Hanyu Da Cidian

The Hanyu Da Cidian (

Chinese classic texts to modern slang. The chief editor Luo Zhufeng (1911–1996),^[1]

along with a team of over 300 scholars and lexicographers, started the enormous task of compilation in 1979. Publication of the thirteen volumes began with first volume in 1986 and ended with the appendix and index volume in 1994. In 1994, the dictionary also won the National Book Award of China.

The Hanyu Da Cidian includes over 23,000 head

simplified Chinese characters

are noted. Definitions and explanations are in simplified, excepting classical quotations.

Volume 13 has both

Daode jing (道德經) under the head character dao; this reverse-index lists it under both de and jing. "Despite the fact that it weighs over 20 kilos and contains a total of 50 million characters spread over 20,000 large double-column pages," says Wilkinson,^[2]

"the Hanyu da cidian is an easy dictionary to use to the full because it is unusually well indexed."

Hanyu Da Cidian was consulted in the writing of The First Series of Standardized Forms of Words with Non-standardized Variant Forms.^[3]

Publications

Hanyu Da Cidian

1st edition
- Mainland edition (1986–1994): 13 volumes, vol. 1 published by Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House (上海辞书出版社), and vols. 2–13 published by Hanyu Da Cidian Publishing House (汉语大词典出版社):
  - Vol. 1 (一 through 人): 1st impression, 上海辞书出版社, November 1986 (no ISBN)
  - Vol. 2 (八 through 小): 1st impression, 汉语大词典出版社, March 1988 (
    ISBN 7-5432-0001-5
    )
  - Vol. 3 (口 through 彐): 1st impression, 汉语大词典出版社, March 1989 (
    ISBN 7-5432-0002-3
    , misprinted as "7-5432-0001-5" in the book)
  - Vol. 4 (尸 through 支): 1st impression, 汉语大词典出版社, November 1989 (
    ISBN 7-5432-0003-1
    )
  - Vol. 5 (犬 through 水): 1st impression, 汉语大词典出版社, June 1990 (
    ISBN 7-5432-0004-X
    )
  - Vol. 6 (水 through 方): 1st impression, 汉语大词典出版社, December 1990 (
    ISBN 7-5432-0005-8
    )
  - Vol. 7 (火 through 矢): 1st impression, 汉语大词典出版社, June 1991 (
    ISBN 7-5432-0006-6
    )
  - Vol. 8 (禾 through 血): 1st impression, 汉语大词典出版社, December 1991 (
    ISBN 7-5432-0007-4
    )
  - Vol. 9 (舟 through 酉): 1st impression, 汉语大词典出版社, June 1992 (
    ISBN 7-5432-0008-2
    )
  - Vol. 10 (辰 through 角): 1st impression, 汉语大词典出版社, December 1992 (
    ISBN 7-5432-0009-0
    )
  - Vol. 11 (言 through 金): 1st impression, 汉语大词典出版社, June 1993 (
    ISBN 7-5432-0010-4
    , misprinted as "7-5432-0010-8" in the book)
  - Vol. 12 (門 through 龜): 1st impression, 汉语大词典出版社, November 1993 (
    ISBN 7-5432-0011-2
    )
  - Vol. 13 (appendices and indices): 1st impression, 汉语大词典出版社, April 1994 (
    ISBN 7-5432-0012-0
    , misprinted as "7-5432-0010-4" in the book)
- Collector's edition (
  ISBN 7-5432-0013-9
  ): Published by Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) Company Limited. 13 volumes.
  ?th impression (1995-11-01)
- Compact edition (
  ISBN 978-7-5432-0014-2
  ): 3 volumes.
  ?th impression (1997-04)
- Simplified edition (漢語大詞典簡編): Includes over 20,000 head characters, 200,000 words. 2 volumes.
  3-volume edition (
  ISBN 978-7-5432-0015-9
  ):
  ?th impression (1999-06-01)
  
  2-volume edition (
  ISBN 7-5432-0015-5
  ): 1 impression, 1 edition.
  ?th impression (2000-02-01)
- Popular edition (漢語大詞典普及本) (
  ISBN 7-5432-0396-0
  )
  ?th impression (2000-08-01)

2nd edition: Originally announced in 2012, the publication was to begin in 2015, with all 25 volumes to be completed in 2020. The complete set would include about 60 million characters.[4]

Hanyu Da Cidian by Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House

1st edition
- correction volume (漢語大詞典訂補) (
  ISBN 978-7-5326-3236-7
  ): Includes over 30,000 entries. 1 volume.
  - ?th impression (2010-12-??)
- Popular edition (漢語大詞典普及本) (
  ISBN 978-7-5326-3618-1
  /H.494): Includes over 200,000 entries.
  ?th impression (2012-03-01)
- Compact edition (漢語大詞典縮印版) (
  ISBN 978-7-5326-2408-9
  /H.331): Based on the 12-volume edition. Includes over 370,000 entries, over 23,000 head characters, 347,426 compound words. 3 volumes.
  ?th impression (2007-12-01)
  
