Chinese Dictionary English Online

A revision of the first dictionary of its kind to offer both Cantonese and Mandarin romanizations.Although Chinese-English dictionaries have become increasingly available on the market, one with Cantonese romanizations is still relatively rare. The original Chinese-English Dictionary was the first of its kind to use both Cantonese and Mandarin romanizations. This revised version features: Over 6,000 of the most commonly used single characters Approximately 12,000 terms that illustrate the use of characters Definitions in straightforward English Yale Cantonese Romanization and Hanyu Pinyin systems for characters, allowing a much wider use of the dictionary Three indexes, namely the radical index, the number of strokes index, and the Cantonese romanization index, to facilitate the search for characters Appendices, including an introduction to the Yale Romanization and Hanyu Pinyin systems, as well as a comparison between the four different kinds of Cantonese romanization systems Since its first publication in 1989, Chinese-English Dictionary has become a useful and handy reference for teachers and students of Chinese, and in particular of the Cantonese dialect.The New Asia--Yale-in-China Chinese Language Center is one of the largest institutions of its kind worldwide. Founded in 1963 under the auspices of New Asia College and the Yale-in-China Association, it became part of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1974. Three to four hundred students from over fifty different countries or regions attend the Center each semester, including summer, to study Cantonese or Putonghua from beginning through advanced levels.Distributed by the University of Michigan Press in Canada and the United States and its dependencies.

This dictionary has been referred to as the Rosetta Stone of the Chinese language. A Chinese Dictionary for the Western Mind. This dictionary is a must for every Chinese language student because it is the only dictionary indexed by the root of the character, named the ?radical?. Most Chinese dictionaries are indexed by the pronunciation or the complexity of the character, that is, by the number of strokes in the character. The unique feature of this dictionary is that the characters are looked up using the English word of the radical of a character instead of the number of strokes or the pronunciation of the character. This simple rearrangement dramatically narrows the field of search for any given character. This dictionary teaches how to identify the radical and also provides its etymology to help with memorization Go also includes expansive exercises and indices designed to help the student master recognize and memorize the radicals.