Latest Chinese-English Beginner's Dictionary

Author: Compiled by Shengyou Editorial Department
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Publishing Date: 2005-02-01
Features: This dictionary selects and includes over 18,000 entries, such as words, phrases, and idioms, primarily focusing on commonly used daily vocabulary. The main body of the dictionary is arranged in alphabetical order according to the Chinese Pinyin scheme. Entries with the same pronunciation and tone are sorted by the number of strokes in the Chinese characters, with fewer strokes listed first and more strokes listed later. The dictionary has five appendices. This dictionary adopts the stroke-based method for looking up characters. For specific lookup methods, refer to the "Stroke Lookup Table." Based on the practical needs of learning Chinese, we have marked some entries with common measure words; labeled certain prefixes and suffixes with "head" or "tail"; and marked the part of speech for most entries. The labeled part of speech is for reference only, but due to differences in language, the English translation of a small number of entries may not fully align with their Chinese part of speech.