Pocket Chinese Dictionary

Author: Mo Heng
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: This dictionary is a compact linguistic dictionary, easy to carry and convenient for on-the-go reference. It is primarily intended for use by students and teachers in schools, civil servants in government agencies, and other readers with a secondary education level. The dictionary includes approximately 32,000 entries, comprising characters, words, phrases, idioms, and colloquialisms. Among these, there are about 8,100 single-character entries (excluding traditional characters and variant forms). The dictionary primarily focuses on modern Chinese words and phrases that are commonly used, with some inclusion of dialectal terms, early vernacular expressions, and ancient Chinese words that are frequently encountered. Terms from natural and social sciences that carry linguistic significance are also included. The definitions are designed to be accurate and stable, written in clear and concise language, with attention to part-of-speech accuracy to help readers determine the word class through the definitions. Appropriate explanatory notes or annotations have been added to the text or at the end of entries to remind readers of correct character forms, pronunciations, and certain special usages.