geek_frappa Posted March 27, 2004 at 02:21 PM Report Posted March 27, 2004 at 02:21 PM Recently I have bought two 朗文中文高級新辭典（第二版) (ISBN 9620051521), one for myself and the other for my niece. It is new, modern, in traditional Chinese, with hanyu pinyin, zhuyin fuhao, cantonese pronunciations, cangji codes and about 60,000 entries with good explanations. I spent hours in a Commercial Press bookstore browsing through all kinds of Chinese-Chinese dictionaries and chose this one. And I recommend it. skylee! i have received this dictionaries!! They are wonderful!! I literally spent hours browsing it yesterday. It's wonderful! Thank you for the recommendations!!! I owe you so much! Quote
skylee Posted March 28, 2004 at 04:33 PM Report Posted March 28, 2004 at 04:33 PM You are welcome. And how are you gonna repay me? (since you owe me so much ...) Quote
geek_frappa Posted March 30, 2004 at 03:05 AM Report Posted March 30, 2004 at 03:05 AM And how are you gonna repay me? (since you owe me so much ...) this is a very good question. i'll think of something. Quote
Disenchant Posted March 31, 2004 at 03:20 AM Report Posted March 31, 2004 at 03:20 AM I'm preparing to buy Victor H. Mair-edited Alphabetical Index to the Hanyu Da Cidian. However I realize this is only an index of the 12-volume, over 20,000 page 汉语大词典. Does anyone know where I can purchase that as well? Quote
sunyata Posted April 4, 2004 at 12:04 AM Report Posted April 4, 2004 at 12:04 AM Thanks to geek_frappa for the dictionary! ;) And thank you skylee for suggesting it! wish I could meet you guys/girls in person... Quote
skylee Posted April 4, 2004 at 12:49 AM Report Posted April 4, 2004 at 12:49 AM Disenchant, for 漢語大詞典 take a look at this. You can buy it on-line from the HK Commercial Press (when you are using this kind of dictionaries I think you will have no problems reading a Chinese website). The cost is USD370 plus shipping charge. The dictionay is in simplified Chinese. Or you might consider its CD-ROM version, which is only USD128 plus shipping charge. This version is in traditional Chinese. HK Commercial Press is a reliable book store/publisher. I haven't used its on-line service though. Quote
geek_frappa Posted April 4, 2004 at 02:18 AM Report Posted April 4, 2004 at 02:18 AM sunyata, 別客氣 actually, the thanks should go to my girlfriend and her mom who mailed it after a lot of my friends hunted for the best prices and relayed them to me by SMS... ^_^ it was fun! happy to help! Quote
geek_frappa Posted April 4, 2004 at 02:22 AM Report Posted April 4, 2004 at 02:22 AM Does the Longman one include Cantonese pronunciation on top of pinyin? the one you have now is also a Longman (郎文, cantonese pronounciation). i call it Skylee's Dictionary. which Longman are you talking about? is there another version? one more thing i am so happy about is the back of Skylee's Dictionary. it show pictures of artifacts and native people in China. i want to visit the countryside and travel the silk road when i go to China next year. ok, i'll be quiet now. Quote
skylee Posted April 14, 2004 at 08:56 AM Report Posted April 14, 2004 at 08:56 AM These two dictionaries (Chinese-Chinese) are worth considering - 漢語成語詳解詞典 (in traditional Chinese, with about 2500 entries, published by the Commercial Press (Hong Kong)) 成語熟語詞典 (in traditional Chinese, with about 7500 entries, published by the Commerical Press (Beijing)) Quote
eric Posted April 15, 2004 at 05:13 AM Report Posted April 15, 2004 at 05:13 AM Get a dictionary when you're a beginner or a veteran, it's just good to have at any stage. As for good dictionaries, I noticed that the online ones suck a little too, so I've made my own that allows phrase based searching of CEDICT. What I mean is you can search for a sequence of english words, pinyin words or characters anywhere (in the middle of a word/definition, etc). I found it very useful for getting things like, all idioms with a certain character. Unfortunately, I don't have a good host for it yet. After I get a job I'll finish it up and post a link though. Another neat thing I wanted to do was have it scour google for new words too but i guess that's hopeful. Quote
geek_frappa Posted April 15, 2004 at 12:40 PM Report Posted April 15, 2004 at 12:40 PM many dictionaries are FREE, so there is no incentive to make good dictionaries. mine is also pretty bad, but it is not designed for reference. it is designed for simple uses and people who want to see LARGE characters. try this... 1. enter a word 2. get the translation 3. search it on google or timway... OR 4. try to search dictionaries better than mine sample search: http://chinese.primezero.com/pzcdz/u.php?search=milk+tea http://chinese.primezero.com/pzcdz/u.php?search=ye+li%3B (one of my favorite searches) Quote
eric Posted April 16, 2004 at 06:33 AM Report Posted April 16, 2004 at 06:33 AM Nice, I like the functions of your dictionary, but the layout/colors hurt my brain hehe. Why not slap on a nice CSS layout and get rid of the ads? btw, why is each line of your html separated by like 20 blank lines? Quote
lucvileyn Posted February 1, 2009 at 01:39 PM Report Posted February 1, 2009 at 01:39 PM The Hanyu Da Cidian uses a novice 200 radical system. Is there someone who can post this list of radicals with their variants and Chinese names? Or a link where I can find them on the Internet. Thank you in advance. Quote
imron Posted February 1, 2009 at 02:09 PM Report Posted February 1, 2009 at 02:09 PM This thread contains several useful links, especially on the second page. Quote
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