Practical Abbreviation Dictionary

Author: Jiao Nina
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features:
1. Selection and Arrangement of Entries
1. This book primarily includes modern Chinese abbreviations, supplemented by a portion of numerically enclosed expressions with abbreviation characteristics, totaling over 2,300 entries. Additionally, the extended forms of abbreviations are selectively included based on different situations. If the extended form contains no other abbreviated components beyond the original abbreviation, it is generally not included in this book.
2. All entries are arranged in phonetic order.
3. Different original forms corresponding to an abbreviated entry are uniformly listed under the same entry, with numerical labels indicating their order.
2. Phonetic Notation of Entries
1. Phonetic notation is provided per word, with characters within a word written as a single unit and those outside separated.
2. Light tones are marked with tones. Only the base tone of single characters in continuous tonal changes is noted, without marking the changes.
3. The initial letters of proper nouns in pinyin are consistently capitalized.
3. Word Explanations
Generally, only the corresponding original forms are listed, with some entries including necessary explanations.
4. Examples
1. Generally, each sense is accompanied by example sentences.
2. Most example sentences are selected from the widely covered People’s Daily and influential, highly standardized provincial party newspapers. Only a small portion are sourced from other types of periodicals.
3. Example sentences are designed to reflect the usage of abbreviations as much as possible, enabling readers to better understand, master, and use them.
This dictionary primarily includes modern Chinese abbreviations, supplemented by a portion of numerically enclosed expressions with abbreviation characteristics, totaling over 2,300 entries. Generally, each sense in the book is accompanied by example sentences.