- Paperback: 1885 pages
- Publisher: Far East Book Co,Taiwan; New edition edition (Dec 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 9576122325
- ISBN-13: 978-9576122323
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 12.8 x 7.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 645,943 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This dictionary is the best Chinese-English dictionary I have come across. I've yet to see anything that even comes close to the level of excellence that it attains. This dictionary is essential for any intermediate and advanced student of Chinese. In it are contained some 120,000 entries arranged under some 7330 characters, selected from vast wealth of sources ranging from Chinese classics to newspapers and colloquial language, emphasising wide application and current usage. Whilst not an encyclopaedic dictionary, the entries often contain cultural information. Many proper nouns are included, e.g., names of famous people, famous events, geographical names, etc.
The characters in the dictionary are arranged according to the classical Kangxi radical method, and the common vulgar and corrupt forms of the characters are listed in addition to their standard form. A table of characters whose radical is difficult to identify is provided to aid users. Indices with the characters arranged according to their pronunciation are also very helpful for finding characters whose pronunciation one knows, but whose exact form one cannot remember. The definitions of the characters and phrases are clear and concise, often containing encyclopaedic information, particularly those words pertaining to classical Chinese culture. Pronunciation for the individual characters is given in Pinyin, Zhuyin and Gwoyeu Romatzyh, whilst the pronunciation of the phrases are given only in Zhuyin.
Physically, the dictionary is of a very manageable size, containing some 2000 very thin pages, which are of quality paper. The print, whilst not large, is clean and clearly legible. The book itself is well-bound and not too unwieldy for frequent use.
All in all, then, the Far East Chinese-English Dictionary is a great asset on any Chinese learner's bookshelf. It has everything in its favour: its price, its size, its quality and its content. I simply cannot go past this dictionary, being both comprehensive and concise, and would heartily recommend it to almost anyone who has need of a comprehensive Chinese-English dictionary that is not too large.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a nice book and very exhaustive in its content although the print is very small. Still, it could hardly be kept in compact form otherwise. I'm sure that I'll come to consult it a lot in future BUT it's not actually the book I expected. The book that I had in mind is arranged differently ( I found a copy in Liverpool Central Library some time ago)and has a different ISBN number. I found it on the web a couple of years ago and kept the details in a file on my PC. Annoyingly my hard drive packed up shortly afterwards and the precise details were lost, so I had to rely on what I could remember and the description on Amazon was the closest that I could find. A clear description of its content in the absence of a preview of the working pages of the book would have made this obvious and probably helped me find exactly what I was looking for. No complaints about the book itself or the service.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
A popular and well compiled Dictionary
9 July 1999
Format:Hardcover
This is the Chinese to English dictionary I have seen the most frequently used by ROC immigrants. Written in Traditional Chinese and using Zhu4 Yin1 Fu3 Hao4 (bo po mo fo) this dictionary is great for the user who wants to have a good reference. Also come in an English-Chinese edition.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Useful dictionary with most thorough entries
3 Feb 2003
Format:Paperback
In a world without the ideal Chinese-English dictionary, this one comes close, with the most throrough definitions of any dictionary I've used. Useful in academic settings as well. Uses traditional characters.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
No pinyin pronunciation for compound entries
24 Sep 2005
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Re: isbn 9576122279, hard cover large size ca. 8x10x2.5 in. dictionary. This dict lists entries according to their radical which is perfect to learn the characters in their family, and so learn chinese the most meaningful way (vs. entries listed by alphabetical pinyin: easy to find word but not known how it's formed or which radical it belongs to, eg., the De Francis ABC dictionnary). This dictionary, however, only gives the pinyin pronunc. of the main entries. All the compound entries within a main entry are given a "coded" pinyin pronunc., one may refer to the table in the appendix to decipher how to pronoun it, which is a chore. It seems this dictionary is intended for chinese speakers and not for chinese leaners.
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