| | to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | HSK 2 |
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| | Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典｜词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL: 本 | HSK 2 |
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| | the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄｜扬雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters | |
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| | Hanyu Da Cidian, the largest Chinese dictionary, with over 375,000 word entries, first published 1986-1994 | |
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| | clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc) | |
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| | encyclopedic dictionary | |
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| | reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc) | |
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| | Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994 | |
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| | walking dictionary / well-informed person | |
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| | the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries | |
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| | dictionary / encyclopedia | |
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| | (of a dictionary etc) revised edition | |
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| | Hanyu Da Zidian, one of the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionaries with 54,678 (and later 60,370) entries, first published between 1986-1990 | |
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| | entry (in a dictionary) | |
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| | Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 許慎｜许慎 in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries | |
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| | Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day) | |
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| | "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts | |
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| | Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文｜说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意｜会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲｜形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注｜转注 (transfer) | |
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| | Wiktionary (online dictionary) | |
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| | title word / entry (in dictionary) | |
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| | Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史 and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典 | |
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| | to collect words / to harvest entries for a dictionary | |
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| | Jiyun, Chinese rime dictionary with 53,525 single-character entries, published in 11th century | |
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| | rime dictionary (ancient type of Chinese dictionary that collates characters by tone and rhyme rather than by radical) | |
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| | Merriam-Webster (dictionary) | |
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| | pocket dictionary | |
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| | constellation governing scholarship and examinations; (fig.) renowned literary genius / brand name of handheld electronic dictionaries made by Beijing company Golden Global View | |
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| | Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字｜说文解字 | |
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| | indexing system for Chinese characters in a dictionary | |
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| | Cihai, encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936 | |
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| | compact edition (of a dictionary etc) | |
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| | Zihui, Chinese character dictionary with 33,179 entries, released in 17th century | |
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| | Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王｜顾野王 in 6th century AD | |
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| | Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD | |
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| | Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈｜张自烈 in 17th century | |
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| | headword (in a dictionary) | |
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| | single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable | |
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| | Guangyun, Chinese rime dictionary 韻書｜韵书 from 11th century, containing 26,194 single-character entries | |
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| | Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言 | |
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| | "Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords to explain their meaning | |
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| | Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光｜司马光 et al in 11th century | |
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| | Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical | |
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| | dictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals | |
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| | rhyme entry / subdivision of a rhyming dictionary (containing all words with the given rhyme) | |
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| | electronic dictionary | |
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| | Qieyun, the first Chinese rime dictionary from 601 AD, containing 11,500 single-character entries | |
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| | iCIBA, online dictionary by Kingsoft | |
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| | character index; table for looking up characters (in a dictionary or reference work) | |
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| | prefix / headword (in a dictionary) | |
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