ABC Chinese-English Dictionary: Desk Reference Edition

by John DeFrancis

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824823206
• ISBN13: 9780824823207
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 920 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

One of the most systematic and comprehensive pinyin based dictionary.

Students of the Chinese language will greatly benefit from this dictionary which is a truly great compendium of Chinese PinYin, easy to use.