The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16
POINTERS
FROM II CHINESE
GUIDEBOOK

ews comes from Paris that Ii Hung
inent Frenchmen to visit him in Pc
g, and, as it is quite probable that the
Viceroy will extend similar
itations to such Americans as may
e his fancy, it has seemed advisable to
New York Herald to Gull from Chi
e guide book a few phrases for the guild
e of such fortunate Americans.
here are in this country as good lin
SITS as there are anywhere else, but
ther here nor in any other country, ex-
t China, are there many men who
Nv even the first rudiments or the Chi
g language. Some of the following
ases, too, may prove useful to those
D may be introduced to the Viceroy
IN be comes to this country, and who
Y be inspired with the laudable desire
show him that they are not utterly
GRANT of his mother tongue.
ON ARRIVING AT PEKNG.
IN you conduct me- Nj k'o tai QUO tao
hotel? y-ko k'o-tien mo?
es, sir Do you want K'o-y Lao-ye yao
otel in a Chinese Rotten tsai ouai-
~
,rrainly. l would Tseu-jau. Quo yao
to see the interest gan tsai Picking So
places in China. yeou k'o-k'an-ti.
We me room. Nj kei QUO y'ko ou-
tseu.
ere Is one. Yeou.
hat is the charge To- chao ts'ien
day? t'ien?
ne tael Zone dollar. Y leang yt'ien.
Il right; I win take Hao, QUO tsai tche-
coul tchou.
am hungry. Give Quo ngo lao, kei QUO
some food. Itoung-si t'che.
hat do you want?I Nj yao che-mo?
hinese dishes. What T'cnoung-kouo ts'ai.
e you? Nj yeou che mo?
e have swallows Ouo-meun yeou yen-
Is, pigeons eggs, Quo, ko-tan, yu-pieul,
shrimps, peaches tsieou, ehia-mi, tao,
nuts If you want hot tao; tsi ecu mel
e we can give you kouel-lou
: dew.
il right Twill taste Nj t'oung-t'oung kei
M Afterward give QUO, QUO Jch'aug
q pipe of opium. aug: tch'e fan
heou, kei QUO ya-pien-
yen.
ring me some water Nj kei QUO 81 lien
| also cup of tea. chouee; ma ouan t'cha
lai.
have not yet seen Tsai Pei king QUO
: Chinese ladies' hai-mei k'an-kien niu-
ere are they to be eIeul-meun; tsai-na eul
nd? k'o-y kan t'a-meun.
will show you some. Quo k'o-y kei-ni tai
ki-ko lai.
SOME USEFUL HINTS.
When he goes to pay his respects to any
nese gentleman the American visitor
st say, "Ouo lai kei-ni ts'ing-an."
len he expresses desire to know what
ces in the Chinese capital are worth
ing, the answer will be-"Kou-toung
u; n'a-eul nj k'o-y houan-kia. Hal
GU tien-t'an, titan, kouan-sing-Tai,
To- tseu-kien, Mei-chan, Pei-t'aug teng-
'ou."
When he goes to theater and exclaims,
hat pretty actressl" (Ah yah! tche
y'ko hao k-an-ti niu-eul meun). hc
| be told that the pretty performer is
a woman, but man dressed in
mans clothes, as in China women are
bidden to perform in public (Pou che
% mu-eul-meun, tshe che y-ko nan
tahouang niu-eul-meun- ti-ta-pan,
40 lu-li pom tchoun niu-eul-meun
lang tchi).
inally, when he asks at the close of the
2 how persons spend the evening in
king (Tsai Pei-king, ouan-chang yeou
,-mo k'o tso-ti?) he will be told that
" go to bed early and sleep heartily
It chang tch' ouang tsiou choui-
o).
Few of the above phrases relate to
men, for the reason that Chinese
ltlemen do not expect foreigners to be-
v any solicitude about the well
e of their female relatives. In
ID a foreigner who should in
re as to their health would be guilty
grave breach Of etiquette. On the
Ter hand, Chinese gentlemen know
It we are less exclusive in this respect
N they are, and they do not hesitate to
ak in high praise of the women of
rope and America. OF French women
y speak rapturously. dwelling with en-
lsiasm on the beauty of their cherry
5, their hair like black clouds, their
nber, mysterious. eyes, their small feet,
ir perfect forms, their skin, white as
w, and their stately walk, which re-
nds them of bamboos stirred by the
ming breeze"