辞典

辭典

cídiǎn

noun HSK 5 #17,709

Measure Word

一本辞典 běn

Meanings

1 dictionary (especially for words and phrases)
2 lexicon

Characters

words; diction; language

canon; standard; dictionary

Examples

我买了一本英汉辞典。

Wǒ mǎi le yīběn Yīng Hàn cídiǎn.

I bought an English-Chinese dictionary.

这本辞典收录了五万多个词条。

Zhè běn cídiǎn shōulù le wǔwàn duō gè cí tiáo.

This dictionary contains over 50,000 entries.

查辞典是学语言的好习惯。

Chá cídiǎn shì xué yǔyán de hǎo xíguàn.

Looking things up in a dictionary is a good habit for learning languages.

Tips

usage

辞典 and 词典 (cídiǎn) are interchangeable — both mean 'dictionary'. 字典 (zìdiǎn) is specifically a character dictionary organized by individual characters.

usage

Common: 百科辞典 (encyclopedia), 同义词辞典 (thesaurus), 电子辞典 (electronic dictionary).

Stroke Order

辞 cí

典 diǎn