This is one of the strange entries from my blog, an English teacher's blog. The thing is, I'm learning Chinese Chinese language courses at the Dmitry Nikitin School in Yaroslavl. I already wrote about the tactics and methods that I use to learn Chinese more effectively in a post. And today I would like to tell you about Chinese learning dictionaries, which help me in the exciting business of learning Chinese.

I must say right away that (it happened by chance) I know English quite well, and therefore most of the Chinese dictionaries that I use contain comments mainly in English.

Chinese dictionaries based on English

• user-friendly interface, in which there is a lot of “air”, and therefore the dictionary is very easy to use;
• dictionary recognizes handwriting;
• determines the order of lines in a Chinese character;
• in the dictionary, each character is voiced.

• sometimes the translation in English is inaccurate, which I learn about in class with a Chinese tutor. This, however, can be said of all Chinese translation dictionaries and can probably be explained by the huge cultural difference between European and Asian languages.

I use this Chinese dictionary to determine the etymology of a Chinese word, identify the constituent parts of Chinese characters.

Pros of this Chinese dictionary:

• you can click on a part of the hieroglyph, and you will be shown one of its components;
• the etymology of Chinese characters in English is very well disclosed.

Cons of this Chinese dictionary:

• terrible, confusing interface.

I use this Chinese dictionary to determine the sound of Chinese characters, study the order of lines in Chinese characters, determine the frequency of a particular Chinese character, memorize stable phrases with Chinese characters. The latter is especially important for me, since I believe that any foreign language should be learned by memorizing phrases and set expressions, which I write about in my notes,,.

Pros of this Chinese dictionary:

• the constituent components of Chinese characters and the order of the lines are clearly visible;
• phrases with Chinese characters are given;
• the pronunciation of both Chinese characters and their constituent parts is demonstrated;
• the frequency of use of hieroglyphs is indicated.

I use this Chinese dictionary to break down Chinese characters into their component parts so that you can memorize the characters more effectively.

Pros of this Chinese dictionary:

• the information is structured in the form of a tree, so the connection of one Chinese character with another is clearly visible.

I did not find any cons of this Chinese dictionary.

I use this Chinese dictionary to determine the dictionary meaning of Chinese characters, clarify the meaning of jargon, clarify the meaning of professional and academic Chinese vocabulary.

Pros of this Chinese dictionary:

• very good for translating texts from Chinese to other languages ​​and from other languages ​​to Chinese.

This Chinese dictionary has no cons. A very useful site for learners of Chinese.

Educational explanatory dictionaries of the Chinese language

I use this Chinese dictionary to look up the meaning of Chinese idioms, set expressions and anything else that I couldn't find in other Chinese dictionaries.

Pros of this Chinese dictionary:

• this Chinese dictionary is edited by users (like Wikipedia), which makes it quite up-to-date and colloquial;
• all necessary actions are clear intuitively.

Cons of this Chinese dictionary:

I use this Chinese dictionary as my main one.

Pros of this Chinese dictionary:

• shows the procedure for writing a hieroglyph;
• allows you to hear the pronunciation of the hieroglyph;
• gives the meaning of the character;
• offers options for stable combinations with the given hieroglyph;
• demonstrates the historical version of the writing of the hieroglyph and the transformation of the spelling;
• the mobile version is downloaded using the QR code posted on the site.

I did not find any cons of this Chinese dictionary.

The Russian-Chinese phrase book will definitely come in handy for tourists (travelers) who are going to visit China and be impressed by the grandeur and rich history of this power. We have collected the most used words and expressions in Chinese with pronunciation. Be very careful, because intonation in Chinese plays a decisive role. A word spoken with the wrong intonation...

Travel Phrasebook

The Russian-Chinese phrase book will definitely come in handy for tourists (travelers) who are going to visit China and be impressed by the grandeur and rich history of this power. We have collected the most used words and expressions in Chinese with pronunciation. Be very careful, because intonation in Chinese plays a decisive role. A word spoken with the wrong intonation can completely change the meaning.

China is the oldest civilization in East Asia, which has absorbed a huge number of cultures over four thousand years of existence. The largest state in the world, occupying the first place in terms of population. Capital -. C is adjacent to the northeast and northwest. It borders on Myanmar, Laos and Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, North Korea. characterized by pronounced seasonality - monsoon rains, northerly winds and minimal precipitation in winter and very rainy summers with southerly winds. The average temperature, respectively, is -18°C and +15°C.

See also "", with which you can translate into Chinese (or vice versa) any word or sentence.

Common phrases

The airport

Transport

Hotel

Restaurant

Shopping center

grocery supermarket

Pharmacy

Cash register

Numbers and numbers

In Chinese, a counting word is placed between the number and the subject. Different counter words are used for different objects, for example: for flat objects: 张 zhang 一张纸 or 三张地图 or one sheet of paper or three cards for books: 本 ben 一本书 one book. Also, there is a universal counting word that can be used for all objects and people: 个ge.

Pronouns

Question words

Color names

The first hieroglyph denotes the name of the color, the second 色 is the word "color" itself. To say "an object of such and such a color" a particle 的 is added between the color and the object, for example 白色的裙子 white skirt, white skirt.

1) Big Chinese-Russian dictionary (printed version)

You can buy it, for example, on Ozone. There are BCRS authors Z. I. Baranova, V. E. Gladtskov, V. A. Zhavoronkov, B. G. Mudrov for 150,000 words:

and BKRS for 450,000 words (this dictionary is not only Chinese-Russian, but also Russian-Chinese):

In the dictionary, we start searching by keys. Everything is quite simple: we look at the hieroglyph, determine the key, count the number of strokes in the key, open the list of keys and now you are sent to a page, say 765, where all the hieroglyphs with these keys are located.

