The Pinyin Chinese-English Dictionary

by Beijing Language Institute

Book Overview

This comprehensive dictionary contains over 6,000 single-character entries, including characters with variant tones. There are over 50,000 compound-character entries and over 70,000 compound words, set phrases and examples - all with Pinyin Romanization. Apart from everyday words and expressions, a number of common classical Chinese words, dialect words, four-character idioms, proverbs and common scientific expressions from both the natural and social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471867969
• ISBN13: 9780471867968
• Release Date: March 1982
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 976 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 8.9"