Progressive Lessons in the Chinese Spoken Language: With Lists of Common Words and Phrases, and an Appendix Containing the Laws of Tones in the Peking Dialect
Excerpt from Progressive Lessons in the Chinese Spoken Language
This little work is intended to assist beginners in the Chinese spoken language. The request has often been made to me, to pre pare a simple work in the form of a Vocabulary, as being a want felt by learners. The attempt is here made to supply this want, and to provide a manual which may be suitable for those, who wish to acquire the common phrases of conversation, without attempting to unravel the more subtle intricacies of the language.