Excerpt from A Chinese and English Phrase Book in the Canton Dialect: Or Dialogues on Ordinary and Familiar Subjects for the Use of the Chinese Resident in America, and of Americans Desirous of Learning the Chinese Language The following are the values of the letters used to indicate the sounds of the Chinese characters. The system of ortho graphy is substantially that employed by Bridgman and Williams, but any one familiar with the books of these writers will see that the pronunciation of many of the words is often very different from that indicated by them. The sounds here given, however, both vowel and consonants], are those given to the words by most of the Cantonese resident in New York. Of course the representation of the soum's in Roman characters can be only approximately correct, but this system of orthography will at least serve as a guide after the sounds of a few words have been learned from a native Cantonese. And this is all that can be said of any attempt to represent the sounds of one language by those of another. 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.