Modern Chinese Dictionary: Revised Edition

Author: Editorial Department of Dictionary, Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
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Publish Date: 1997-05-01
Features: A modern Chinese standard dictionary, organized in accordance with the of the State Council to establish lexical norms and promote Mandarin Chinese and the standardization of the Chinese language. Authored by an authoritative editorial body, a dedicated editorial team was established for this book—the Editorial Department of Dictionary, Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, led by renowned linguists Lu Shuxiang and Ding Shengshu in succession, with the participation of nearly 100 scholars. This is a medium-sized dictionary focused on modern spoken Chinese vocabulary, suitable for readers with middle school or higher education levels. The entries include characters, words, word groups, idioms, and set phrases, totaling approximately 56,000 entries. This dictionary serves the promotion of Mandarin Chinese and the standardization of the Chinese language, with efforts made in aspects such as character forms, word forms, phonetic annotations, and definitions to align with this goal. In addition to general vocabulary, it also includes common dialect words and meanings, obsolete words and meanings that were recently in use, classical Chinese words still commonly encountered in writing, and certain familiar specialized terms.