释义 |
Yunnanese, n. and a.|jʊnəˈniːz| Also 9 Yun-Nese. [f. Yunnan (see below: Chinese Yúnnán) + -ese.] A. n. a. A native or inhabitant of Yunnan, a province in S.W. China; also collect., the people of Yunnan. b. The dialect of Yunnan. B. adj. Of or pertaining to Yunnan.
1849Ann. Propagation Faith Mar. 109 A young physician from the province of Yun-nan evinced more generosity... This young Yun-Nese had led so strange a life. 1909N. China Herald 18 Sept. 671/3 With their catch crops the Yunnanese in the eastern part of the province seemed as satisfied as they were at the time before wheat took the place of the now-departed opium. 1927Blackw. Mag. Mar. 308/1 He had a full knowledge of Yunnanese, but these men were Lolos from Szechuan, and understood not a word. 1933N. Waln House of Exile iii. ii. 200 These Yunnanese soldiers were hired henchmen that Sun Yat-sen had brought to Canton to police the city. 1948G. H. Johnston Death takes Small Bites iv. 85 ‘It's usually thronged with people,’ Coates continued boredly. ‘Kachins and Shans, Yunnanese, Lisus, Burmese, Miaos.’ 1959C. Ogburn Maurauders (1960) iii. 92 Cantonese and Yunnanese..slammed their vehicles from one gear to another with a grinding scream. 1959Times 19 Mar. 14/7 It was found expedient not to have Yunnanese mules in Lucifer's section. 1964M. A. K. Halliday et al. in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 145 In China, you speak Cantonese if you come from Canton, Pekinese if you come from Peking and Yunnanese if you come from Yunnan. 1981P. Barr Chinese Alice iv. 94 Golden Persimmon sang..and the Yunnanese watched her. |