词典
Characters in This Word
Definitions
- (classifier) dictionary (of Chinese compound words)
- also written 辭典|辞典[ci2 dian3]
- ,本[ben3]
Example Sentences
我需要一本词典。
Wǒ xūyào yī běn cídiǎn
I need a dictionary
Related Words
辞典(cí diǎn)· dictionary (of Chinese compound words)
→中华字海(Zhōng huá Zì hǎi)· Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994
→六书(liù shū)· 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)
→张廷玉(Zhāng Tíng yù)· Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3]
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