List of Chinese dictionaries

Notable Chinese dictionaries, past and present, include:

TitleYearNotes
ABC Chinese-English Dictionary1996First Chinese dictionary collated in single-sort alphabetical order of pinyin, John DeFrancis
A Chinese-English Dictionary1892Herbert Allen Giles' bestselling dictionary, 2nd ed. 1912
A Dictionary of the Chinese Language1815-1823First Chinese-English, English-Chinese dictionary, Robert Morrison
A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language1874First Chinese-English dictionary to include regional pronunciations, Samuel Wells Williams
Adsotrans2001-presentCEDICT's Natural language processing translation dictionary project
Cangjiepian-0220 (Qin)Small Seal Script orthographic primer, Li Si's language reform
CEDICT1997-presentPaul Denisowski's text file project modeled on Japanese EDICT dictionary
CFDICT2010-presentDavid Houstin's text file project modeled on English CEDICT dictionary
Chinese and English Dictionary1842Walter Henry Medhurst
Cihai1938 ... 2009 (ROC, PRC)Popular modern general-purpose encyclopedic dictionary, 6 editions
Ciyuan1915...1984 (ROC, PRC)First major 20th-century encyclopedic dictionary, 3 editions and 3 supplements
Concise Dictionary of Spoken Chinese1947Yuen Ren Chao's and Yang Lien-sheng's first Chinese dictionary for spoken language
Dai Kan-Wa Jiten1955-1960, 2000 (Japan)Tetsuji Morohashi's Chinese-Japanese character dictionary, 50,305 entries
Erya-0250 (Warring States)Oldest extant Chinese dictionary, semantic field collation, one of the Thirteen Classics
Fangyan-0015 (Han)Yang Xiong, first dictionary of Chinese regional varieties
Le Grand Ricci (or Grand dictionnaire Ricci de la langue chinoise," 2001 - DVD 20107 volume Chinese-French dictionary, 13,500 characters and about 300,000 entries of terms and expressions.
Ganlu Zishu0750 (Tang)First orthography dictionary of the regular script
Grammata Serica Recensa1957 (Sweden)Bernhard Karlgren's groundbreaking Old and Middle Chinese-English dictionary
Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects2002 (PRC)Compendium of dictionaries for 42 local varieties of Chinese
Guangya0230 (Cao Wei)Zhang Yi's supplement to the Erya
Guangyun1008 (Song)Rime dictionary expansion of Qieyun, source for reconstruction of Middle Chinese
Han-Han Dae Sajeon2008 (South Korea)Korean hanja-to-hangul dictionary, 53,667 character entries
Hanyu Da Cidian1986-1993 (PRC)Highly respected modern word/phase dictionary, diachronically collated, over 23,000 character entries
Hanyu Da Zidian1986-1989, 2010 (PRC)Highly respected modern character dictionary, 60,370 entries
Jijiupian-0040 (Han)Oldest extant orthographic primer, rhymed lines
Jingdian Shiwen0580 (Tang)Lu Deming's exegetical dictionary for Chinese classic texts
Jiyun1037 (Song)Rime dictionary expansion of the Guangyun, 53,525 head characters
Kangxi Dictionary1716 (Qing)Kangxi era character dictionary, 47,000 entries, see also List of 214 Kangxi radicals
Leipian1066 (Song)Sima Guang's expansion of the Yupian, 31,319 character entries, 544 radicals
Longkan Shoujian0997 (Liao)Buddhist dictionary of pronunciations and meanings, 26,000 characters, radical and phonetic indexes
Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary1931Robert Henry Mathews, 2nd ed. 1943
Menggu Ziyun1308 (Yuan)Only example of 'Phags-pa script-Chinese dictionary, 813 entries
Pearl in the Palm1048 (Western Xia)First Chinese-Tangut language bilingual dictionary
Peiwen Yunfu1711 (Qing)Rime dictionary of literary phrases, 10,257 entries arranged by 106 rimes
Pentaglot Dictionary1794 (Qing)8,671 Manchu entries translated into Tibetan, Mongolian, Chagatai, and Chinese
Piya1125 (Song)Erya supplement of plant and animal names
Qi Lin Bayin1650 (Qing)Rime dictionary of Fuzhou dialect
Qieyun0601 (Sui)Rime dictionary of Classical Chinese, fanqie pronunciation glosses, 2,158 character entries
Qiyin lüe1161 (Song)Rime dictionary resembling Yunjing
Shenglei0230 (Cao Wei)First Chinese rime dictionary, lost work, partially reconstructed
Shiben-0250 (Warring States)First Chinese encyclopedic dictionary of origins
Shiming0200 (Han)Expansion of Erya, 1,502 entries, linguistically important Han-era pronunciation glosses
Shizhoupian-0800 (Zhou)First recorded Chinese dictionary, Great Seal script, lost work
Shuowen Jiezi0121 (Han)First character dictionary collated by graphic radicals, 9,353 entries, see also List of 540 Shuowen Jiezi radicals
Tangyun0732 (Tang)Rime dictionary revision of Qieyun, lost work
The Five Thousand Dictionary1926 (ROC)Courtenay Hughes Fenn's dictionary of 5,000 commonly used characters
Thesaurus Linguae Sericae1988-presentChristoph Harbsmeier's collaborative dictionary project for conceptual schemes in Chinese
Xiandai Hanyu Cidian1978 … 2012 (PRC)Authoritative general-purpose dictionary, 6 editions, 69,000 entries
Xiao Erya-0150 (Han)"Little Erya" supplement, 374 entries
Xinhua Zidian1957…2004 (PRC)Best-selling Chinese dictionary, world's most popular reference work, 11 editions, 3,300 character entries, 189-radical system
Yiqiejing Yinyi (Huilin)0807 (Tang)Expansion of Yiqiejing yinyi (Xuanying), 31,000 word entries, 100 chapters
Yiqiejing Yinyi (Xuanying)0649 (Tang)Oldest surviving Chinese "pronunciation and meaning" dictionary of Buddhist technical terminology, 25 chapters, archetype for Chinese bilingual dictionaries
Yunhai jingyuan0780 (Tang)First rime dictionary collated phonetically instead of graphically, lost work
Yunjing1161, 1203 (Song)Oldest extant rime tables, arranged by four tones of Middle Chinese and 23 types of articulation
Yupian0543 (Liang)Character dictionary with 12,158 character entries, 542-radical system, fanqie glosses
Zhengzitong1627 (Ming)Supplement to the Zihui character dictionary, 33,000 entries
Zhongguo Renming Dacidian1921 (ROC)Leading biographical dictionary in China
Zhonghua Da Zidian1915 (ROC)Updated expansion of Kangxi Zidian, 48,000 entries
Zhonghua Zihai1994 (PRC)Currently the largest character dictionary, 85,568 entries
Zhongwen Da Cidian1962-1968Chinese revised version of Japanese Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, 49,905 character entries
Zhongyuan Yinyun1324 (Yuan)Rime table, 5,866 characters collated by 19 rime groups, important for historical Chinese phonology
Zihui1615 (Ming)First character dictionary to use the 214-radical system adopted by many later works
Zilin0350 (Jin)Character dictionary with 12,824 entries, 540-radical system, lost work, partially reconstructed
Zitong1254 (Southern Song)Dictionary of orthography, compares seal, clerical, and regular script characters
Ziyuan0340 (Eastern Jin)Character dictionary attributed to Ge Hong, lost work excepting fragments

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