Oxford Chinese Dictionary

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The Oxford Chinese Dictionary • Largest and most up-to-date single-volume
English-Chinese Chinese-English dictionary available • Over 300,000 words,
phrases and 370,000 translations • Input characters using Pinyin or by writing
them on the screen with your finger • Ideal for learners and professional
translators of Chinese and English • No internet connection needed.

By far the largest and most up-to-date single-volume Chinese-English and
English-Chinese dictionary available, and endorsed by academics world-wide,
the Oxford Chinese Dictionary has been designed for both English speakers
learning Chinese and Chinese speakers learning English.

It contains hundreds of thousands of words, including the latest vocabulary
from computing, business, the media, and the arts, as well as tens of
thousands of example phrases illustrating key points of construction and
usage. There are over 300 cultural notes giving essential information about
many aspects of life and culture in the Chinese and English-speaking worlds.
All English material has been compiled by English native speaker experts, and
all the Chinese material by Chinese native speaker experts based in China and
so in daily contact with modern Mandarin Chinese

This ground-breaking dictionary is an indispensable reference for anyone who
needs a comprehensive and authoritative Chinese-English English-Chinese
dictionary: professionals, students, academics; for use at work or at home.

For Leaners of Chinese:

• all Chinese headwords are shown with Pinyin so learners can easily learn the
pronunciation of a Chinese character.

• part of speech (noun, verb etc.) of each headword is shown telling you how
to use a word in a sentence.

• notes on aspects of Chinese culture, e.g. 科举, 唐诗, are included under
relevant entries.

• look up characters by writing them on the screen.

For Learners of English:

• includes IPA pronunciation of English headwords.

• part of speech of each headword is shown as well as irregular forms.

• notes on aspects of British and American culture, e.g. Big Ben, Native
American, are included under relevant entries.

--- Chinese character input methods ---
Enter Chinese characters using one of five methods:

(i) Hanyu Pinyin,

(ii) writing character on the screen with your finger (automatic handwriting
recognition)

--Search Features--
• wildcard search: enter “?” or “*” in place of a letter when you are unsure
of the spelling (e.g., “man*in” retrieves the word “mandarin”).

• browse through the dictionary alphabetically or flip from one entry to the
next with a flick of a finger.

• search results are narrowed down as you type your look-up word.

--Vocab Revision--
• history menu lists all your recent word searches.

• save words and expressions to any number of flashcard folders.

• mark words in your flashcard folder which you still need to memorize.

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Oxford Chinese Dictionary

© Oxford University Press and Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press
2010

The Chinese-English source text is adapted from the New Century Chinese-
English Dictionary, published by Foreign Language and Research Press ©Foreign
Language Teaching and Research Press 2003.

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