Michaelyus Posted February 19, 2012 at 05:32 AM Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 at 05:32 AM I came across a website (in Chinese) that gave readings of characters across many different branches of Chinese, based on the speech (dare I use that calque 'topolect'?) of each city, as given in some sort of IPA-derived system, and referenced against an impressive array of 方言字典. It was categorised according to the Sinitic family, so there was 吴, 粤 and 闽. Very wide range of locales available: 西安、福清、潮州 all available. I recall it was a very basic interface. I believe it also had several Middle Chinese reconstructions available (among them 王-李, I think). It seems I've neglected to bookmark it , so I would be most grateful if someone could retrieve the link. Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobo-Daishi Posted February 21, 2012 at 02:54 AM Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 at 02:54 AM I think you're talking about glossika.com. I haven't visited the site in some time but I get a "server not found" error message now. An Internet search shows that he's got a Youtube account that's still active so you might be able to reach him there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelyus Posted February 21, 2012 at 03:08 AM Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 at 03:08 AM No, no: it's definitely a different one. I found it at the end of last year, so much later than Glossika. I actually remember when that was online... feels like aeons ago. EDIT: It was a bit like an integrated search interface based on this (or perhaps on more than this) http://www.eastling.org/tdfweb/cmpcategory.aspx. Tried a Google "site:" search but couldn't glean anything much more from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobo-Daishi Posted February 23, 2012 at 11:18 PM Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 at 11:18 PM Oh. I misread your post. Didn't see that the site was in Chinese. Do you have any more for us to go on? Was it in traditional characters or simplified? Was it associated with a government agency such as a Ministry of Education, a university, individual, etc. Was there definitions or just characters and pronunciation? And as to Wang Li, isn't the second character "strength, power" & not "plum, the surname Lee or Li"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelyus Posted February 23, 2012 at 11:28 PM Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 at 11:28 PM Sure: Simplified Chinese not governmental; do not recall if university, NGO or individual no definitions given I think it had both 王力 and 李方桂 as based on Karlgren. One was able to select the 方言 desired, and each output was presented, in a long table, collated together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
陳德偉 Posted April 24, 2012 at 04:53 PM Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 at 04:53 PM It sounds like nothing I've ever found before, but it seems very useful indeed. Good luck in your search! Let us know if you find it again so we can see what you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelyus Posted October 16, 2012 at 10:25 PM Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 at 10:25 PM I believe it must have been www.eastling.org/tdfweb/cmpcategory.aspx; but I'm not sure if it is defunct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelyus Posted September 2, 2013 at 09:51 AM Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 at 09:51 AM Ha! Found it! http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/ccr#top 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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