Miaozi

字典

zì diǎnㄗˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
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Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters)

  2. 2

    (coll.) dictionary

  3. 3

    CL:本[ben3]

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我总是在离手不远的地方放一本字典。

我總是在離手不遠的地方放一本字典。

I always keep a dictionary close at hand.

字典上写的不总是对的。

字典上寫的不總是對的。

What a dictionary says is not always right.

我能用一下你的字典吗？

我能用一下你的字典嗎？

Can I use your dictionary for a minute?

这是我的字典。

這是我的字典。

This is my dictionary.

我一天也离不开这本字典。

我一天也離不開這本字典。

I cannot do without this dictionary even for a single day.