Profile

Xian Manxue is a distinguished scholar in the field of Vietnamese linguistics and Sino-Vietnamese comparative studies. She earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University. She currently serves as an Associate Professor at the University's School of Foreign Languages, where she has built an impressive research and teaching career.

Her primary research interests encompass Vietnamese phonetics, grammar, and historical language contact between Chinese and Vietnamese. A cornerstone of her scholarly work is the monograph Historical Strata Analysis of Sino-Vietnamese Corresponding Morphemes, a groundbreaking study that was honored with the Second Prize in the Eighth Outstanding Research Achievement Awards for Higher Education Institutions (Humanities and Social Sciences) by The Ministry of Education of China in 2020. She also co-authored the widely adopted Vietnamese Language Course, which has been recognized as a Beijing Higher Education Elite Textbook and a Peking University Outstanding Textbook. Through rigorous historical-comparative methodologies, Dr. Xian’s research provides key insights into long-term language contact, contributing significantly to the fields of linguistics and East Asian studies.

 

Educational Experience

ØPh.D. in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, 2011

ØM.A. in Asian and African Languages and Literatures, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University, 2001

ØB.A. in Vietnamese Language and Culture, Department of Oriental Studies, Peking University, 1997

 

Work Experience

Peking University, 1997–Present

Department of Oriental Studies (Now: Department of Southeast Asian Languages and Cultures, School of Foreign Languages)

 

Research Interests

ØVietnamese Linguistics

ØSino-Vietnamese Language Contact & Comparative Linguistics

ØSino-Vietnamese Cultural-Historical Exchange

 

Teaching Courses

Undergraduate Courses:

ØFundamentals of Vietnamese (I-IV)

ØVietnamese Grammar

ØChinese-Vietnamese Interpreting

Graduate Courses:

ØReading of Vietnamese Linguistic Literature

ØStudies in Sino-Vietnamese Relations

ØChinese-Vietnamese Interpreting & Translation: Theory and Practice

 

Selected Publications

Books:

1.Xian, Manxue, Historical Strata Analysis of Sino-Vietnamese Corresponding Morphemes, Shanghai: Zhongxi Book Company, 2016. (In Chinese)

2.Co-author, Vietnamese Language Textbook (Vols. 1-4). Beijing: Peking University Press, 2005. (In Chinese & Vietnamese)

 

Selected Articles:

1.Xian, M. (2024). “The Influence of Chinese Southern Dialects on Vietnamese: An Analysis of Sino-Vietnamese Related Words.” Dialogue Transculturel, 51, Commercial Press.

2.Xian, M. (2023). “Identification of Sino-Vietnamese Related Kernel Words.” Linguistic Research, 34, Peking University Press.

3.Xian, M. (2022). “On the Chinese Learning and Education in Vietnam during the 18th - 19th Century Period from the Perspective of Han Nom Dictionaries.” Hanyu Jiaoxue Xuekan (Journal of Chinese Language Studies), 16, Peking University Press.

4.Xian, M. (2021). “Experimental Analysis of Hanoi Vietnamese Tones.” Proceedings of Vietnamese Language Teaching Under the Belt and Road Initiative, World Book Publishing.

5.Xian, M. (2021). “Ancient Chinese-Vietnamese Language Contact Through the Lens of Sino-Vietnamese Corresponding Morphemes.” Theory Illuminating Materials: Selected Proceedings, Yunnan University Press.

6. Hàm Man Tuyết (2010). “Bàn thêm về đối ứng thanh điệu trong âm Hán Nôm hóa” (A Further Discussion on Tonal Correspondence in Han Nom Phonology). Tạp chí Ngôn ngữ [Language] (4)

 

Social Affiliations

Deputy Director, Expert Committee for Chinese-Vietnamese Translation & Interpretation Proficiency Certification, the China Accreditation Test for Translators and Interpreters (CATTI)

 

Honors and Awards

ØOutstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Peking University, 2011

ØNominee for National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, 2013

ØThe Second Prize, Wang Li Linguistics Award (Peking University), 2017

ØThe First Prize, China's Outstanding Research Achievements in Less-Commonly Foreign Languages (2017)

ØThe Second Prize, Eighth Outstanding Research Achievement Award for Higher Education Institutions (Humanities and Social Sciences), awarded by The Ministry of Education of China (2020)

 

Overseas Experience

Visiting Scholar, University of Sheffield, UK (Sep–Dec 2018)