词典学

詞典學

cídiǎnxué

noun #65,048

Meanings

1 lexicography
2 the study and craft of compiling dictionaries

Characters

canon; standard work

Examples

他在大学里教词典学。

Tā zài dàxué lǐ jiāo cídiǎnxué.

He teaches lexicography at the university.

词典学是应用语言学的一个分支。

Cídiǎnxué shì yìngyòng yǔyánxué de yī gè fēnzhī.

Lexicography is a branch of applied linguistics.

Tips

memory

词典 = dictionary, 学 = the study of. 'Dictionary studies' = lexicography. The same -学 suffix builds 语言学 (linguistics), 文学 (literature), 数学 (math).

Stroke Order

词 cí

典 diǎn

学 xué