Collins Essential Chinese Dictionary (Collins Dictionary)

ThisnewfirsteditionoftheCollinsEssentialChineseDictionaryhasbeenspeciallydesignedtomeettheneedsoflearnersofbothChineseandEnglish.Aclearlayout,up-to-datecoverageofeverydaywordsandphrasesandauser-friendlylanguagesupplementmakethisdictionarytheidealportablecompanion.CollinsEssentialChineseDictionaryhasbeenwrittenforallthoselearningChineseorEnglishforstudyorfortravel.Itistheidealtextforanyonewhoneedsawealthofreliableinformationinaportableformat.TheCollinsEssentialChineseDictionarycontainsalltheeverydaywordsandphrasesusedintoday’sChineseandEnglishthatyouwillneedtoknow,withapracticallanguagesupplement.《CollinsEssentialChineseDictionary(CollinsDictionary)》offersextrahelpwithessentialvocabulary,andthousandsofusefulphrasestoguideyoutothecorrecttranslation.TohelpwiththepronunciationofChinesewords,thedictionaryincludespinyinforallChineseheadwords,translations,phrasesandexamples.PinyinistheofficialphoneticsystemfortranscribingChinesecharactersintotheRomanalphabet,andisacceptedinallChinese-speakingcountries.Inaddition,thedictionaryalsoincludesbothsimplifiedandtraditionalorcomplexChinesecharacters.SimplifiedcharactersaregenerallyusedinmainlandChinaandSingapore,whiletraditionalcharactersaremainlyusedinTaiwan,HongKongandMacau.TheradicalindexisaclearguidetolookingupChinesecharacters,helpingtheusertonavigatethedictionaryandfindChinesecharacterswithoutknowingtheirpronunciation.OthertitlesavailableintheCollinsChineserangearetheCollinsGemChineseDictionary,theCollinsPocketChineseDictionary,theCollinsEasyLearningMandarinChineseDictionaryandtheCollinsChineseDictionary.