List of Chinese dictionaries

Notable Chinese dictionaries, past and present, include:

Title Year Notes ABC Chinese-English Dictionary 1996 First Chinese dictionary collated in single-sort alphabetical order of pinyin, John DeFrancis A Chinese-English Dictionary 1892 Herbert Allen Giles' bestselling dictionary, 2nd ed. 1912 A Dictionary of the Chinese Language 1815–1823 First Chinese-English, English-Chinese dictionary, Robert Morrison A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language 1874 First Chinese-English dictionary to include regional pronunciations, Samuel Wells Williams Cangjiepian (Qin) Small Seal Script orthographic primer, Li Si's language reform CEDICT 1997–present Paul Denisowski's text file project modeled on Japanese EDICT dictionary CFDICT 2010–present David Houstin's text file project modeled on English CEDICT dictionary Chinese and English Dictionary 1842 Walter Henry MedhurstChinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage1972 (Hong Kong)Lin Yutang Cihai 1938–2009 (ROC, PRC) Popular modern general-purpose encyclopedic dictionary, 6 editions Ciyuan 1915–1984 (ROC, PRC) First major 20th-century encyclopedic dictionary, 3 editions and 3 supplements Concise Dictionary of Spoken Chinese 1947 Yuen Ren Chao's and Yang Lien-sheng's first Chinese dictionary for spoken language Dai Kan-Wa Jiten 1955–1960, 2000 (Japan) Tetsuji Morohashi's Chinese-Japanese character dictionary, 50,305 entries Erya (Warring States) Oldest extant Chinese dictionary, semantic field collation, one of the Thirteen Classics Fangyan (Han) Yang Xiong, first dictionary of Chinese regional varieties Le Grand Ricci (or Grand dictionnaire Ricci de la langue chinoise) 2001, DVD 2010 7 volume Chinese-French dictionary, 13,500 characters and about 300,000 entries of terms and expressions. Ganlu Zishu 750 (Tang) First orthography dictionary of the regular script Grammata Serica Recensa 1957 (Sweden) Bernhard Karlgren's groundbreaking Old and Middle Chinese-English dictionary Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects 2002 (PRC) Compendium of dictionaries for 42 local varieties of Chinese Guangya 230 (Cao Wei) Zhang Yi's supplement to the Erya Guangyun 1008 (Song) Rime dictionary expansion of Qieyun, source for reconstruction of Middle Chinese Han-Han Dae Sajeon 2008 (South Korea) Korean hanja-to-hangul dictionary, 53,667 character entries Hanyu Da Cidian 1986–1993 (PRC) Highly respected modern word/phase dictionary, diachronically collated, over 23,000 character entries Hanyu Da Zidian 1986–1989, 2010 (PRC) Highly respected modern character dictionary, 60,370 entries Jijiupian (Han) Oldest extant orthographic primer, rhymed lines Jingdian Shiwen 580 (Tang) Lu Deming's exegetical dictionary for Chinese classic texts Jiyun 1037 (Song) Rime dictionary expansion of the Guangyun, 53,525 head characters Kangxi Dictionary 1716 (Qing) Kangxi era character dictionary, 47,000 entries, see also List of 214 Kangxi radicals Leipian 1066 (Song) Sima Guang's expansion of the Yupian, 31,319 character entries, 544 radicals Longkan Shoujian 997 (Liao) Buddhist dictionary of pronunciations and meanings, 26,000 characters, radical and phonetic indexes Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary 1931 Robert Henry Mathews, 2nd ed. 1943 Menggu Ziyun 1308 (Yuan) Only example of 'Phags-pa script-Chinese dictionary, 813 entries Pearl in the Palm 1048 (Western Xia) First Chinese-Tangut language bilingual dictionary Peiwen Yunfu 1711 (Qing) Rime dictionary of literary phrases, 10,257 entries arranged by 106 rimes Pentaglot Dictionary 1794 (Qing) 8,671 Manchu entries translated into Tibetan, Mongolian, Chagatai, and Chinese Piya 1125 (Song) Erya supplement of plant and animal names Qi Lin Bayin 1650 (Qing) Rime dictionary of Fuzhou dialect Qieyun 601 (Sui) Rime dictionary of Classical Chinese, fanqie pronunciation glosses, 2,158 character entries Qiyin lüe 1161 (Song) Rime dictionary resembling Yunjing Shenglei 230 (Cao Wei) First Chinese rime dictionary, lost work, partially reconstructed Shiben (Warring States) First Chinese encyclopedic dictionary of origins Shiming 200 (Han) Expansion of Erya, 1,502 entries, linguistically important Han-era pronunciation glosses Shizhoupian (Zhou) First recorded Chinese dictionary, Great Seal script, lost work Shuowen Jiezi 121 (Han) First character dictionary collated by graphic radicals, 9,353 entries, see also List of 540 Shuowen Jiezi radicals Tangyun 732 (Tang) Rime dictionary revision of Qieyun, lost work The Five Thousand Dictionary 1926 (ROC) Courtenay Hughes Fenn's dictionary of 5,000 commonly used characters Xiandai Hanyu Cidian 1978–2012 (PRC) Authoritative general-purpose dictionary, 6 editions, 69,000 entries Xiao Erya (Han) "Little Erya" supplement, 374 entries Xinhua Zidian 1957–2004 (PRC) Best-selling Chinese dictionary, world's most popular reference work, 11 editions, 3,300 character entries, 189-radical system Yiqiejing Yinyi (Huilin) 807 (Tang) Expansion of Yiqiejing yinyi (Xuanying), 31,000 word entries, 100 chapters Yiqiejing Yinyi (Xuanying) 649 (Tang) Oldest surviving Chinese "pronunciation and meaning" dictionary of Buddhist technical terminology, 25 chapters, archetype for Chinese bilingual dictionaries Yunhai jingyuan 780 (Tang) First rime dictionary collated phonetically instead of graphically, lost work Yunjing 1161, 1203 (Song) Oldest extant rime tables, arranged by four tones of Middle Chinese and 23 types of articulation Yupian 543 (Liang) Character dictionary with 12,158 character entries, 542-radical system, fanqie glosses Zhengzitong 1627 (Ming) Supplement to the Zihui character dictionary, 33,000 entries Zhongguo Renming Dacidian 1921 (ROC) Leading biographical dictionary in China Zhonghua Da Zidian 1915 (ROC) Updated expansion of Kangxi Dictionary, 48,000 entries Zhonghua Zihai 1994 (PRC) Currently the largest character dictionary, 85,568 entries Zhongwen Da Cidian 1962–1968 Chinese revised version of Japanese Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, 49,905 character entries Zhongyuan Yinyun 1324 (Yuan) Rime table, 5,866 characters collated by 19 rime groups, important for historical Chinese phonology Zihui 1615 (Ming) First character dictionary to use the 214-radical system adopted by many later works Zilin 350 (Jin) Character dictionary with 12,824 entries, 540-radical system, lost work, partially reconstructed Zitong 1254 (Southern Song) Dictionary of orthography, compares seal, clerical, and regular script characters Ziyuan 340 (Eastern Jin) Character dictionary attributed to Ge Hong, lost work excepting fragments

See also List of English dictionaries List of French dictionaries List of Japanese dictionaries List of etymological dictionaries

External links LIST OF CHINESE DICTIONARIES IN ALL LANGUAGES, 1967 United States Department of State Office of External Research