20,000-character Japanese-Korean-Vietnamese-English-Russian Pronunciation and Meaning Dictionary

Author: Deng Yinglie
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: This dictionary includes all 21,003 characters available in the Chinese version of the Windows system. These characters include simplified Chinese characters from the GB-2312 standard of mainland China, traditional Chinese characters used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau (Big5 encoding), common Japanese simplified characters, self-invented Japanese characters, certain Korean characters, some characters with N?m (Vietnamese self-invented characters, formerly translated as "Ch? N?m") characteristics, as well as variant characters and radical symbols. The author of this dictionary is Deng Yinglie, a senior engineer working at Zhuhai Radio, specializing in technology, computer system maintenance, and foreign language program translation and supervision. He is capable of both oral and written translation in multiple languages. In Zhuhai, many who have interacted with him say he is truly a foreign language prodigy. Calling Deng Yinglie a foreign language prodigy is no exaggeration: he can translate and interpret in multiple languages. The languages he can interpret orally and in writing include English, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, etc. The languages he can translate in writing include Polish, Czech, Romanian, Hungarian, Serbian, Dutch, Finnish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Indonesian, Malay, Arabic, Thai, Turkish, Esperanto, and others. Additionally, he can translate the minority languages of China, such as Uyghur, Tibetan, Mongolian, Zhuang, and Kazakh. He is also fluent in several dialects, including Cantonese, Teochew, Hakka, Minnan, and Shanghai dialect.
His dedication to studying languages and characters is unwavering. On his way to and from work at Zhuhai Radio, colleagues often see Deng Yinglie holding a foreign language dictionary, reading aloud. While colleagues chat, he remains undisturbed, still reading and reciting words. When someone greets him, he merely acknowledges and returns to his book. The 40-minute commute from home to the office is never wasted by Deng Yinglie. His relentless and tireless spirit has led to the publication of the 20,003 Chinese Characters Dictionary with Pinyin, Pronunciation, and Definitions in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, English, and Russian. This dictionary provides multi-language annotations and definitions for all 21,003 characters, covering Chinese and its major dialects, as well as other languages that use or have used Chinese characters (Japanese, Korean-Chinese, Vietnamese), minority languages of China (Zhuang, Uyghur), and English and Russian. It is a comprehensive, computer-processed reference tool that includes the world's three major phonetic writing systems (Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic) and Asia's three major writing systems (Chinese characters, Kana, Hangul).
In this work, characters are annotated with phonetic symbols from the Chinese character system, Kana system, Korean-Hangul system, Latin-based Vietnamese system with various tone marks, Cyrillic system (Kirillic), Arabic system, and Taiwan's traditional phonetic symbols. This dictionary for the first time includes Vietnamese pronunciations alongside Chinese, Japanese, and Korean pronunciations, pioneering a new era in the study and application of Chinese characters. It also provides definitions in Chinese, English, Russian, Korean, and Vietnamese (the Japanese pronunciations marked in the dictionary are equivalent to Japanese definitions).
The dictionary is designed to solve readers' problems. The Chinese characters created by the Chinese nation are a rich treasure in world culture. Chinese characters have long transcended borders, spreading to Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Vietnam, becoming international symbols. Each character has one or more corresponding pronunciations in these languages that differ from those in Chinese. The culture of Chinese characters is ancient and enduring. Today, aside from China, the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and Japan still use Chinese characters in their writing systems. Vietnam once used Chinese characters and, like Japan's Katakana and Korea's Hyangchal, Vietnamese ancestors created many self-invented characters known as "N?m" and left behind numerous N?m historical documents. Traces of Chinese characters can still be found in Vietnam's famous historical sites. These characters retain ancient Chinese pronunciations, which vary greatly from modern Mandarin.
In Southeast Asia and other parts of the world, Chinese characters are widely used by overseas Chinese communities. To preserve their heritage, many speak dialects and write their names in their native scripts. Although place names and personal names in these countries or regions are fixed in Chinese characters, the pronunciations differ, making it difficult to determine the correct characters. Conversely, when Chinese names and places are pronounced in these countries, people struggle to find the correct Chinese characters. Deng Yinglie's 20,003 Chinese Characters Dictionary with Pinyin, Pronunciation, and Definitions in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, English, and Russian solves these challenges for diplomats, publishing and media editors, radio and television professionals, teaching and research personnel, computer specialists, translators, science and technology information workers, librarians, archivists, and readers alike.
It also addresses the issue of inputting three writing systems simultaneously. Over the past decade, he has translated more than 20 foreign languages, including millions of words of scientific and technical documents and patents. He has long been engaged in research on languages, character pronunciations, and their computer applications. In January 1999, he published the monograph WordBasic Command Summary, introducing word processing programming languages and multilingual text layout, becoming the first published WordBasic monograph. On September 7, 1999, he applied for a patent for "A Computer Input Method for Chinese Character Radicals Using Phonetic Codes," which was approved on November 19, 1999. This invention uses obvious radical phonetics for encoding, offering a unified, simple, and easy-to-learn method. It eliminates the need for rote memorization, making it intuitive and practical for both professionals and non-professionals, solving the encoding and retrieval of 21,003 Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters in WordBasic.
On November 30, 2001, Deng Yinglie applied for another patent titled "A Computer Input Method for Korean Hangul, Japanese Kana, and Full-Width Letter Symbols Using Phonetic and Graphic Codes," which has been approved and publicly disclosed by the China Intellectual Property Office. When used together with the previous invention, this addresses the comprehensive input of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters.
He has also begun compiling three-language comparative dictionaries. After years of hard work, Deng Yinglie has completed the 20,003 Chinese Characters Dictionary with Pinyin, Pronunciation, and Definitions in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, English, and Russian using computer technology. This 1,532-page dictionary, containing over 7.26 million characters, has contributed to Chinese and world cultural heritage. Without his proficiency in multiple languages, computer programming, and layout techniques, this work would not have been possible.