator of the EFEO Chinese transcription method which was used in most of the French speaking world to transliterate Chinese until the middle of 20th century when it was replaced by Hanyu Pinyin. Cordier BS 1617. Pinyin , literally meaning Òspell out the sound,Ó is currently one of the most commonly used. Romanization systems for Mandarin Chinese. It is officially known as Hanyu Pinyin (Hanyu means. Òthe Chinese languageÓ). This system was developed by a government committee in China and was.

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