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4.0 out of 5 stars
Compact and concise
This dictionary contains listings for about 10,000 words. Being a "concise" dictionary, most of the definitions are very short, mostly one-for-one word equivalents. Fortunately the romanization system is pinyin. It is compact enough to be easily carried in one's pocket. I would say that in situations where luggage space is limited, for the number of entries...
Published on February 15, 2001 by Jeffrey L. Guthery
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Nowhere near the Oxford Press Concise
You will regret buying this when you see everyone else in China using the Oxford Press/Shangwu Yinshuguan Concise Chinese-English English-Chinese Dictionary. That dictionary has a much larger vocabulary and better indexes. Search Amazon again under Oxford's editor A.P. Cowie.
Published on October 2, 1998
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Nowhere near the Oxford Press Concise,
By A Customer
This review is from: Concise Chinese English Dictionary Romanized (Tuttle Language Library) (Paperback)
You will regret buying this when you see everyone else in China using the Oxford Press/Shangwu Yinshuguan Concise Chinese-English English-Chinese Dictionary. That dictionary has a much larger vocabulary and better indexes. Search Amazon again under Oxford's editor A.P. Cowie.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Very good for the tyro (like me),
By bigd@techheadnet.com (Twin Lakes, Wi, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Concise Chinese English Dictionary Romanized (Tuttle Language Library) (Paperback)
The vocabulary is slightly limited and the chinese charactars too small for untrained eyes to make out. Great for learning vocabulary but not good for learning the written language
4.0 out of 5 stars
Compact and concise,
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This review is from: Concise Chinese English Dictionary Romanized (Tuttle Language Library) (Paperback)
This dictionary contains listings for about 10,000 words. Being a "concise" dictionary, most of the definitions are very short, mostly one-for-one word equivalents. Fortunately the romanization system is pinyin. It is compact enough to be easily carried in one's pocket. I would say that in situations where luggage space is limited, for the number of entries versus size, it is well worth the money.
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Concise Chinese English Dictionary Romanized (Tuttle Language Library) by James C. Quo (Paperback - December 15, 1989)
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