  ?th impression (2008-04-01)
- 22-volume edition (漢語大詞典) (
  ISBN 978-7-5326-2523-9
  ): 22 volumes.
  ?th impression (2008-08-??)
- 23-volume edition (漢語大詞典) (
  ISBN 978-7-5326-2782-0
  ): 23 volumes (12+1 index+14 addition).
  ?th impression (2011-06-01)

Hanyu Da Cidian by Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) Company Limited

1st edition
- Volume 1 (漢語大詞典 1) (
  ISBN 978-9-620-40541-9
  )
  ?th impression (1995-07-01)
- Volume 2 (漢語大詞典 2) (
  ISBN 978-9-620-40542-6
  )
  ?th impression (1995-07-01)
- Volume 3 (漢語大詞典 3) (
  ISBN 978-9-620-40543-3
  )
  ?th impression (1989-10-01)
- Volume 4 (漢語大詞典 4) (
  ISBN 978-9-620-40544-0
  )
  ?th impression (1990-04-01)
- Volume 5 (漢語大詞典 5) (
  ISBN 978-9-620-40545-7
  )
  ?th impression (1990-10-01)
- Volume 7 (漢語大詞典 7) (
  ISBN 978-9-620-40547-1
  )
  ?th impression (1992-03-01)
- Volume 8 (漢語大詞典 8) (
  ISBN 978-9-620-40548-8
  )
  ?th impression (1992-08-01)
- Volume 9 (漢語大詞典 9) (
  ISBN 978-9-620-40549-5
  )
  ?th impression (1993-04-01)
- Volume 10 (漢語大詞典 10) (
  ISBN 978-9-620-40550-1
  )
  ?th impression (1993-08-01)
- Volume 11 (漢語大詞典 11) (
  ISBN 978-9-620-40551-8
  )
  ?th impression (1994-01-01)
- Volume 12 (漢語大詞典 12) (
  ISBN 978-9-620-40552-5
  )
  ?th impression (1994-08-01)
- Appendix/index (漢語大詞典 (附錄‧索引)) (
  ISBN 978-9-620-40553-2
  )
  ?th impression (1995-03-01)
- Overseas edition (
  ISBN 9-620-40541-2
  -S): 13 volumes (12+1 appendix/index).
  ?th impression (1995-07-01)

Hanyu Da Cidian by Tung Hua Book Co.

1st edition: Changes from Chinese Dictionary Publishing House version include omission of simplified Chinese forms in the head character, addition of Mandarin phonetic symbols for pronunciations.[5]
- 12-volume edition (漢語大詞典/漢語大詞典 (十二卷式)) (
  ISBN 978-957636542-3
  ): Includes over 50,000 characters, over 370,000 entries, 2,253 coloured pictures. 13(12+1 index) volumes.
  - ?th impression (1997-09-01)
  - ?th impression (2004-04-01)

Optical disc editions

The abridged CD-ROM version (2.0) contains 18,013 head characters, 336,385 words and phrases (without pinyin), and 861,956 citations. It includes male and female sound files for single-syllable pronunciation, and enables more than 20 search methods. It requires Microsoft Windows, with a Chinese locale setting due to its use of GB 18030.

The 3.0 CD-ROM version was released in 2007. This version includes

illegally distributed on VeryCD

. Due to design errors, the 2007 version of 3.0 is incompatible with Windows 7 OS; rather than release a free software patch to fix the problem, the publisher began selling an otherwise unchanged, full-price Windows 7-compatible version of 3.0 in 2010.

