Cihai
Sign in to saveThe Cihai is a large-scale dictionary and encyclopedia of Standard Mandarin Chinese. The Zhonghua Book Company published the first Cihai edition in 1938, and the Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House revised editions in 1979, 1989, 1999, and 2009. A standard bibliography of Chinese reference works calls the Cihai an "outstanding dictionary".
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- History
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- Cihai by Chung Hwa Book Company, Limited
- Cihai by Chung Hwa Book Company (Hong Kong) Limited
- Cihai by New Star Press
- Cihai by Zhonghua Book Company
- Cihai by Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House
- Cihai edition dictionaries by Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House
- Cihai by Tung Hua Book Co., Ltd.
- Cihai by The Commercial Press, Ltd.
- Dacihai
- Lawsuit
- References
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The Cihai is a large-scale dictionary and encyclopedia of Standard Mandarin Chinese. The Zhonghua Book Company published the first Cihai edition in 1938, and the Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House revised editions in 1979, 1989, 1999, and 2009. A standard bibliography of Chinese reference works calls the Cihai an "outstanding dictionary".
==Contents== The Cihai is a semi-encyclopedic dictionary and enters Chinese words from many fields of knowledge, such as history, science, mathematics, philosophy, medicine, and law.