zì diǎn

Translation

  • Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters)
  • (coll.) dictionary
  • CL:本[ben3]

Examples

  • 当他写字时, 他总是随手拿著一本字典
    When he writes, he always keeps a dictionary at hand.
  • 我用我的字典查了那几个字。
    I looked up the words in my dictionary.
  • 我的字典里没有这个词。
    The word is not in my dictionary.
  • 这本字典包含了约4万个词条。
    This dictionary contains about 40,000 headwords.
  • 这本字典是谁的?
    Whose dictionary is this?
  • 你们该养成使用字典的习惯。
    You should try to form the habit of using your dictionaries.
  • 字典是一项极花时间的工作。
    Compiling a dictionary demands an enormous amount of time.
  • 这是我的字典
    This is my dictionary.
  • 字典上写的不总是对的。
    What a dictionary says is not always right.
  • 我一天也离不开这本字典
    I cannot do without this dictionary even for a single day.
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