Now we count the number of strokes in the second part of the hieroglyph, let's say 7. On page 765 we find our key plus 7 strokes of the second part and here we are again sent to the page for translation, say 1465.
This is, of course, a very long option. There are other dictionaries that work according to other principles, although this mostly comes down to counting traits. There are also dictionaries in which hieroglyphs are arranged according to the Latin alphabet of their sound. In fact, this is useful if you know pinyin, but do not know the value, which solves half the problem.

2) computer program Lingvo

Download Lingvo, purchase a license, install the Chinese language, not forgetting to set the permission for the visibility of hieroglyphs in Windows (start-control panel-language and regional standards - languages-install support for languages ​​with hieroglyphs, insert the Windows installation disk. After copying the files, restart the computer) .
The latest version of Lingvo has not only Chinese-Russian dictionaries, but also Chinese-English and English-Chinese dictionaries, as well as Chinese-Russian and Russian-Chinese phrasebooks. If you do not have Russian-Chinese dictionaries, we type a Russian word in the Chinese-Russian dictionary, and the search for all articles will begin, which can be quite effective.

Sometimes you need to know the interpretation of a word in order to use it correctly in context, for this there are Chinese explanatory dictionaries, they give an interpretation of words in Chinese, which is very useful for intensive study. The most popular dictionaries in this category are Zdic (http://www.zdic.net/) and Baidu Dictionary (°Щ¶ИґКµд) (http://dict.baidu.com/).

Zdic - this dictionary provides detailed definitions, interpretations, etymology, stroke order, English translation and detailed information for each character separately.

Baidu Dictionary (°Sch¶IґKµd) - In fact, Baidu is a huge search engine, like our Yandex, and it also has its own dictionaries, so translators with good command of the language can search there and get answers accordingly. This online dictionary contains a huge number of idioms, proverbs, common expressions and other words that are often not found in other dictionaries. Constantly updated by users, quite detailed and easy to design.

Online dictionaries for translating into Traditional Chinese

There are also online dictionaries for translating into traditional Chinese, such dictionaries are more suitable for professionals than for beginners, for people who have not been working with wenyan for the first time. Chinese spell checker (http://www.kwuntung.net) - in this dictionary you can check the use of character variants in different words; Hieroglyph Variants Dictionary (http://dict2.variants.moe.edu.tw/variants/) - This dictionary looks for different (obsolete) variants of hieroglyphs, an indispensable site for advanced translators. The only negative is that it is not easy to handle, and sometimes gives unclear interpretations; Chinese Dictionary of the Taiwan Ministry of Education (http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/) - This dictionary is good for looking up words that are not found anywhere, as well as for looking up detailed information on characters. Very detailed compared to other dictionaries. Sometimes contains old examples, complicated explanations, too detailed interpretations, so that it may be difficult for beginners to use; Taiwan Ministry of Education Dictionary for Primary School (http://dict.mini.moe.edu) - This dictionary contains interpretations of single characters and phrases in Chinese, more understandable than the Taiwan Ministry of Education Chinese Dictionary. But the inconvenience of use lies only in the fact that the search is possible only by single hieroglyphs; Taiwan Ministry of Education Dictionary of Stroke Order (http://stroke-order.learningweb.moe.edu) - This dictionary can check the order of strokes in a character and the current writing standard in Taiwan, the dictionary is quite detailed, well structured.

China is one of the most visited countries in the world by tourists. It attracts for the most part with its diversity of landscape, virgin villages with their own traditions and fascinating legends, and huge metropolitan areas in which nightlife is seething. In China, everyone will find something new and unusual for themselves. China is one of the oldest civilizations, in this republic, architectural monuments that are more than tens of thousands of years old have been preserved to this day. Each sight of China carries a mystery and a centuries-old legend.

Traveling through the expanses of this extraordinary state, nothing will prevent you from enjoying its beauties, except perhaps not knowing the Chinese language, but you can cope with this problem thanks to our Russian-Chinese phrase book, which you can download or print directly from the site. It contains topics that you may need while traveling.

Appeals

Common phrases

At customs

At the station

In transport

In hotel

Emergencies

Dates and times

Numerals

In the shop

Restaurant and cafe

Common phrases are words on which you can start a conversation and keep it going. Here are collected phrases that are most often used in the lexicon.

Airport - in order not to get lost at the Chinese airport, to find ticket offices, exit to the terminals, to the parking lot, to the bus stop, etc., this topic is perfect for you.

Transport - by opening this topic you will find the translation of words and phrases that can be used to explain to the taxi driver where you need to go, or to find out which bus route is right for you, clarify the fare, find out how to get to the station. subway, bus stop, etc.

A restaurant is a place that every tourist visits. However, the Chinese language is very different from Russian, as is the cuisine. Therefore, without knowing the translation of certain dishes, as well as their components, you will not be able to order what you want. To solve this problem, just open this topic and find the name of the dish that you like.

Hotel - when checking into a hotel, you need to fill out some paperwork, choose a room that you like, etc. In order to explain what you want from the hotel and to clarify the nuances of accommodation, just open this section and find the appropriate phrases.

Mall - A list of common phrases that you will definitely need while shopping in the mall.

Grocery supermarket - a list of words and phrases that will help you buy the products you are interested in.

Pharmacy - if you have health problems, but everything is written in Chinese in the pharmacy, and the pharmacist himself does not understand what you need, use this topic and you will buy the medicine you need.

Cashier - words and phrases that will help you in a conversation with a cashier.

Chinese counting - translation and sound of numbers in Chinese, from zero to a million.

Pronouns - pronunciation and translation of pronouns in Chinese.

Question words - frequently asked and important questions for tourists, their pronunciation and spelling.

Name of flowers - here you will find the translation of many colors and shades, as well as their correct pronunciation.