Chinese Neolithic Earthenware’s at The Burrell Collection selected by Emma Leighton
(Thanks to Dai Jun Shu for the audio pronunciations)
English-Mandarin Chinese: Relevant Vocabulary for the Neolithic Pottery with the correct phonetic pronunciation in Mandarin Chinese
Enqlish | Chinese (Pinyin system) | Pronunciation |
Archaeology | Kaogu xue | cow go shue |
Prehistoric | shiqiande | shi chee en de |
Gansu (Gansu, name of a province in North West China where the Banshan Neolithic wares were excavated from) | Gansu | Gan sue |
Yangshao (Yangshao, name of the Neolithic painted pottery culture ) | Yangshao | yangshow |
Banshan (Banshan, a type of neolithic pottery circa 2000- 3000 B.C ) | banshan | banshan |
Banpo (Banpo, the name of a famous excavated neolithic site in central China ) | Banpo | ban-po |
plate | panzi | pan tse |
flask | hu | who |
vase | ping | ping |
urn | guihuiweng | gwey whey weng |
jar | guanzi | guan tse |
bowl | wan | waan |
basin | p’an | pan |
tripod | ding | ding |