tự điển
See also: từ điển
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 字典 (“Han character dictionary”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˨ʔ ʔɗiən˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩ʔ ʔɗiəŋ˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩˨ ʔɗiəŋ˨˩˦]
Noun edit
(classifier cuốn, quyển) tự điển
- (chiefly Sinology) a Han character dictionary
- (by extension) Synonym of từ điển (“dictionary”)
Usage notes edit
- Even though some Sinologists may proscribe the use of the word in the sense of "generic dictionary", authors of cheap dictionaries may still label their "English-Vietnamese dictionaries" as tự điển. The fine distinction is not widely known outside the realm of Sinology.
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Further reading edit
- "tự điển" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)