From the perspective of language research, "Dream of the Red Chamber" is a treasure trove of words. The dialect words are worth noting. Cao Xueqin spent her childhood in Jiangnan and then lived in Beijing, where her language was influenced by the southern and northern dialects.
There are a large number of Beijing dialect words in the book, such as pickles, compilation, anger, waiting to be seen, seeking opportunities, size places, etc., and a small number of Wu dialect words, such as promoting narrowness, wolf, and human guest, are used very accurately and appropriately. Now let's see how these words are used.
Beijing dialect
1
【Pickles】
Dialects around Beijing. Dirty; not clean.
example
There are many people outside, the smell is unpleasant, the situation is a hot day, the brother is not accustomed, if the brother is affected by the smell of pickling, it is more valuable.
2
【Hachishikari】
Dialects around Beijing. Refers to various aspects.
example
Now this matter has been settled eight times, and even the one who lost it in the former wife's house has the Master.
3
【White Fill Limit】
Dialects around Beijing. It refers to the waste of money and goods, and the sacrifice of empty use. "Dictionary of Chinese": "Filling the filling is also filling in the limit, and the empty is the meaning of sacrifice." Chen Gang's "Beijing Dialect Dictionary": "Filling in the stuffing, patching (the unappreciative person)." In the sense of "white filling" is more appropriate.
example
Our money has not been filled in in vain?
Wu
1
【Promote narrowness】
Wu. Tricky and good at tricking people. Nowadays, it is often written as "promoting pinching", which is found in the dialect dictionaries of Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places.
example
Promote narrow hooves! Spoiling the flowers, Ray is also going to fight.
2
【Promote narrow ghosts】
Wu. Superstitious people refer to ghosts and monsters who specialize in creating disasters for people, and are often used to ridicule people who love to tease people.
example
This must be the phoenix's urging the narrow ghost to make trouble, don't believe his words.
3
【Suspicious】
Wu. Hated for thinking it was superfluous; disgusted. Found in The Danyang Dialect Dictionary.
example
I came running away alone, and they were already suspicious of me.
4
【Total】
Wu. Total; total; together. It can be found in nanjing, Suzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo and other dialect dictionaries.
example
How many girls are there in Uncle Gongbao's room?
"New Dictionary of Dream of the Red Chamber"
Zhou Ruchang and Chao Jizhou are the editors-in-chief
In addition to the encyclopedia articles, it also pays attention to the inclusion of word entries
Precise interpretation, including original meaning, extended meaning, and contextual meaning, correcting the misinterpretation of predecessors
Compare more than ten versions to suggest differences in the use of words in different versions
The first edition of the Dictionary of the Dream of the Red Chamber won the Chinese Dictionary Award