Scoobyqueen Posted July 7, 2010 at 07:58 PM Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 at 07:58 PM My colleague just purchased a visual dictionary which has small photographs of all sorts of useful vocabulary, including animals, anatomy, insects etc. It is just the sort of book you can carry and then if something technical turns up you can quickly look it up. Hers was for Arabic. However it should be available for Chinese. The publisher was called Coventgarden but I am only able to find German-Chinese. I am wondering if anyone has heard of this visual dictionary or if there is a simlar one for Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted July 7, 2010 at 09:06 PM Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 at 09:06 PM Hello, This book does not have photos but drawings of thousands of things. You can see a preview at amazon. The book is the Oxford - Duden pictorial chinese English dictionary. I have found it helpful. here is the amazon URL: http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Duden-Pictorial-English-Chinese-Dictionary/dp/0195827856#_ Hope this helps Shelley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted July 7, 2010 at 09:28 PM Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 at 09:28 PM Alas, the Amazon preview for me didn't show any of the pages that has pictures! However, in looking I came across the DK version, which is much smaller (and hence obviously less complete). On the plus side (I guess) it includes pinyin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Jackson Posted July 8, 2010 at 12:22 AM Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 at 12:22 AM I have a copy of the Longman Chinese-English Visual Dictionary of Chinese Culture: http://www.amazon.com/Longman-Chinese-English-Dictionary-Chinese-Mandarin/dp/7810466623/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278548098&sr=8-1 It has drawings, not photos, but includes pinyin. Around 580 pages of eminently useful vocab. There's a link here: http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/10734-picture-dictionary/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted July 8, 2010 at 04:18 AM Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 at 04:18 AM As an alternative, Google Image search works much the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumdumdum Posted July 8, 2010 at 08:09 AM Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 at 08:09 AM you should probably get this: visual dict comes in 5 languages, eng/fr/deu/jap/chn. got one for my girlfriend a couple of years ago for 45rmb, at annual di'tan book exhibition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted July 8, 2010 at 02:24 PM Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 at 02:24 PM As an alternative, Google Image search works much the same way. I find Google Image search only useful the other way around: if I find the name of something I don't know, and I want to know what it is. These types of books I find more useful when I have a mental image of something, and I want to know it's names. For these situations, how would you suggest using google image search? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristotle1990 Posted July 8, 2010 at 03:07 PM Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 at 03:07 PM I find Google Image search only useful the other way around: if I find the name of something I don't know, and I want to know what it is. These types of books I find more useful when I have a mental image of something, and I want to know it's names. For these situations, how would you suggest using google image search? http://www.tineye.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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