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[字學彚引] [Zi xue hui yin]

A dictionary of the Ningpo (Ningbo) dialect of Wu Chinese, compiled by Reverend Frederick Galpin, United Methodist Free Churches. In English and Romanized Ningbo dialect of Wu Chinese, with preface in Chinese.

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Order number:	MMSL MSS 069
Date(s) of creation:	1870
Level:	Item
Format:	Archive
Main author:	Galpin, Frederick W., 1842-1932, missionary, author, compiler

Order number:	MMSL MSS 069
Summary:	A dictionary of the Ningpo (Ningbo) dialect of Wu Chinese, compiled by Reverend Frederick Galpin, United Methodist Free Churches. In English and Romanized Ningbo dialect of Wu Chinese, with preface in Chinese.
Main author:	Galpin, Frederick W., 1842-1932, missionary, author, compiler
Previous numbers:	729
Extent:	6 volumes ; 31 cm
Note:	Chinese language > Dialects > Dictionaries Wu dialects > China > Ningbo Shi > Dictionaries > Chinese Title taken from preface Bound East Asian style Preface dated Yesu jiang shi yi qian ba bai qi shi nian 耶穌降世一千八百七十年; Tongzhi jiu nian 同治九年 [i.e. 1870] Handwritten on page after preface: “Compiled 1870 by F Galpin. Ningpo (6 vols.)” Handwritten slip inserted into volume 1: “Ningpo District. Dictionary belonged to Rev. F. Galpin”
Admin history:	Frederick Galpin (1842-1932); e.m. 1866. United Methodist Free Churches (UMFC) missionary, appointed to Ningpo (Ningbo),China in 1866. He was Superintendent of the Mission for 27 years and after 30 years service, much of it alone, returned to circuit work in England. He was elected President of the UMFC Assembly in 1900. He died on 22 November 1932.
Custodial history:	Methodist Missionary House Library, catalogue no. 729
Access status:	Open
Language:	English Chinese Wu languages
Scripts:	Han (Traditional variant)
Physical description:	6 volumes ; 31 cm (vol.1 – 31 x 18 x 3.2 cm) (vol.2 – 31 x 18 x 3.7 cm) (vol.3 – 31 x 18 x 4.2 cm) (vol.4 – 31 x 18 x 3.3 cm) (vol.5 – 31 x 18 x 3.2 cm) (vol.6 – 31 x 18 x 2.7 cm)
Format:	Archive