Oxford Chinese Dictionary and Talking Chinese Dictionary and Instant Translator

by Martin H. Manser (editor), Huan Zhu (Editor), Liangbi Wang (Editor)

An essential reference both for English-speakers learning Chinese and Chinese-speakers learning English, this brand new Oxford Chinese Dictionary offers authoritative, up-to-the-minute coverage, with over 88,000 words and phrases, and 130,000 translations in a practical format.
The Dictionary 's clear layout makes it accessible and straightforward to use, and a detailed index system of radicals helps you find the entry you need quickly and easily. Chinese simplified characters, orthodox characters, and pinyin forms are given for each. Putonghua tones are included. The
Dictionary has also been updated to include the very latest vocabulary, including bioterrorism, e-shopping, WAP phone, domain name, and SARS.
The CD-ROM offers an essential and quick reference tool, eliminating the multi-stage look-up process in the print dictionary. The CD contains character recognition and audio pronunciations for 22,000 single-characters.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Language, China, Dictionaries

1136 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Martin Manser is a professional reference-book editor. Since 1980 he has compiled or edited nearly 200 reference books. He has also compiled and edited many titles that encourage Bible reading.

Reviews

[Jomei · Rating 5 out of 5]

2018-07-26 Donated CD-ROM to Goodwill Murrysville

[Joseph Santiago · Rating 5 out of 5]

I used this book to learn Chinese while in China. When I travel abroad I always used to want a good dictionary to understand my surroundings better. I'm not where I want to be yet with Chinese but I do recommend this book. There is an additional benefit of self defense with this book. It is a heavy brick that will beat away aggressive book thieves!

Mr. Joe

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the few books I hate to leave behind when I travel. What if I suddenly can't remember the right tone for a character in the middle of the night? Better to be safe than sorry, I say.

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Invaluable resource for the intermediate student of Chinese.

[André · Rating 5 out of 5]

Damn. I just wrote the review and it didn't save it... well, in short: Good dictionary, with IPA for English and Pinyin for Chinese. Quite useful and large, with many lexical info. That's all.

[johanna asterisk · Rating 1 out of 5]

too much is missing from this dictionary .. bothersome!