Chinese Mini Dictionary: First Edition (Cihai Edition)

Author: Yang Rongrong
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: A language tool book tailor-made for students preparing for the college entrance examination (Gaokao) and the high school graduation examination (Zhongkao). It was once best-selling across the country, with sales reaching 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 adopts a fashionable new layout with double-color printing to achieve solemnity, elegance, liveliness, and novelty. The set includes 12 volumes. This dictionary is compiled for readers with a moderate level of education and contains 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 (()) indicates traditional characters, and [] indicates variant characters. A standard character may correspond to several traditional or variant characters, which are listed under different meanings. The listed characters are annotated with Pinyin. For characters with multiple pronunciations, the treatment follows the "Table for the Review of Variants in the Pronunciation of Chinese Words" published by the State Language Commission and other relevant authorities. Definitions are concise and appropriately detailed. Polysemous characters are explained in separate items (①②③). For characters that are not suitable for separate definitions, examples are provided to illustrate different types of usage, helping readers understand various applications. Examples are separated by "|", and the listed characters in examples are replaced with "~". The main text is arranged in Pinyin order. This dictionary includes a "Stroke Index" that lists all the standard characters and their appended traditional and variant characters. The appendix contains the "Phonetic Scheme of Chinese" and the "Table for the Use of Punctuation Marks."