Abbreviations

Word Classes*

[A]	Adverb
[AT]	Attributive
[AV]	Auxiliary Verb
[BF]	Bound Form
[CJ]	Conjunction
[CV]	Coverb
[EV]	Equative Verb
[EX]	Expression
[I]	Interjection
[IE]	Idiomatic Expression
[L]	Localizer
[M]	Measure
[MA]	Moveable Adverb
[N]	Noun
[NU]	Number
[P]	Particle
[PH]	Phrase
[PR]	Pronoun
[PT]	Pattern
[PV]	Postverb
[PW]	Place Word
[QW]	Question Word
[RC]	Resultative Compound
[RE]	Resultative Ending
[SN]	Surname
[SP]	Specifier
[SV]	Stative Verb
[TW]	Time Word
[V]	Verb
[VO]	Verb-Object Compound

Other Abbreviations and Symbols

(B)	Beijing
(T)	Taipei
lit.	literally
SV	Supplementary Vocabulary
AV	Additional Vocabulary
*	(indicates that what follows is incorrect)

* For explanations of the above word classes, see the section on “Word Classes of Spoken Chinese” on the disc.