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  2. Tangyun - Wikipedia

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    Tangyun excerpt in the Chinese Dictionary Museum, Jincheng, Shanxi. The Tangyun (simplified Chinese: 唐韵; traditional Chinese: 唐韻; pinyin: Tángyùn; lit. 'Tang rhymes') is a Chinese rime dictionary, published in 732 CE during the Tang dynasty, by Sun Mian (孫愐), which is a revised version of Qieyun, a guide for Chinese pronunciation by using the fanqie method.

  3. Tangyuan (food) - Wikipedia

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    Legend has it that during Yuan Shikai's rule from 1912 to 1916, he disliked the name yuanxiao because it sounded identical to "remove Yuan" (Chinese: 袁消; pinyin: yuán xiāo); thus he gave orders to change the name to tangyuan. [7] [8] This new moniker directly translates to 'round balls in soup' or 'round dumplings in soup'.

  4. List of Chinese dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    649 (Tang) Oldest surviving Chinese "pronunciation and meaning" dictionary of Buddhist technical terminology, 25 chapters, archetype for Chinese bilingual dictionaries: Yunhai jingyuan: 780 (Tang) First rime dictionary collated phonetically instead of graphically, lost work Yunjing: 1161, 1203 (Song)

  5. Rhyme dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Copy of the Tangyun, an 8th-century edition of the Qieyun. A rime dictionary, rhyme dictionary, or rime book (traditional Chinese: 韻書; simplified Chinese: 韵书; pinyin: yùnshū) is a genre of dictionary that records pronunciations for Chinese characters by tone and rhyme, instead of by graphical means like their radicals.

  6. Chinese character sounds - Wikipedia

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    In the IOU, Zhang wrote: "Zhang borrowed money RMB 14,000 yuan from Gao, and today 还欠款 (還欠款) 4000 yuan. (meaning paid back debt 4,000 yuan (when character "还" is pronounced "huán"), or still owe a debt of 4,000 yuan (when character "还" is pronounced "hái"))." The polyphonic character "还" here later led to a lawsuit.

  7. Bua loi - Wikipedia

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    From the record, Bua Loi is inspired by Tang Yuan. When peanut was brought from the Philippines and white/black sesame entered China from Central Asia during the Han era, Bua Loi or "Tang Yuan" had a variety of fillings. The black sesame paste in ginger juice or Bua Loi in ginger broth is the most well-liked. [citation needed]

  8. Thousand Character Classic - Wikipedia

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    Thousand Character Classic used as style dictionary, with each character given in different styles in each column – 1756 Japanese publication The Thousand Character Classic ( Chinese : 千字文 ; pinyin : Qiānzì wén ), also known as the Thousand Character Text , is a Chinese poem that has been used as a primer for teaching Chinese ...

  9. Xu Yuan - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code ; Print/export ... move to sidebar hide. Xu Yuan is the atonal romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation ... general of Tang Dynasty; Xu Yuan ...