1st edition: Based on the 12-volume edition.
- Simplified Chinese optical disc 1.0 (漢語大詞典1.0版 CD-ROM) (
  ISBN 978-962-07-0209-9
  ): Published by The Commercial Press (Beijing). Includes 27,986 head letters, 343,470 compound words, 23,650 idioms, 512,000 explanations, over 400,000 Chinese characters information, 520 black and white pictures, over 20 search methods. Supports Simplified Chinese Windows 95.
  ?th impression (1998-10-??)
- Traditional Chinese optical disc 1.0 (Hanyu Da Cidian CD-ROM Traditional Version/漢語大詞典光碟繁體版):
  - Single-user edition (
    ISBN 962-07-0209-3
    )
    1st impression (????-??-??)
  - Network business version (
    ISBN 978-962-07-0234-1
    )
    ?th impression (????-??-??)
  - Network education version (《漢語大詞典》光盤繁體網絡1.0版(教育版)/《漢語大詞典》繁體網絡1.0版(教育版)) (
    ISBN 978-962-07-0226-6):^[6]
    Supports Windows 95 Traditional Chinese version. Server supports Windows NT 4.0.
    ?th impression (1999-??-??)
- Traditional Chinese optical disc 2.0: Includes 18,014 head letters, 336,690 compound words, 23,383 idioms, 504,042 explanations, 861,956 examples, over 230,000 Chinese characters information, 515 black and white pictures, over 20 search methods. Supports Windows XP.
  - 1-user edition (Hanyu Da Cidian CD-ROM Traditional Version 2.0/漢語大詞典光碟繁體單機2.0版) (
    ISBN 978-962-07-0255-6
    )
    ?th impression (2003-07-??)
  - 5 users edition (
    ISBN 978-962-07-0267-9
    )
    ?th impression (2006-01-??)
  - 10 users edition (
    ISBN 978-200315115-6
    )
    ?th impression (2006-01-??)
  - 15 users edition (
    ISBN 978-200315116-3
    )
    ?th impression (2006-01-??)
  - 20 users edition (
    ISBN 978-200315117-0
    )
    ?th impression (2006-01-??)
  - 25 users edition (
    ISBN 978-200315118-7
    )
    ?th impression (2006-01-??)
  - 30 users edition (
    ISBN 978-200315280-1
    )
    ?th impression (2006-01-??)
  - 50 users edition (
    ISBN 978-200315281-8
    )
    ?th impression (2006-01-??)
  - 70 users edition (
    ISBN 978-200315282-5
    )
    ?th impression (2006-01-??)
- Traditional Chinese optical disc 3.0 (《漢語大詞典》光盤): Includes 18,014 head letters, 23,383 idioms, 861,956 examples, over 20 search methods. Supports Windows 2000 or later. Existing 2.0 users could obtain an upgrade to 3.0 single-user edition.[7] Changes from 2.0 include text lookup for Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and other document formats from running software (except PDF); addition of context menu, HTML rendering engine, Unicode support. Messages can be displayed in GBK, BIG5, or Unicode format. Software is based on Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0.
  - 1-user edition (Hanyu Da Cidian CD-ROM Traditional Version 3.0/漢語大詞典光碟繁體單機3.0版) (
    ISBN 978-962-07-0277-8
    )
    - ?th impression (2007-07-01)
    - ?th impression (2014-01-??)

Network editions

Network version is maintained by EWEN? (上海数字世纪网络有限公司).

1.0 (《漢語大詞典》1.0網絡版): Includes 15 million characters.
2.0 (《漢語大詞典》2.0網絡版): Includes 50 million characters.
2.1 (《漢語大詞典》2.1網絡版): Includes ?.

References

Hanyu da cidian bianzuanchu 漢語大詞典编纂處 and Zen bunka kenkyūjo (禅文化研究所), eds., 1997. 多功能漢語大詞典索引 ["General-purpose index to the Hanyu da cidian"]. Shanghai: Hanyu da cidian.
ISBN 7-5432-0265-4

Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Chinese).
ISBN 9789620702778
.

Footnotes

ISBN 962-07-0255-7

ISBN 0-674-00249-0
.

^ 国家语言文字工作委员会 (20 April 2016). 第一批异形词整理表（试行） (in Simplified Chinese). p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

^ 第二版《汉语大词典》编纂启动将于2020年完成

^ 《大漢和辭典》、《中文大辭典》、《漢語大詞典》之比較. Kaohsiung Municipal Chung-Cheng Industrial High School.

^ 《漢語大詞典》光盤 -- 《漢語大詞典》繁體網絡1.0版(教育版). Hanyu Da Cidian.

^ 《漢語大詞典光碟3.0》. Commercial Press Hong Kong.

Further reading

Hargett, James M. 1990. "[Review of] Hanyu dacidian by Luo Zhufeng." Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews, Vol. 12, pp. 138–143.

External links

Official page: 汉语大词典 (hanyudacidian.cn)
Shanghai Cishu Press official page: 上海辞书出版社官网 (cishu.com.cn)

EWEN page: Hanyu Da Cidian network edition

Hanyu Da Cidian Chubanshe: Hanyu Da Cidian

The Commercial Press (H. K.) Ltd. page: Hanyu Da Cidian

Optical disc 1.0 version: Traditional Chinese Network 1.0 education version

Optical disc 2.0 version: 1 user, 5 users, 10 users, 15 users, 20 users, 25 users, 30 users, 50 users, 70 users

Optical disc 3.0 version: 1 user,

Joint Publishing (H.K.) page: Hanyu Da Cidian 1.0 CD-ROM international 1 user

Tung Hua Book Co., Ltd./New Moon Education Co., Ltd. page: 12-volume edition

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Dictionaries for scripts using Chinese characters
Monolingual
Characters
(字; zì)

