ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (ABC Chinese Dictionary Series) (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition)

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This dictionary is an expansion of the ground breaking ABC Chinese-English Dictionary, the first strictly alphabetically ordered and Pinyin computerized dictionary. It contains over 196,000 entries, compared to the 71,486 entries of the earlier work, making it the most comprehensive one-volume dictionary of Chinese. The single-sort alphabetic order of the entries provides by far the simplest and fastest way to look up a term whose pronunciation is known. Radical charts help locate characters when the pronunciation of a term is not known and facilitate access to traditional, simplified, and variant forms of characters.

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A valuable reference tool for the learners of spoken Chinese and scholars of Chinese alike-- "American Reference Books Annual"

An important landmark in the history of Chinese lexicography. Among its many achievements, it is going to play an important role in the standardization of pinyinorthography.-- "Modern Language Journal"

Excellent ... An outstanding contribution to the field, in many ways better than other comparable dictionaries.-- "China Review International"

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A valuable reference tool for the learners of spoken Chinese and scholars of Chinese alike (American Reference Books Annual)

An important landmark in the history of Chinese lexicography. Among its many achievements, it is going to play an important role in the standardization of pinyinorthography. (Modern Language Journal)

Excellent ... An outstanding contribution to the field, in many ways better than other comparable dictionaries. (China Review International)

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Series: ABC Chinese Dictionary Series
Hardcover: 1464 pages
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press (April 30, 2003)
Language: English, Mandarin Chinese
ISBN-10: 082482766X
ISBN-13: 978-0824827663
Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 2.1 x 10.2 inches
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Best pinyin CED on the market. Peerless.

ByKent M. Suarezon June 8, 2003

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A superbly complete and accurate work, worth every penny! Like the earlier and more portable 71,000-entry ABC Chinese-English Dictionary (another great book, reviewed separately), this is ordered strictly by pinyin, so you needn't know the characters in a word you hear in order to look it up. But it improves greatly on the original ABC in many important ways besides its comprehensive content (over 196,000 entries). Most vital is the addition of the traditional characters next to the simplified for compounds as well (the original had them only for main entries).
A second huge improvement is that the characters making up compounds are now listed singly *even if* they only occur in compounds, e.g., hu2 and die2 (butterfly) are now listed among the other hu2 and die2 main entries, but it clearly marks that they are bound forms occurring only in the compound hu2die2 (so you know not to use them alone). Actually, the dictionary goes into even more detail, distinguishing characters which are bound in one meaning like sheng1 as in xue2sheng1 student, but not in another like 'to give birth'.
Third is the invaluable addition of measure words, in several ways. By an entry such as umbrella (whether you look it up as the character san3 or the compound yu3san3), you'll find "M: 1ba3" (superscripted 1, then 3rd tone ba with diacritical). The measure word is thus ba3, and the 1 means it's the first character listed under the ba3 entries, so you can easily find it if you don't know it. There's also an appendix of measure words (4 pages worth, unlike many of the measly lists in some other books), not only nominal (to count nouns) but also verbal (for actions, like tang4 in pao3le yi2tang4, made one trip). Incredibly helpful!
Fourth, the top quality binding (library-style, cloth) will last a lifetime, and is worth every penny. Fifth, yes, its comprehensive content, over 196,000 entries, meaning it will definitely still be useful to you when your Chinese reaches an advanced, even fluent level, and they've been able to add much more slang and colloquial words, as well as more Taiwan vs. PRC usage.
Finally, (and this is important) the compilers have been phenomenally careful and professional, truly meticulous and accurate, unlike sloppy, error-laden works like UMUM's Learner's CED or Harbaugh's Chinese Characters: A Genealogy and Dictionary. They have also been very responsive to reader input, as is evidenced by the many improvements to this edition. Absolutely one of the best Chinese-English dictionaries in existence, and a definite must-buy!

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Much essential content for learners in one volume.

ByEritainon September 7, 2016

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Learners desperately need some things that, as far as I know, are only all collected in this dictionary:

Frequency-ordered definitions, not chronologically ordered.

A table of radicals with all the typical graphical variants listed by their own stroke count and writing, not their 'official' form's.

A succinct chart of the more tractable Simplified/Traditional correspondences. (As opposed to the widespread practice of pretending a learner can postpone coming to grips with one or the other system.)

A summary of variation between fonts, between national standards, etc.

Morphology: Whether a character is bound or free, or both but with different meanings, etc. Because after all, Mandarin is not Wenyan, and a learner can't afford to pretend it's all made of one-syllable words.

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Indespensible, easy to use and comprehensive.

ByS. Littleon November 6, 2005

Format: Hardcover

This dictionary is an indispensable dictionary for anyone who has any need for a Chinese-English dictionary. It is organized alphabetically by pinyin. Looking up a compound term is very easy. I know of no other Chinese-English dictionary that has so many compound entries or is so easy to use once the pinyin is known.

Another plus is it adheres to the National Standard of the People's Republic of China for Hanyu Pinyin Orthography. This means if you want to know the correct pinyin for a compound this dictionary is without peer. The rules for separating and joining words; rules for spelling fused phrase expressions are all given and adhered to. When I want to double check I have transliterated a Chinese term, book title or address correctly into pinyin this is the dictionary I use.

In the one year that I have been using this dictionary I have only come across a few twentieth century compounds that not listed in this dictionary. A very nice feature is the entries clearly state when a character is a bound form and can not appear alone (modern usage only).

There is no wasted space in this dictionary, each page is laid out in the traditional three column dictionary format. The characters and compounds are labeled as to parts of speech, whether it is a measure word or compound, what the area of usage is (Taiwan as well as PRC; slang, colloquial, linguistic, medical, legal, scientific, etc.) and whether it is chiefly in written material versus ordinary speech. Both simple and complex forms of the character are given.

The appendices contain conversion tables for Pinyin, Wade-Giles, Guoyeu Romatzyh, Yale and Zhuyin Fuhao; character look up tables by stroke count (sub-indexed by stroke type) and by radical index. Also a table of standard and variant character forms is given.

The typeface is modern, easy to read and is slightly larger than the type in my Webster's Third New International Dictionary. (I.e., the big dictionary found in all libraries that sits on top of a dictionary stand.)

I own at least a half dozen Chinese-English dictionaries (including some very specialized ones) and two Chinese-Chinese dictionaries and this dictionary is the one that I use the most. A huge improvement over older (but modern) Chinese-English dictionaries.