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

by Joseph Edkins

Excerpt from Progressive Lessons in the Chinese Spoken With Lists of Common Words and Phrases, and an Appendix Containing the Laws of Tones in the Peking Dialect 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

110 pages, Hardcover

First published August 8, 2015