字典

Chinese

		letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	canon; dictionary
simp. and trad. (字典)		字	典

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): zi⁶ din²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): du⁵ en²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-tién
• Min Dong (BUC): cê-diēng
• Min Nan (POJ): lī-tián / jī-tián
• Wu (Wiktionary): zr ti (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zìdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhdean
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ din²
    • Yale: jih dín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ din²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ din²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² tiːn³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: du⁵ en²
    • IPA ^(key): /tu³² en⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-tién
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii dien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ dian³
    • IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ti̯en³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cê-diēng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡si²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lieŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-tián
    • Tâi-lô: lī-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixdiern
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-tián
    • Tâi-lô: jī-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixdiern
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑi³³⁻²¹ tiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zr ti (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻z̩²² ti⁴⁴/

Noun

字典

1. dictionary of Chinese characters; Han character dictionary (Classifier: 本)

   查字典  ―  chá zìdiǎn  ―  to look up a dictionary

Derived terms

• 活字典 (huózìdiǎn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (字典):

• Japanese: 字 (じ)典 (てん) (jiten)
• Korean: 자전 (字典, jajeon)
• Vietnamese: tự điển (字典)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
字	典
じ Grade: 1	てん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) じてん [jìtéń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑitẽ̞ɴ]
• Homophones: 辞典, 事典

Noun

字典 (hiragana じてん, rōmaji jiten)

1. dictionary of kanji; Han character dictionary

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Korean

Hanja in this term
字	典

Noun

字典 • (jajeon) (hangeul 자전)

1. Hanja form^? of 자전, “, a Han character dictionary”.

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
字	典

Noun

字典 (tự điển)

1. Hán tự form of tự điển, “a Han character dictionary”