词典詞典 cídiǎn — dictionary (of words)
cídiǎn (second tone, rising)ci2dian3
Traditional: 詞典
dictionary (of words)
HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)nounMeasure word 本Measure word 个
Meanings
dictionary (of words)
A book of words with their meanings. Chinese distinguishes it from 字典, which files single characters: you look a character up in a 字典 and a word in a 词典.
noun
Example sentences
- 老师让我们买一本汉语词典。老師讓我們買一本漢語詞典。Lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) ràng (fourth tone, falling) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) mǎi (third tone, dipping) yì (fourth tone, falling) běn (third tone, dipping) Hànyǔ (fourth tone, falling) cídiǎn. (second tone, rising)···
The teacher told us to buy a Chinese dictionary.
- 这本词典不太贵。這本詞典不太貴。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) běn (third tone, dipping) cídiǎn (second tone, rising) bú (second tone, rising) tài (fourth tone, falling) guì. (fourth tone, falling)···
This dictionary isn’t very expensive.