詞典 (ci4 din2 | ci2 dian3) : word/component dictionary

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詞典

ci4 din2

ci2 dian3

word/component dictionary (usually written as 辭典)

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 2,420,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

詞典 / 词典

This word has been viewed 2147 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 26th Jul 2004 08:19 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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詞 ci4 - word; speech; lyrics
典 din2 - rule; statute; law; canon

10 compounds containing this word:

心理詞典 - mental lexicon
詞典學 - [n] lexicography
詞典編者 - lexicographer
地名詞典 - gazetteer
漢語詞典 - a Chinese dictionary
電子詞典 - electronic dictionary
粵日詞典 - a Cantonese-Japanese dictionary
粵英詞典 - a Cantonese-English dictionary
前詞典語音加工 - prelexical phonology
Common Formations:
同義詞詞典 - a thesaurus (lit., "synonym dictionary")

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

辭典 ci4 din2 ci2 dian3 = word/component dictionary

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *

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Decimal representation of this word: 詞典

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10 compounds containing this word:

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *