Mini Chinese Dictionary -- Ci Hai Edition (New Edition)

Author: Yang Rongrong, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2004-07-01
Features: A language tool book tailor-made for students' college entrance and high school entrance exams. It has been best-selling across the country with a total sales of 120,000 copies. The new edition has been optimized according to the latest teaching requirements, focusing on innovation, origin, cultivation, and practicality. In terms of design, it uses a fashionable new layout with double-color printing to achieve a sense of solemnity, elegance, liveliness, and novelty. The set consists of 12 volumes. This dictionary is compiled for readers with a medium level of education and includes nearly 9,000 characters. Standard characters are listed, with corresponding traditional characters and variant characters not listed separately but appended in small print after the standard character (traditional characters are in parentheses, and variant characters are in brackets). A standard character may correspond to several traditional or variant characters, which are listed under different meanings. The standard characters are annotated with Pinyin. For characters with multiple pronunciations, the treatment follows the "Table for the Review of Variants in the Pronunciation of Modern Chinese Words" published by the State Council's Language Commission and other relevant authorities. The definitions are concise and appropriate. Polysemous characters are explained in separate items (①②③). For characters that are not suitable for individual definitions, examples are provided to illustrate different types of usage, helping readers understand various applications. Examples are separated by "|", and the standard character in the examples is replaced with "~." The main text is arranged in Pinyin order. This dictionary includes a "Stroke Index" that lists all standard characters as well as the appended traditional and variant characters. The appendix includes the "Scheme for the Spelling of Chinese Characters" and the "Explanation of the Use of Punctuation Marks."