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Chinese Pidgin English
- 卑士, 卑時 (Chinese spelling)
Etymology
From English piece.
Classifier
piecee
- generic classifier
1862, 唐景星, 英語集全, volume IV, marginalia, page 32; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews, Geoff P. Smith, editors, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:
- 㕭灣治𪢍治温卑士羅也
*ju1 waan1 zhi6 get3 zhi6 wan1 bi1 si6 lo4 jaa5
You wantchee catchee one piecee lawyer.
You will have to engage a lawyer.
1862, 唐景星, 英語集全, volume IV, marginalia, page 65; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews, Geoff P. Smith, editors, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:
- 米其地快都卑士
*mai5 ki4 di6 faai3 du1 bi1 si6
Makee divide two piecee.
Divide this into two.
1862, 唐景星, 英語集全, volume VI, marginalia, page 32; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews, Geoff P. Smith, editors, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:
- 昔士地卑士文輝卑士烏文
*sik1 si6 di6 bi1 si6 man4 fai1 bi1 si6 wu1 man4
Sixty piecee man five piecee woman
60 males and 5 females
1862, 唐景星, 英語集全, volume VI, marginalia, page 33; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews, Geoff P. Smith, editors, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:
- 合吉昔士卑士林安黎科卑士𠲟忒記巴臣治
*hap6 gat1 sik1 si6 bi1 si6 lam4 on1 lai4 fo1 bi1 si6 gen6 tik1 gi3 baa1 seon4 zi6
hap got sixee piecee room only four piecee can takee passenger
6 rooms but only 4 to spare
1862, 唐景星, 英語集全, volume VI, marginalia, page 43; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews, Geoff P. Smith, editors, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:
- 拜温卑時豁卑乎
*baai3 wan1 bi1 si4 kut3 bi1 fu4
Buy one piecee good beef.
Buy a piece of good beef.
1862, 唐景星, 英語集全, volume VI, marginalia, page 43; republished as “Pidgin English texts from the Chinese English Instructor”, in Michelle Li, Stephen Matthews, Geoff P. Smith, editors, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, volume 10, number 1, 2005, pages 79-167:
- 合吉地𱸑卑時毡地文甘顚拿
*hap6 gat1 di6 li1 bi1 si4 zhin1[zhen1] di6 man4 gam1 din1 naa4
hap got three piecee gentleman come dinner
3 gentlemen dine with me