査 {chá}

1. to research
2. to check
3. to investigate
4. to examine
5. to refer to
6. to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

查 caa⁴ {chá}

1. to research
2. to check
3. to investigate
4. to examine
5. to refer to
6. to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

部首 bou⁶ sau² {bù shǒu}

the key or radical by which a character is arranged in a traditional Chinese dictionary

詞典〔词-〕 ci⁴ din² {cí diǎn}

1. dictionary (of Chinese compound words)
2. CL: 部,本

辭海〔辞-〕 ci⁴ hoi² {Cí hǎi}

Cihai, an encyclopedic dictionary first published in 1915, and frequently revised

詞目〔词-〕 ci⁴ muk⁶ {cí mù}

1. dictionary headword
2. lexical item
3. term

辭書〔辞书〕 ci⁴ syu¹ {cí shū}

1. word book
2. dictionary
3. encyclopedia

詞條〔词条〕 ci⁴ tiu⁴ {cí tiáo}

1. dictionary entry
2. lexical item
3. term

切韻〔-韵〕 cit³ wan⁵ {Qiè yùn}

Qieyun, the first Chinese rime dictionary from 601 AD, containing 11,500 single-character entries

重編〔-编〕 cung⁴ pin¹ {chóng biān}

(of a dictionary etc) revised edition

方言 fong¹ jin⁴ {Fāng yán}

the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters

廣韻〔广韵〕 gwong² wan⁵ {Guǎng yùn}

Guangyun, Chinese rime dictionary from 11th century, containing 26,194 single-character entries

許慎〔许-〕 heoi² san⁶ {Xǔ Shèn}

Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字

爾雅〔尔-〕 ji⁵ ngaa⁵ {Ěr yǎ}

"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts

揚雄〔扬-〕 joeng⁴ hung⁴ {Yáng Xióng}

Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言

玉篇 juk⁶ pin¹ {Yù piān}

Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王 in 6th century AD

類篇〔类-〕 leoi⁶ pin¹ {Lèi piān}

Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光 et al in 11th century

六書〔-书〕 luk⁶ syu¹ {liù shū}

Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意 (combined ideogram), 形聲 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注 (transfer)

收詞〔-词〕 sau¹ ci⁴ {shōu cí}

1. to collect words
2. to harvest entries for a dictionary

釋名〔释-〕 sik¹ ming⁴ {Shì míng}

"Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords to explain their meaning

聲類〔声类〕 sing¹ leoi⁶ {Shēng lèi}

Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day)

條目〔条-〕 tiu⁴ muk⁶ {tiáo mù}

1. clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document)
2. entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc)

韻目〔韵-〕 wan⁵ muk⁶ {yùn mù}

1. rhyme entry
2. subdivision of a rhyming dictionary (containing all words with the given rhyme)

韻書〔韵书〕 wan⁵ syu¹ {yùn shū}

1. rhyming dictionary
2. traditional Chinese phonetic dictionary with words ordered first by four tones 四聲 then rhyme 韻 (i.e. medial consonant and final)

集韻〔-韵〕 zaap⁶ wan⁵ {Jí yùn}

Jiyun, Chinese rime dictionary with 53,525 single-character entries, published in 11th century

字典 zi⁶ din² {zì diǎn}

1. dictionary
2. character dictionary
3. CL: 本

字林 zi⁶ lam⁴ {Zì lín}

Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD

字彙〔-汇〕 zi⁶ wui⁶ {Zì huì}

Zihui, Chinese character dictionary with 33,179 entries, released in 17th century

查字典 caa⁴ zi⁶ din² {chá zì diǎn}

to look up a dictionary

標題語〔标题语〕 biu¹ tai⁴ jyu⁵ {biāo tí yǔ}

1. title word
2. entry (in dictionary)

檢字表〔检--〕 gim² zi⁶ biu² {jiǎn zì biǎo}

word index (of a dictionary)

檢字法〔检--〕 gim² zi⁶ faat³ {jiǎn zì fǎ}

indexing system for Chinese characters in a dictionary

工具書〔--书〕 gung¹ geoi⁶ syu¹ {gōng jù shū}

reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc)

愛詞霸〔爱词-〕 oi³ ci⁴ baa³ {Ài cí bà}

iCIBA, online dictionary by Kingsoft Corporation, at www.iciba.com

縮印本〔缩--〕 suk¹ jan³ bun² {suō yìn běn}

compact edition (of a dictionary etc)

活字典 wut⁶ zi⁶ din² {huó zì diǎn}

1. walking dictionary
2. well-informed person

正字通 zing³ zi⁶ tung¹ {Zhèng zì tōng}

Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈 in 17th century

張廷玉〔张--〕 zoeng¹ ting⁴ juk⁶ {Zhāng Tíng yù}

Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史 and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典

百科詞典〔--词-〕 baak³ fo¹ ci⁴ din² {bǎi kē cí diǎn}

encyclopedic dictionary

康熙字典 hong¹ hei¹ zi⁶ din² {Kāng xī Zì diǎn}

the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries

龍龕手鑑〔龙龛-鉴〕 lung⁴ ham¹ sau² gaam³ {Lóng kān Shǒu jiàn}

Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical

說文解字〔说---〕 syut³ man⁴ gaai² zi⁶ {Shuō wén Jiě zì}

Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎 in 2nd century

維基詞典〔维-词-〕 wai⁴ gei¹ ci⁴ din² {Wéi jī cí diǎn}

Wiktionary (online dictionary)

袖珍辭典〔--辞-〕 zau⁶ zan¹ ci⁴ din² {xiù zhēn cí diǎn}

pocket dictionary

中華字海〔-华--〕 zung¹ waa⁴ zi⁶ hoi² {Zhōng huá Zì hǎi}

Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994

部首編排法〔--编--〕 bou⁶ sau² pin¹ paai⁴ faat³ {bù shǒu biān pái fǎ}

dictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals

漢語大詞典〔汉语-词-〕 hon³ jyu⁵ daai⁶ ci⁴ din² {Hàn yǔ Dà Cí diǎn}

Hanyu Da Cidian, the most comprehensive Chinese dictionary with over 375,000 word entries, first published between 1986-1994