Xiandai Hanyu Cidian
| Contemporary Chinese Dictionary | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Research Institutes of Language Department of Dictionary |
| Country |  China |
| Language | Chinese |
| Genre(s) | Dictionary |
| Publisher | Commercial Press (Beijing) |
| Publication date | June 2005 (5th edition) |
| Pages | 1870 pages |
| ISBN | 9787100043854 |
Xiandai Hanyu Cidian (现代汉语词典/現代漢語詞典), also known as the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary, is an authoritative one-volume Chinese language dictionary published by the Commercial Press, now into its 5th (2005) edition. It was originally edited by and as a reference work on modern Standard Chinese. First published in 1973, it was the first People's Republic of China dictionary to be arranged according to Hanyu Pinyin, the phonetic standard for Standard Chinese, with explanatory notes in simplified Chinese.
The first edition of the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary won China's First National Book Award and was compiled as an authoritative reference work for modern native Chinese speakers. Although the Xiandai Hanyu Dictionary is not as comprehensive as the multi-volumed Hanyu Da Cidian, the single-volume dictionary is popular, especially amongst students at tertiary levels and the general populace. In comparison, the more compactly sized Xinhua Zidian tends to target native learners at the primary to secondary levels.
The fifth edition contains about 56,000 entries including characters, words and expressions, idiomatic phrases and idioms. The dictionary is also available in digital format on CD-ROMs and Traditional Chinese digital versions.
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