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Chinese Pinyin Translation
活字典 huó zì diǎn walking dictionary / well-informed person
Chinese Pinyin Translation
拐杖 guǎi zhàng crutches / crutch / walking stick syn
字典 zì diǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:本[ben3]
辞典 辭典 cí diǎn dictionary (variant of 詞典|词典[ci2dian3]) / CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
词典 詞典 cí diǎn dictionary / also written 辭典|辞典[ci2 dian3] / CL:部[bu4],本[ben3]
驻足 駐足 zhù zú to stop (walking) / to halt syn
条目 條目 tiáo mù clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc) syn
高跷 高蹺 gāo qiāo stilts / walking on stilts as component of folk dance
前脚 前腳 qián jiǎo one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
灯会 燈會 dēng huì carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance
词条 詞條 cí tiáo entry (in a dictionary)
字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
竞走 競走 jìng zǒu walking race (athletics event)
拐棍 guǎi gùn cane / walking stick syn
步履维艰 步履維艱 bù lǚ wéi jiān to have difficulty walking (idiom) / to walk with difficulty syn
大步流星 dà bù liú xīng at a stride / taking large steps (while walking) syn
工具书 工具書 gōng jù shū reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc)
辞海 辭海 cí hǎi Cihai, encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936
走在 zǒu zài walking (on sth)
步道 bù dào walking path / pathway
独步 獨步 dú bù lit. walking alone / prominent / unrivalled / outstanding syn
行尸走肉 行屍走肉 xíng shī zǒu ròu walking corpse (idiom) / zombie / person who lives only on the material level syn
后脚 後腳 hòu jiǎo (one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking)
辞书 辭書 cí shū dictionary / encyclopedia
如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice syn
尔雅 爾雅 ěr yǎ "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
走步 zǒu bù to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball)
查 chá to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) syn
杖 zhàng a staff / a rod / cane / walking stick / to flog with a stick (old) syn
六书 六書 liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
缩印本 縮印本 suō yìn běn compact edition (of a dictionary etc)
蹡 qiāng (manner of walking)
一走了之 yī zǒu liǎo zhī to avoid a problem by walking away from it / to quit
韵书 韻書 yùn shū rime dictionary (ancient type of Chinese dictionary that collates characters by tone and rhyme rather than by radical)
儦 biāo walking to and fro
步犁 bù lí walking plow
辿 chān used in names, e.g. 龍王辿|龙王辿[Long2 wang2 Chan1] Longwang Chan, a place in Shaanxi Province / (literary) (of one's walking pace) slow
跮 chì hasty walking
履险如夷 履險如夷 lǚ xiǎn rú yí lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom) / fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly syn
拽步 zhuài bù to take long strides / to hurry (while walking)
撒呓挣 撒囈掙 sā yì zhēng somniloquy / to talk or act in one's sleep / sleep-walking
走索 zǒu suǒ tightrope walking
走绳 走繩 zǒu shéng tightrope walking
踥蹀 qiè dié walking / in motion
步行性肺炎 walking pneumonia
顺拐 順拐 shùn guǎi to swing the arm and leg on the same side of the body together while walking
李铁拐 李鐵拐 lǐ tiě guǎi Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
行板 xíng bǎn andante / at a walking pace
躣 qú (manner of walking)
辅具 輔具 fǔ jù assistive device (walking frame, hearing aid etc)
款段 kuǎn duàn (literary) pony / (of a horse) walking leisurely
经行 經行 jīng xíng to perform walking meditation
学步车 學步車 xué bù chē baby walker / baby walking frame
森林浴 sēn lín yù forest bathing: spending time in a forest, walking or deep-breathing etc, as therapy (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 森林浴 "shinrin'yoku")
莲步 蓮步 lián bù (literary) light, airy steps (as if walking on lotuses) / elegant gait of a woman
词头 詞頭 cí tóu prefix / headword (in a dictionary)
广韵 廣韻 guǎng yùn Guangyun, Chinese rime dictionary 韻書|韵书[yun4 shu1] from 11th century, containing 26,194 single-character entries
中华字海 中華字海 zhōng huá zì hǎi Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994
康熙字典 kāng xī zì diǎn the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries
张廷玉 張廷玉 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[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3]
爱词霸 愛詞霸 ài cí bà iCIBA, online dictionary by Kingsoft Corporation, at www.iciba.com
扬雄 揚雄 yáng xióng Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言[Fang1 yan2]
收词 收詞 shōu cí to collect words / to harvest entries for a dictionary
梅里亚姆·韦伯斯特 梅里亞姆·韋伯斯特 MeiliyamuWeibosite Merriam-Webster (dictionary)
标题语 標題語 biāo tí yǔ title word / entry (in dictionary)
检字法 檢字法 jiǎn zì fǎ indexing system for Chinese characters in a dictionary
检字表 檢字表 jiǎn zì biǎo word index (of a dictionary)
百科词典 百科詞典 bǎi kē cí diǎn encyclopedic dictionary
维基词典 維基詞典 wéi jī cí diǎn Wiktionary (online dictionary)
编辑词条 編輯詞條 biān jí cí tiáo to edit an entry (in online dictionary)
袖珍辞典 袖珍辭典 xiù zhēn cí diǎn pocket dictionary
许慎 許慎 xǔ shèn Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字|说文解字[Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4]
词目 詞目 cí mù headword (in a dictionary)
说文解字 說文解字 shuō wén jiě zì Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎[Xu3 Shen4] in 2nd century
部首编排法 部首編排法 bù shǒu biān pái fǎ dictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals
释名 釋名 shì míng "Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords to explain their meaning
重编 重編 chóng biān (of a dictionary etc) revised edition
韵目 韻目 yùn mù rhyme entry / subdivision of a rhyming dictionary (containing all words with the given rhyme)
汉语大词典 漢語大詞典 hàn yǔ dà cí diǎn Hanyu Da Cidian, the largest Chinese dictionary, with over 375,000 word entries, first published 1986-1994
集韵 集韻 jí yùn Jiyun, Chinese rime dictionary with 53,525 single-character entries, published in 11th century
类篇 類篇 lèi piān Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] et al in 11th century
龙龛手鉴 龍龕手鑒 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
玉篇 yù piān Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王|顾野王[Gu4 Ye3 wang2] in 6th century AD
正字通 zhèng zì tōng Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈|张自烈[Zhang1 Zi4 lie4] in 17th century
字林 zì lín Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD
数据字典 數據字典 data dictionary
梅里亚姆・韦伯斯特 梅里亞姆・韋伯斯特 méi lǐ yà mǔ · wéi bó sī tè Merriam-Webster (dictionary)
声类 聲類 shēng lèi Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day)
梅里亚姆·韦伯斯特 梅里亞姆·韋伯斯特 méi lǐ yà mǔ · wéi bó sī tè Merriam-Webster (dictionary)
电子词典 電子詞典 diàn zǐ cí diǎn electronic dictionary
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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