Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects

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Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects
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The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects (Chinese: 現代漢語方言大詞典; pinyin: Xiàndài Hànyǔ fāngyán dà cídiǎn) is a compendium of dictionaries for 42 local varieties of Chinese following a common format. The individual dictionaries cover dialects spread across the dialect groups identified in the Language Atlas of China:[1][2][3]

Each dictionary was prepared by specialists in the dialect, and opens with an introduction to the characteristics of the dialect. The main body of each dictionary has between 7,000 and 10,000 entries.[2]

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  3. ^ Xiàndài Hànyǔ fāngyán dà cídiǎn 《现代汉语方言大词典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects] (in Chinese). Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. 9 May 2017.