事典

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	canon; dictionary
simp. and trad. (事典)		事	典

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ din²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhdiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tien³
    • Yale: shr̀-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhdean
    • Palladius: шидянь (šidjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ din²
    • Yale: sih dín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ din²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ din²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² tiːn³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 事典

1. encyclopedia

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	典
じ Grade: 3	てん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• Homophones: 辞典, 字典

Noun

事(じ)典(てん) • (jiten) 

1. (literally) subject-book, such as a terminology dictionary, flower book, animal book and encyclopedia, etc.

Derived terms

• 百科事典(ひゃっかじてん) (hyakka jiten): encyclopedia

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
事	典

Noun

事典 • (sajeon) (hangeul 사전)

1. hanja form^? of 사전 (“encyclopedia”)