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
• 活字典 huó zì diǎn: walking dictionary
• 汉语大字典 hàn yǔ dà zì diǎn: 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

• 字 zì: letter
• 典 diǎn: canon