Antonym Dictionary: New Edition (Cihai Edition)

Author: Fan Xiao
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This dictionary includes over 3,200 antonyms with opposite or relative meanings, excluding four-character fixed phrases with antonymic meanings. The main body of the dictionary is arranged in the order of Pinyin letters. Entries with the same first character are sorted by the second character's Pinyin, and so on. The main body includes: headword, phonetic annotation, definition, examples, corresponding antonyms with examples, and differentiation. Headwords: Common and frequently used words are listed. Headwords with homophonic homographs are annotated with "also written as ××." Phonetic Annotation: Headwords are annotated with standard Mandarin pronunciation according to the Hanyu Pinyin Scheme; a dot (·) before the Pinyin indicates a light tone. Entries with variant pronunciations are determined based on the Standardization of Variant Pronunciations of Mandarin. Definitions: When a word has multiple meanings, only those with corresponding antonyms are included, numbered as ①②③④, etc. Meanings without corresponding antonyms are not included. Annotations are used to indicate the scope of use, relevant objects, and collocations of some word meanings. Examples: Most examples use disyllabic words or phrases, with some presented as sentences. Multiple examples are separated by "|," and the headword being explained is marked with "~." Differentiation: Provides explanations for the meanings and usage of some words to help readers understand and use them accurately. At the end of the dictionary, there is an Index of Headwords by Stroke Count for readers to search.