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Chinese English Dictionary
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Dear readers, this is a purely public, non-governmental site which is mainly intended for recording Engish words with the help of lanugage lovers. It is contributed by and free to all people.


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Dear readers, Chinese English needs you!

What is the Chinese English Dictionary?

Currently, in the context of English globalization and localization, increasing linguistic and sociolinguistic attention has been paid to the structure and use of non-native English varieties. Starting from the 1980s, the academic world saw the legitimacy of Chinese English as a new English variety be established and consolidated in the sustaining discussion and debates by domestic and overseas researchers. It is widely agreed that the dimension of lexicography and dictionary compilation is of singular importance in the recognition and autonomy of World Englishes. It is in this context that the present project is initiated. The dictionary would like to send an invitation to every reader: welcome to join the editor’s team and work on the first Chinese English dictionary, which is going to be completely written by you.

What are Chinese English words?

The dictionary is intended for Chinese-English bilingual speakers in the world and English learners, users and researchers in China. Any words of Chinese origin which reflect Chinese-unique objects and concepts and have entered the English language through transliteration, translation or coinage are potential lemmas waiting to be sought, edited, reviewed and expanded. Some examples are: tea(茶), kowtow(叩头), yamen(衙门), Kweichow Moutai (贵州茅台), Dou Di Zhu (斗地主), four modernizations(四个现代化), Scientific Outlook on Development(科学发展观), Four Comprehensives(四个全面), One Belt, One Road(一带一路), Tencent(腾讯), Wechat(微信)etc. In terms of lemmatization, the user-friendliness principle is at working, that is, all words, compounds and phrases will be treated as independent headwords.

Where do I find Chinese English words?

The data sources are mainly published materials reflecting Chinese-unique objects and concepts written by proficient bilingual speakers, and include public or official English newspapers in China, Chinese-English dictionaries, English monographs, literature written (translated) by Chinese, translated classic works, and English broadcasting and TV texts in China.

What information does an entry include?

The internal structure of each entry includes: spelling, pronunciation, part of speech, other spelling forms, origin Chinese, definition, examples, derivatives and phrases, among which, spelling, part of speech, origin Chinese, definition and examples are mandatory information. The "examples" consists of quotation, its publishing year, the author, title, source and page number. This is in the fashion of the Oxford English Dictionary for the same purpose of documenting the development of language through solid quotation evidence.


亲爱的读者,中国英语需要您!

什么是《中国英语词典》?

20世纪以来,全球一体化下的英语国际化与本土化趋势并存,不同国别的非本族语英语变体相继确立。经过海内外学界持续地研探、辩论、磨合,中国英语的制度化理据渐趋成熟,中国英语变体的合法性渐趋明晰。自19世纪起,美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰、南非、牙买加等国纷纷编纂了本国英语词典,是为各个地域变体的最重要合理化依据。在此背景下,本词典向广大读者发出邀请:请您一起加入编辑队伍,共同创建国人第一部中国英语词典。这将是一部完全由您撰写的词典。

哪些是中国英语词汇?

表达中国社会诸领域特有事物、概念,通过意译、音译、新造等手段进入英语交际的词汇,如tea(茶)、kowtow(叩头)、yamen(衙门)、Kweichow Moutai (贵州茅台)、Dou Di Zhu (斗地主)、four modernizations(四个现代化)、 Scientific Outlook on Development(科学发展观)、 Four Comprehensives(四个全面)、One Belt, One Road(一带一路)、Tencent(腾讯)、Wechat(微信)等。

从哪里寻找中国英语词汇?

中国英语词汇的文献来源主要是海内外熟练双语者撰写的以中国社会文化为背景的英文报刊(China Daily, Beijing Review, Global Times等)、学术专著、文学著作(译著)、典籍英译著作、广播电视文稿(CCTV9)等规范文本;

怎样编辑词条?

一个完整的词目内项包含:

  1. Pronunciation (发音)
  2. Part of speech(词性)
  3. Other forms(其它形式拼写)
  4. Origin Chinese (汉语源词)
  5. Definition (释义)
  6. Example (示例)
  7. Derivatives(派生词)
  8. Phrases(词组短语)

其中,词性、汉语源词和示例是必填的,其它项目可以陆续补充。


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