![]() ![]() The new edition of the Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary is the perfect reference for student and adult learners needing an affordable, portable dictionary. Mandarin pronunciations are provided in pinyin. You can quickly find the character you need with look up in pinyin or by using the radical index. This dictionary is ideal for English and Chinese learners alike, with Chinese simplified and traditional characters as well as pinyin romanization used throughout. It also includes a 'useful phrases' section to help you when travelling. The communication supplement gives help with all types of correspondence, including example letters, and emails to improve writing skills. More than just a dictionary, this handy reference book also includes a brand new section on communication giving you the tools you need to communicate effectively and understand aspects of another culture. The Chinese-English section of the dictionary is organised alphabetically by Pinyin and there is also a radical index which allows you to look up a character without knowing its Pinyin form.Authoritative and up-to-date, this fourth edition of the Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary covers over 90,000 words and phrases, and over 120,000 translations of contemporary Chinese and English, with brand-new words in each language. At this price, you can find devices with a large word database and a variety of features. Mid-range: The average here is around 100. ![]() At this price, you’ll largely find kids’ models or those with limited words or features. All the English headwords are also shown with phonetics, so that the learner of English can pronounce each one correctly. Inexpensive: Electronic dictionaries start at around 20. ![]() Chinese headwords are given in Simplified Chinese characters, but Traditional Chinese character versions are also given in brackets after the headwords when they differ from the Simplified form. All Chinese headwords and compounds are shown with Pinyin transcriptions, so that the learner of Chinese can pronounce each one correctly. The organization and layout have been designed for maximum clarity and accessibility. There are also over 50 pages of lexical and usage notes which contain helpful extra information about Chinese and English. Extensive supplementary material includes sample letters and emails, guides to telephoning and text messaging in both Chinese and English, chronologies of Chinese history and culture, and features on particularly difficult aspects of the Chinese language, such as kinship terms and measure words. The English is based on the Oxford English Corpus, and the Chinese draws on the LIVAC corpus from the City University of Hong Kong. The dictionary is based throughout on corpus research for both English and Chinese, providing up-to-date evidence on real language. There are over 300 cultural notes giving essential information about many aspects of life and culture in the Chinese- and English-speaking worlds. ![]() The Oxford Chinese Dictionary contains over 300,000 words and phrases and 370,000 translations, including the latest vocabulary from computing, business, the media, and the arts, and tens of thousands of example phrases illustrating key points of construction and usage. It has been produced using the latest lexicographic methods and the unique dictionary resources of Oxford University Press in Oxford and Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press in Beijing, together with an international body of expert advisors. By far the largest and most up-to-date single-volume English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionary available and endorsed by academics worldwide, the Oxford Chinese Dictionary has been designed both for English speakers learning Mandarin Chinese and Mandarin Chinese speakers learning English. ![]()
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