''A Chinese Syllabary Pronounced According to the Dialect of Canton'' () is a

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written by Wong Shik-Ling () within a few years before being published in

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, 1941. It is one of the most influential books on the

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Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding a ...

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. Many

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later used Wong's

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indices and system of phonetic symbols to denote the Cantonese pronunciation of Chinese characters. Because of its significance, the book has been reprinted many times after its first publishing.

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* Indices of Rime syllabus (

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s) of the

rime dictionary A rime dictionary, rhyme dictionary, or rime book () is an ancient type of Chinese dictionary that collates characters by tone and rhyme, instead of by radical. The most important rime dictionary tradition began with the '' Qieyun'' (601), wh ...

Guangyun The ''Guangyun'' (''Kuang-yun''; ) is a Chinese rime dictionary that was compiled from 1007 to 1008 under the patronage of Emperor Zhenzong of Song. Its full name was ''Dà Sòng chóngxiū guǎngyùn'' (, literally "Great Song revised and ex ...

'' () * Radical-stroke count indices * Categories of Chinese character according to distinct Cantonese pronunciation syllabus. It is first ordered by

s, second by

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s, and third by tones alphabetically. * A research paper on Cantonese phonetics. * A suggestion scheme of romanisation of Cantonese * An English research paper on Cantonese phonetics, completed in

Lingnan University Lingnan University (LN/LU), formerly called Lingnan College, is a public liberal arts university in Hong Kong. It aims to provide students with an education in the liberal arts tradition and has joined the Global Liberal Arts Alliance sinc ...

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, 1938. Some characters with multiple pronunciation are commented with meaning, short notes, or usage in each category.

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''A Chinese Syllabary Pronounced according to the Dialect of Canton'' (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chinese Syllabary Pronounced According to the Dialect of Canton 1941 non-fiction books Cantonese language

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