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Robert Stuart Bauer
Born1946 (age 77–78)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipHong Kong SAR
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Known forDocumenting Cantonese, including a Cantonese-English dictionary
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics
Institutions
Robert S. Bauer
Chinese包睿舜
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBāo Ruì Shùn
Wade–GilesPao Jui Shun
Tongyong PinyinBao Ruei Shun
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationBāau Yeuih Seun
JyutpingBaau1 Jeoi6 Seon3
Sidney LauBaau1 Yui6 Sun3
Canton RomanizationBao1 Yêu6 Sên3
Hong Kong RomanisationBau Yui Shun

Robert Stuart Bauer (name in Chinese: 包睿舜; Jyutping: Baau1 Jeoi6seon3, born 1946) is the honorary linguistics professor at the University of Hong Kong[1] and formerly professor of Chinese linguistics at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.[2] He began his study of Cantonese in Taiwan from the United States in 1974 while he was learning Mandarin,[1][3] then he continued his studies as an exchange student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1970s.[3] Bauer later received his Ph.D. degree in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982[3] and has taught linguistics at universities in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand.[3][4] In 1997, he relocated to Hong Kong permanently, just before the city's handover from British to Chinese sovereignty.[1]

He is also the co-author of a number of Cantonese related linguistic publications, including Modern Cantonese Phonology,[5] The Representation of Cantonese with Chinese Characters,,[6]"ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (published in December 31, 2020)"[7] etc. Apart from his research in Cantonese, he is also interested in other Yue dialects, the Thai language, and contact relationships among Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, and minority languages of China and Southeast Asia.[4]

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  1. ^ a b c Chan, Heyling (21 May 2017). "American professor speaks up for Cantonese to preserve Hong Kong's heritage". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. ^ Liang, Xiaodaao (27 October 2010). 包睿舜 Robert S. Bauer 撐粵語的美國人 [Robert S. Bauer: The American who supports Cantonese]. Wen Wei Po (in Traditional Chinese). Hong Kong. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d "Biographical Data" (PDF). HKU CAES. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b "The Phonetic and Grammatical Assimilation The Phonetic and Grammatical Assimilation of English Loanwords in Cantonese of English Loanwords in Cantonese" (PDF). Hong Kong: EdUHK. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. ^ Bauer, Robert S.; Benedict, Paul K. (1997). Modem Cantonese phonology. De Gruyter Mouton. ISBN 978-3-11-082370-7. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  6. ^ Cheung, Kwan-hin; Bauer, Robert S. (2002). "The Representation of Cantonese with Chinese Characters". Journal of Chinese linguistics: Monograph series (18). Project on Linguistic Analysis, University of California: i–489. hdl:10397/54413. ISSN 0091-3723. JSTOR 23826053. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary". 20 July 2020.
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