New Age Chinese English Dictionary [Hardcover]

Wu Jingrong (Author), Cheng Zhenqiu (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 2176 pages
• Publisher: The Commercial Press of China (January 1, 2001)
• Language: Chinese
• ISBN-10: 7100027179
• ISBN-13: 978-7100027175
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.3 x 3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #781,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Choice, September 7, 2002

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Mark "markalexander100" (Oxford, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Age Chinese English Dictionary (Hardcover)

This dictionary is extremely comprehensive, equally useful for reading modern and classical texts. It's much more up to date than most Chinese dictionaries, and is one of the few to include internet-related and other modern terms.
Unusually for a dictionary produced in China, the radical index is good and clear.
Also noteworthy are the appendices, which provide clear information on everything from ethnic groups to terms for family members, from musical instrumets to acupuncture points.
All in all, the best choice for an advanced student of the language.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best general use dictionary, October 20, 2004

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Edward A. Adamski (Shanghai) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Age Chinese English Dictionary (Hardcover)

This dictionary is without a doubt of the same standard as the Oxford English Dictionary.

I have used this dictionary almost daily for about 3 years and have always found the word I am looking for, be it through pinyin or radical.

The print is easy to read and supplies both the simplified and traditional character. This is then followed by a clear, precise, and succinct definition. The dictionary includes most of the set phrases as well. I cannot say enough good things about this dictionary.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great dictionary with lots of extras, March 26, 2007

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F. J. Powell (Chester, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Age Chinese English Dictionary (Hardcover)

I just bought the 2006 edition of this dictionary in Beijing last week (the price has gone up to a whopping 112 yuan/14 US$--c'mon Amazon, you're losing your competitive edge!). In the store I compared it to the big dictionary recommended by my professor, and found that the New Age dictionary not only had more entries per word, but also had many more idomatic usages as well. Plus it includes proper names and place names, classical, cultural and folklore references, tons of botanical and esoteric references and finally has a big appendix including all sorts of helpful charts about family relationships, heavenly stems, chinese musical instruments (illustrated), Chinese governmental offices, a breakdown of the Chinese communist party, and many more things, making it almost a mini almanac! The only negatives are that the introduction is in Chinese only, there doesn't seem to be list of the chinese abbreviations for 'part of speech' notations (ie--'v','adj','m. word', etc), and the print is not as big as I wish it were.(NOTE: Mar, 2008--I've translated the Parts of Speech notations myself, and will be glad to email anyone a copy to tip into the dictionary) But I still really recommend this one!