Zidian is a much older and more common word than cidian, and Yang notes zidian is often "used for both 'character dictionary' and 'word dictionary'. 'character dictionary') combines zi ( 字 "character, graph letter, script, writing word") and dian ( 典 "dictionary, encyclopedia standard, rule statute, canon classical allusion").įor word dictionaries, cidian is interchangeably written ( 辭典/ 辞典 cídiǎn tzʻŭ²-tien³ "word dictionary") or ( 詞典/ 词典 cídiǎn tzʻŭ²-tien³ "word dictionary") using cí ( 辭 "word, speech phrase, expression diction, phraseology statement a kind of poetic prose depart decline resign"), and its graphic variant cí ( 詞 "word, term expression, phrase speech, statement part of speech a kind of tonal poetry").
The Chinese language has two words for dictionary: zidian (character/logograph dictionary) for written forms, that is, Chinese characters, and cidian (word/phrase dictionary), for spoken forms.įor character dictionaries, zidian ( Chinese: 字典 pinyin: zìdiǎn Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-tien³ lit. The general term císhū ( 辭書, "lexicographic books") semantically encompasses "dictionary lexicon encyclopedia glossary". There are hundreds of dictionaries for the Chinese language, and this article discusses some of the most important. 8th century) page from the Yiqiejing yinyi, the oldest extant Chinese dictionary of Buddhist technical terminologyĬhinese dictionaries date back over two millennia to the Han dynasty, which is a significantly longer lexicographical history than any other language. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points.
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