字典

Chinese

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

Etymology

First used in the name of the Kangxi Dictionary (康熙字典).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi⁶ din²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): du⁵ en²

• Gan (Wiktionary): ci⁵ dien³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-tién

  (Hailu, HRS): sii^˖ dien^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): si⁴ diên³

• Eastern Min (BUC): cê-diēng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zo⁵ deng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lī-tián / jī-tián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ri⁷ diang² / ri⁷ diêng²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy-ti

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhdiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-tien³
    • Yale: dz̀-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhdean
    • Palladius: цзыдянь (czydjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ din²
    • Yale: jih dín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ din²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ din²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² tiːn³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: du⁵ en²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³² en⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ci⁵ dien³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩¹¹ tiɛn²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-tién
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii dien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ dian³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ti̯en³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^˖ dien^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³³ tien²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: si⁴ diên³
    • Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tiɛn³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cê-diēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lieŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zo⁵ deng³ [Phonetic: zo⁵ leng³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ceō-dêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so¹¹ ^(t-)lɛŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zo⁵ deng³ [Phonetic: zo⁵ leng³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹ ^(t-)lɛŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-tián
    • Tâi-lô: lī-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixdiern
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /li⁴¹⁻²² tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ tiɛn⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-tián
    • Tâi-lô: jī-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixdiern
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ tiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Penang): /d͡zi²¹ tiɛn⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ri⁷ diang² / ri⁷ diêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jī tiáng / jī tiéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zi¹¹ tiaŋ⁵²/, /d͡zi¹¹ tieŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zy-ti
    • MiniDict: zy^去 ti
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-ti
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² ti⁴⁴/

Noun

字典

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

   查字典  ―  chá zìdiǎn  ―  to look up a dictionary

   我需要一本字典。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ xūyào yī běn zìdiǎn. [Pinyin]

   I need a dictionary.

2. (may be proscribed) General term for dictionaries.
3. (computing) dictionary (an associative array; a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key)
4. (computing) dictionary (a set of text strings such as passwords)

   字典攻擊／字典攻击  ―  zìdiǎn gōngjī  ―  dictionary attack

Usage notes

When used to refer to a Chinese dictionary, a 字典 (zìdiǎn) might only include definitions for Chinese characters, while a 詞典／词典 (cídiǎn) will include definitions of multi-character words as well.

Derived terms

• 字典攻擊 / 字典攻击 (zìdiǎn gōngjī)
• 康熙字典 (Kāngxī Zìdiǎn)
• 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)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ
  ᡴᠣᠣᠯᡳ (hergen kooli) (calque)

See also

• 詞典／词典 (cídiǎn)

Japanese

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

Kanji in this term
字	典
もじ Grade: 1	てん Grade: 4
irregular	on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じてん [jìtéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑitẽ̞ɴ]

• IPA^(key): [mo̞ʑitẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

字(じ)典(てん) or 字(もじ)典(てん) • (jiten or mojiten) 

1. dictionary of kanji; Han character dictionary

Usage notes

The reading もじてん (mojiten) is used for distinguishing from 辞(じ)典(てん) (jiten, “dictionary”) and 事(じ)典(てん) (jiten, “encyclopedia”).

Korean

Hanja in this term
字	典

Noun

字典 • (jajeon) (hangeul 자전)

1. hanja form^? of 자전 (“Chinese character dictionary”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
字	典

Noun

字典

1. chữ Hán form of tự điển (“a Han character dictionary”).