A Chinese and English Vocabulary: In the Tie-Chiu Dialect

A Chinese and English Vocabulary In the Tie-Chiu Dialect by Josiah Goddard is a pioneering 19th-century linguistic work that provides a comprehensive glossary of the Tie-Chiu (Teochew or Chaozhou) dialect, a variant of Southern Min Chinese spoken in eastern Guangdong. Designed to aid missionaries, scholars, and traders, the vocabulary offers Chinese characters, Romanized pronunciation, and English meanings. Goddard’s work was instrumental in facilitating cross-cultural communication and evangelism in Southeast Asia and southern China. As one of the earliest resources on this dialect, the vocabulary remains a valuable linguistic reference for those studying regional Chinese languages and historical missionary efforts.