Pinyin Dictionary of Standard Mandarin Chinese

Author: Ma Zhiwei
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Publish Date: 1998-05-01
Features: This dictionary is suitable for language and text workers, broadcast and film/television performers, teachers at all levels, college and university students in teacher training programs, as well as people from various dialect regions. It can also be used as a reference for Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan compatriots, overseas Chinese, and foreigners learning Mandarin Chinese. This dictionary is a practical tool for promoting and serving Mandarin Chinese. Based on national regulations on pronunciation, it provides guidance on over 1,700 common characters and words that are often misread due to misleading character components, mispronounced due to multiple pronunciations of a single character, unclear in meaning due to unknown phonetic changes, or ambiguous due to dialectal influences. Its main feature is the use of a new method during the pronunciation correction process: intentionally crafting a special example sentence to create an interesting linguistic context, allowing readers to test their recognition ability while correcting potential pronunciation errors in the process, thereby deepening memory.