Research on Dialect Words in "Ji Chun Tai"

Author: Deng Zhangying
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book collects over 500 dialect words reflecting folk customs. To facilitate readers' comprehensive understanding of a particular folk custom, the main body of the book adopts a classification method by thematic categories. Words reflecting the same folk custom are grouped together. For example, words related to marriage and birthdays are listed as one category, while those related to funeral rites and sacrifices are listed as another category, totaling twenty categories. It should be noted that some category settings and word classifications may not perfectly align with the actual categories of the things themselves. This is done solely for the convenience of readers. The predecessors have made significant contributions to the interpretation of words in Ji Chun Tai, and to avoid repetition, words with mature interpretations by previous scholars are not included in the main body of this book. However, to make it easier for readers of Ji Chun Tai to look up difficult words, we have included the entries and brief explanations of previously interpreted words in the appendix. The appendix lists the phonetic order, stroke count, and reverse phonetic index of the words, with the phonetic index arranged according to the Mandarin pronunciation for easy reference. For words with numerous citations, notes are not provided in the text but are uniformly listed in the references at the end of the book.