New Compendium of Synonyms and Antonyms (Revised Edition)

Author: Wang Wenyu, Rao Jieteng
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Publishing Date: 2001-06-01
Features:
1. The target readers of this dictionary are mainly primary and secondary school students and Chinese language teachers. Students and Chinese language workers in institutions of higher learning can also use this dictionary as a reference book.
2. This dictionary includes 3,085 common words, divided into 982 groups, with 2 to 8 words analyzed in each group. The concentrated comparative analysis of such a large number of words is a prominent feature of this dictionary.
3. The synonyms and antonyms selected for this dictionary are primarily disyllabic words, supplemented by some monosyllabic words and idioms. The synonyms selected include a group of words with similar meanings, while the antonyms selected are words with opposite or relative meanings.
4. For each entry in this dictionary, the meaning and examples of the word are provided first, followed by synonym analysis, which identifies the similarities and differences in meaning, connotation, or usage. Finally, a brief explanation is given for words with antonymic relationships.
5. The pronunciation of words in this dictionary is revised according to the Table for the Standardization of Dialectal Pronunciation of Chinese Characters, and old pronunciations or dialectal pronunciations are not used. The grammatical terms used in this dictionary are mostly based on the Outline of the Middle School Teaching Grammar System.
6. The examples of words in this dictionary are represented by “～,” and the examples are separated by “｜.” For easy distinction, different printed fonts are used: explanations are in Song typeface; synonym analysis is in Fangsong typeface; and explanations of antonymic relationships are in Kaiti typeface.
7. The entries in this dictionary are arranged in phonetic order, and an Index of Words is provided for readers to search.