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字典

zì diǎn

HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 2

Definitions

1. Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[cí diǎn], which has entries for words of one or more characters)
2. (coll.) dictionary

Example Sentences

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我有字典。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 9462615)

你有字典嗎？

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 2705437)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 字典

康熙字典

kāng xī zì diǎn

the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries

walking dictionary

Hanyu Da Zidian, one of the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionaries with 54,678 (and later 60,370) entries, first published between 1986-1990

Child Words of 字典

canon

letter