A Compilation of Common English-Chinese and Chinese-English Words: Volume on Houses and Dwellings

Author: Zhang Wang
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Publish Date: 1999-07-01
Features: In the era of the booming knowledge economy, topics such as clothing, food, housing, transportation, healthcare, tourism, and entertainment have increasingly become indispensable and closely integrated components of daily life. In these fields, for our enthusiasts, translation professionals, international friends who admire Chinese culture and diligently study Chinese, as well as young scholars, possessing a wealth of relevant English and Chinese vocabulary can enable them to "have all the answers at hand." When it comes to introducing situations or communicating in various settings, they will neither suffer from "running out of words" nor enjoy the ease of "seizing opportunities on both sides"—how delightful is that! In response to these needs and in line with the demands of the times, we have planned and compiled this set of "English-Chinese and Chinese-English Common Word Compendium," consisting of six volumes: "Clothing and Fashion," "Food and Culture," "Housing and Dwellings," "Public Transportation," "Tourism and Entertainment," and "Healthcare and Wellness." Each volume has its own unique features and can stand independently, but when they intersect in terms of specialization, they can also connect and complement each other. The entire series comprises approximately 2.1 million words and includes over 300,000 entries. Each volume contains 350,000 words and over 50,000 entries. "English-Chinese and Chinese-English Common Word Compendium: Housing and Dwellings" collects over 50,000 English-Chinese and Chinese-English entries, covering topics such as: house structures, interior decoration, public facilities, foreign architecture, home components, rural construction, and religious buildings. The English-Chinese section is arranged in alphabetical order, while the Chinese-English section is first categorized and then ordered by Pinyin.