An important project for China’s publishing industry was recently launched, the “Chinese Character Bank”. This database will include many traditional Chinese characters for the first time, thus meeting the needs of expression, transmission and storage on computers. The project is already in R&D and will be finished in five years. Experts state that the scope [...]
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“Chinese Character Bank” project launched
08/09/2011Criticism of Xinhua Dictionary’s new edition: more popular doesn’t mean better (China)
22/07/2011Xinhua Dictionary launched its latest edition two weeks ago [see post "New edition of Xinhua Dictionary on sale"], with over 13,000 single-character entries of which 800 were newly added. As an important tool, it is reasonable to keep up with the times, but this doesn’t mean “the more popular, the better”. First, Xinhua Dictionary should [...]
Chinese Dialect Dictionary to be published next year
04/07/2011At the International Symposium on Chinese Dialects held recently in Jinan, the publication of the Chinese Dialect Dictionary, edited by Prof. Zhan Bohui, was announced for next year. With three million characters, it is the first comprehensive dictionary on Chinese dialects’ vocabulary, grammar etc., highlighting Guangdong’s Cantonese, Chaozhou and Hakka dialects. Source: Chinese Dialect Dictionary to [...]
