Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (Volume 1, 2, and 3)

Author: Wu Guanghua
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This comprehensive dictionary is large in volume and full of functions. It contains 340,000 main entries, including 30,000 single-character entries and 310,000 multi-character entries (including 35,000 idioms and colloquialisms and 10,000 newly coined words in the past decade), with a total of 25 million characters. The dictionary is arranged in Pinyin order. Single-character entries include Pinyin and Zhuyin annotations, while multi-character entries are all annotated with Pinyin. Characters with multiple pronunciations and tones are listed in their respective positions and are cross-referenced with "See also." At the beginning of the dictionary, there are four types of indexes: syllables, Pinyin, radicals, and stroke counts. Traditional and variant characters are closely attached to the main entries. The definitions of single-character entries are categorized by part of speech and provided in both Chinese and English. Multi-character entries include 300,000 internal entries (i.e., subject-specific vocabulary) and additional features such as Chinese-English word discrimination (6,000 sets), synonyms and antonyms (20,000 sets), and combination flower meanings (2,000 sets). At the end of the book, there are three appendices (Chinese-English flower meanings, the Nobel Prize and Olympic Games over a century). It is extremely convenient for both Chinese and foreign readers to use.