Shizhoupian 史籀篇 (first millennium BCE)

Erya 爾雅 (c. 3rd century BC)

Cangjiepian 倉頡篇 (c. 220 BC)

Jijiupian 急就篇 (c. 40 BC)

Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字 (2nd century)

Shiming 釋名 (c. 200)

Guangya 廣雅 (c. 230)

Xiao Erya 小爾雅 (3rd century)

Zilin 字林 (c. 350)

Ziyuan 字苑 (c. 4th century)

Yupian 玉篇 (c. 543)

Ganlu Zishu 干祿字書 (c. 7th century)

Leipian 類篇 (1066)

Piya 埤雅 (c. 11th century)

Zitong
字通 (1254)

Zihui 字彙 (1615)

Zhengzitong 正字通 (1627)

Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典 (1716)

Shuowen Jiezi Zhu
說文解字注 (1815)

Zhonghua Da Zidian 中華大字典 (1915)

Xinhua Dictionary 新华字典 (1957)

Hanyu Da Zidian 漢語大字典 (1989)

Zhonghua Zihai 中华字海 (1994)

Words
(詞／词; cí)

Ciyuan 辭源 (1915)

Ministry of Education Mandarin Chinese Dictionary 教育部國語辭典 (1926)

Cihai 辭海 (1938)

Zhongwen Da Cidian 中文大辭典 (1968)

Xiandai Hanyu Cidian 现代汉语词典 (1978)

Hanyu Da Cidian 漢語大詞典 (1994)

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian 现代汉语规范词典 (2004)

Rime

Shenglei 聲類 (c. 230)

Qieyun 切韻 (601)

Kanmiu Buque Qieyun 刊謬補缺切韻 (706)

Tangyun 唐韻 (732)

Yunhai jingyuan 韻海鏡源 (780)

Guangyun 廣韻 (1008)

Jiyun 集韻 (1037)

Yunjing 韻鏡 (1161)

Qiyin lüe 七音略 (before 1161)

Pingshui Yun 平水韻 (c. 12th century)

Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (14th century)

Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 (1324)

Qi Lin Bayin 戚林八音 (17th century)

Peiwen Yunfu 佩文韻府 (1711)

Varieties

Fangyan 方言 (c. 1st century)

Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects 現代漢語方言大詞典 (2002)

Exegetical

Jingdian Shiwen 經典釋文 (c. 583)

Yiqiejing Yinyi (Xuanying)
一切經音義 (玄英) (c. 649)

Yiqiejing Yinyi (Huilin)
一切經音義 (慧琳) (c. 807)

Longkan Shoujian 龍龕手鑒 (997)

Biographical

Zhongguo Renming Dacidian 中國人名大辭典 (1921)

Bilingual
Chinese–English

A Dictionary of the Chinese Language (1823)

Medhurst's Chinese and English Dictionary (1842)

A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language (1874)

A Chinese–English Dictionary (1892)

The Five Thousand Dictionary (1926)

Mathews' Chinese–English Dictionary (1931)

Concise Dictionary of Spoken Chinese (1947)

Grammata Serica Recensa (1957)

Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage (1972)

ABC Chinese–English Dictionary (1996)

Online

CEDICT (1997)

In other languages

Pearl in the Palm (Tangut; 12th century)

Pentaglot Dictionary (Manchu; 1794)

Dai Kan-Wa Jiten (Japanese; 1960)

Le Grand Ricci (French; 2001)

Han-Han Dae Sajeon
(Korean)

List of Chinese dictionaries

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hanyu_Da_Cidian&oldid=1218198596"

[Luo1993-1] ISBN 962-07-0255-7

[Wilkinson2000_71-2] ISBN 0-674-00249-0
.

[yixingci2016-3] 国家语言文字工作委员会 (20 April 2016). 第一批异形词整理表（试行） (in Simplified Chinese). p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[chinanews2020-4] 第二版《汉语大词典》编纂启动将于2020年完成

[KaohsiungMunicipal-5] 《大漢和辭典》、《中文大辭典》、《漢語大詞典》之比較. Kaohsiung Municipal Chung-Cheng Industrial High School.

[hanyudacidianComm-6] 《漢語大詞典》光盤 -- 《漢語大詞典》繁體網絡1.0版(教育版). Hanyu Da Cidian.

[7] 《漢語大詞典光碟3.0》. Commercial Press Hong Kong.

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Publications

Hanyu Da Cidian

Hanyu Da Cidian by Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House

Hanyu Da Cidian by Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) Company Limited

Hanyu Da Cidian by Tung Hua Book Co.

Optical disc editions

Network editions

See also

References

Further reading

External links