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CHINESE NAMES (»Jf S'PKEKTS, &c. 



English. 



Hokkien. 



Cantonese. 



Character. 



Calcutta 



Beng-ka-la 



Mang-ka-la 



ZlMB 







Ka-lei-kat-ta ... 



MM^tr 



Canton 6 



Kng-tang 



Kwong-tung ... 



mm 





Se n -sia n (Tiechiu) 



Shang-sheng ... 



%m 



Cheribon 



Che n -li-bun ... 



Cheng-lei-man... 



#m& 



Chifu(orChefoo) 6 



Ian-tai 



Yin-thoi 



m& 



China 



Tong-kok 



Chung-kwok . . . 



*m 





Tng-sua n 



Thong-shan 



B\U 



Christmas Island 7 



Ka-su ma-su ... 



• 



&±riWl 





... 



Shek-tsai-fau ... 



sr^ 



Cocob 



Ku-kok 



Ku-kok 



a$ 



Colombo 



Ko-long-bo 



Ko-long-mo 



M1&W- 



5. Se-sia-means 'provincial capital' — This is the expression invari- 

 ably used by Tiechius — while Cantonese use the equivalent 'Shang 

 Sheng.' In the same way 'hu-sia n ' will be used by the people of a 

 prefecture to denote their prefectural city. 



6. 'Smoky fort.' Yin Thoi' is really the name of the foreign con- 

 cession' on the opposite side of the harbour to the Chinese town of 



Chi-fau ~jf*""^S> an d the name given to the site of the foreign concession 

 has ousted the real name of the place. 



7. 'Shek-tsai-fau' means ' Little stone port', alluding to the phos- 

 phate work. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



