辞典

辭典

cídiǎn

noun HSK 7-9 #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

HSK 3

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.

HSK 4

这本辞典的内容很丰富，解释也很详细。

Zhè běn cídiǎn de nèiróng hěn fēngfù, jiěshì yě hěn xiángxì.

This dictionary has rich content and very detailed explanations.

HSK 5

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.

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