Chinese English Dictionary

This dictionary, also available in a pocket edition, ushers in a new era in Chinese lexicography. The first strictly alphabetically ordered and Pinyin computerized dictionary, it offers the simplest and quickest way to look up a term whose pronunciation is known. User-friendly radical and stroke indexes are provided for those cases when pronunciation of a term is not known. Each entry provides Chinese characters, part of speech, environment (area and level of usage), definition in English, and, possibly, examples. An innovative typographical format packs more than 71,400 entries into a handy, portable size without any sacrifice of legibility.

Along with its companion volume, an English-Chinese dictionary, this reference was devised for use in high schools and colleges to facilitate both comprehension and reproduction. Compiled by an expert lexicographer, these dictionaries draw upon the best traditions of language learning, with particular emphasis on syntactic structure, functional elements such as particles, and idiomatic expressions.