tự điển

See also: từ điển

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 字典 (“Han character dictionary”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɨ˧˨ʔ ʔɗiən˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tɨ˨˩ʔ ʔɗiəŋ˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɨ˨˩˨ ʔɗiəŋ˨˩˦]

Noun

tự điển

(chiefly academic) a Han character dictionary
(by extension) a dictionary

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

(dictionary): từ điển

Further reading

"tự điển" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

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