A-yao

Hello, A-yao, I am currently responsible for a bot on Wikipedia. I am not very experienced with it but I think it should be relatively easy to programmatically post new (skeletal) entries given a list of word pairs. This would work well with simple examples such as [[brother]]. Relatively complex entries like [[hiaⁿ-tī]] (which have a one-to-many relationship) would be best done by hand, though the structure could be prepared robotically. It makes most sense that the list is obtained from a GPL/GFDL/free source.

For the word list, we have several approaches. One is, of course, to construct it manually from existing online sources but this is least effort-saving. A much more ambitious endeavor is to digitalize old print sources. My favorite one is Carstairs Doulas' ''[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/16038.ctl Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy]'', now in the public domain (and going for ridiculous prices) -- though this belongs in the English Wiktionary (?). Easiest would be to have a readymade list. Problem is, unlike Vietnamese, there are currently zero free (GPL/GFDL/etc.) lexical projects (other than Wiktionary) and special permission would need to be obtained.