About the Author

Christopher Hutton has taught Yiddish studies at the University of Texas at Austin and general and English linguistics in Hong Kong.

Kingsley Bolton is professor of linguistics at the University of Stockholm.

Reviews

The one and only, covering everything from common colloquialisms to triad trash-talking.... More than an indispensable tool for anybody - reader, writer or even lawyer - who needs to understand everyday Cantonese." —Frank Dikotter, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

"A very significant contribution to the field of Chinese lexicography." —Robert S. Bauer, Hong Kong Polytechnic University