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1 the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yáng Xióng] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters

1 Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎[Xǔ Shèn] in 2nd century

1 clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document)

2 entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc)

1 Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈|张自烈[Zhāng Zì liè] in 17th century

1 Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994

1 Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day)

1 reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc)

1 Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD

1 Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)

1 title word

2 entry (in dictionary)

1 indexing system for Chinese characters in a dictionary

1 word index (of a dictionary)

1 dictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals

1 to research

2 to check

3 to investigate

4 to examine

5 to refer to

6 to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

1 (of a dictionary etc) revised edition

1 "Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords to explain their meaning

1 walking dictionary

2 well-informed person

1 dictionary entry

2 lexical item

3 term