Chinese Dictionaries - Modern Chinese Lexicography

Modern Chinese Lexicography

The Kangxi Zidian served as the standard Chinese dictionary for generations, is still published and is now online. Contemporary lexicography is divisible between bilingual and monolingual Chinese dictionaries.

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