Unanswered Questions
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Has there ever been an English translation of《輶軒》"Fangyan"?
《輶軒使者絕代語釋別國方言》has a couple of different names including《方言》and《揚子方言》.
In English it mostly just gets called Fangyan.
The entire Chinese text has been put up on ctext.
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the first Chinese dictionary ...
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What are the Cantonese to English transliterations for 俊傑, 俊熙, 俊健, and 俊文? I found zeon3 for 俊. That does not sound right
What are the Cantonese to English transliterations for 俊傑, 俊熙, 俊健, and 俊文? I found zeon3 for 俊. That does not sound right.
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Need help identifying this signature chop? wondering about meaning, age, history? (Characters identified: 彝齋)
I have this beautiful silk wall screen with lilies, and would love to know more about it. I cannot can't find any information. Can anyone help identify the chop stamp please? wondering about meaning, ...
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I am hoping to find any information available regarding this stamp (Characters identified: 福 日本館印)
This stamp is on an Enso circle that I purchased at auction. I'm hoping to find out any information that may be gleaned from it.
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Artist name and date of painting
What is the artist name and date of the painting? It’s ink on paper 7.5 in x 8 in.
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Hoping to identify a stamp on a bronze that I have
I am hoping someone can help me identify the stamp on what I believe is a Chinese bronze crab.
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Can you help identify seal markings?
I have over 40 ink paintings that I am trying to identify, flowers, fish, humans, horse etc. They are painted on very thin paper with Chinese writing.
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雙注 Double zhuyin?
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Background:
I'm a cangjie typist and only really use phonetic methods when looking up new words I don't know the shape of.
But I'm interested in double ...
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I need help identifying the characters on this artist’s seal (Characters identified: 南海)
I have this cool tshirt from the 1990’s and really want to know who is the artist. I actually lived in Guangdong for 4 years and have asked some friends but they cannot help. So… translation software ...
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Translation of a Chinese seal
Years and years ago I got the seal on the image as a present from a business firend in Singapore. I was wondering if someone could tell me what it actually means and how it is translated into 'normal' ...
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Evidence for "sab" meaning "thanks"?
In his paper, Implications of the Soviet Dungan Script for Chinese Language Reform, on page A-10 Victor Mair writes:
Numerous expressions used in the daily life of Peking Muslims are still considered ...
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Is there any evidence that 八 used to be pronounced bia?
I've heard from someone that 八 was at one point pronounced bia1 in old Mandarin. The topic came up when discussing the term biaji, a word for chewing loudly. I couldn't find any evidence for it, since ...
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Could any one tell any information on these characters on a piece of bronze
Could any one tell any information on these characters on a piece of bronze
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Small painting with a signature and seal
Could someone help explain this text or signature?
The painting is of a dragon on a vase.It is approximately 4 inches square and would be interested in knowing more about it.
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Chinese seal on a spanish manuscript (Characters identified: 謨區查印)
I doing a research thesis of a XVI Spanish manuscript. But I find a Chinese seal at the beginning and at the end of the binding book.
Could someone help me translate the seal or identify it origin or ...
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