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A
DICTIONARY
OF THE
HOK-KËÈN DIALECT
OF THE
CHINESE LANGUAGE.
ACCORDING TO THE READING AND COLLOQUIAL IDIOMS:
CONTAINING ABOUT 12,000 CHARACTERS
THE SOUNDS AND TONES OF WHICH ARE ACCURATELY MARKED:—AND VARIOUS EXAMPLES OF THEIR USE
TAKEN GENERALLY FROM APPROVED CHINESE AUTHORS.
ACCOMPANIED BY
A SHORT HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF
HOK-KËÈN;
A TREATISE ON THE ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE HOK-KËÈN DIALECT; THE NECESSARY INDEXES, &c.
BY W. H. MEDHURST,
BATAVIA
MACAO, CHINA:
PRINTED AT THE HONORABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY’S PRESS,
BY G. J. STEYN AND BROTHER
1832.
