The Chinese word for dictionary is
词典
cí diǎn
Chinese Definition
| dictionary | |
| 1. 名词. 字典，辞典。 | |
| Components | |
| 词 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 詞 | |
| 典 | |
| 1. law; canon | |
| 2. documentation | |
| 3. classic; scripture | |
| 4. (internet slang)) (Literally "classic, typical", used usually alone to complain that a person's words hit one of the typicals of the similar ridiculous expressions.) |
Translations for 典 and their definitions
| 字典 | |
| 1. n. dictionary of Chinese characters; Han character dictionary | |
| 查 字典 - to look up a dictionary | |
| 2. n. (may be proscribed) (General term for dictionaries.) | |
| 3. n. (computing) dictionary (an associative array; a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key) | |
| 4. n. (computing) dictionary (a set of text strings such as passwords) | |
| 字典.攻擊 - dictionary attack | |
| 5. usage. When used to refer to a Chinese dictionary, a (m-self, zh, 字典) might only include definitions for Chinese characters, while a 詞典 will include definitions of multi-character words as well. |
| 詞典 | |
| 1. n. dictionary | |
| 牛津 英語 詞典 - Oxford English Dictionary | |
| 西班牙語 詞典 - Spanish dictionary | |
| 英 漢 詞典 - tr=Yīng–Hàn cídiǎn, English–Chinese dictionary | |
| 俄英 詞典 - Russian-English dictionary | |
| 電子 詞典 - e-dictionary | |
| 普什圖語 漢語 詞典 - tr=Pǔshítúyǔ–Hànyǔ cídiǎn, Pashto–Chinese dictionary | |
| 你 最好 買 一 本 好 詞典。 - You had better buy a good dictionary. | |
| 2. usage. When used to refer to a Chinese dictionary, a (m-self, zh, 詞典) will include definitions for both Chinese characters and Chinese words. Compare to 字典, which in the strict sense refers to a dictionary t |
| 词典 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 詞典 |
| 辭典 | |
| 1. Variant of 詞典 |
| 辞典 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 辭典 |
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cí diǎn
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