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Reconstruction of Old Chinese "少"
There are many characters that have the initial "m-" and contain "少" as a phonetic element at the same time, such as 妙, 秒, 眇, 竗, etc. I thought this was a good reason to judge that ...
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Is Cantonese a better choice in studying classic of poetry (詩經)?
Again, I ask this question, and provide my opinion as an answer, to reply to the comment of another thread in Stack Exchange:
Pronunciation of Tang Dynasty Poetry
Now, I ask again: in studying ...
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Did ancient Chinese have tones (声调)?
This question has puzzled me since I have no training in ancient Chinese and ancient phonetics. What is puzzling me are the following facts:
The tones in different regions are quite different. If ...
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