What is the first Chinese dictionary?

In 100 AD, Shyu-Shen (Xu Shen), a famous Chinese scholar during the middle part of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 AD to 220 AD), edited the first Chinese dictionary “ Shuo Wen Jie Tzi” 說文解字 (explaining simple and analyzing compound characters, sometimes translated into English as, The Origin of Chinese Characters).

What are the first words to learn in Chinese?

Basic Mandarin Chinese Words and Phrases

• Hello: Nǐhǎo (Nee how)
• Thank you: Xièxiè (Shieh-shieh)
• You’re welcome: Bù kèqì (Boo kuh-chi)
• Good morning: Zǎo (Zhow)
• Goodnight: Wǎn’ān (One-un)
• My name is…: Wǒ jiào… (
• My friend’s name is…: Wǒ de péngyǒu jiào…

When was the word mandarin first used?

1589
The first known use of mandarin was in 1589.

Is Pleco free?

Pleco is a free application with in-app purchases, additional functions and large dictionaries (including English, French, German, Mandarin, Cantonese, classical Chinese, and a traditional Chinese medicine reference).

Who invented Mandarin language?

China
After the fall of the Northern Song (959–1126) and during the reign of the Jin (1115–1234) and Yuan (Mongol) dynasties in northern China, a common form of speech developed based on the dialects of the North China Plain around the capital, a language referred to as Old Mandarin.

What is your name Mandarin?

Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì
你叫什么名字？ Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì? “What is your name” (literally: “You called what name?”)

How many characters are there in a Mandarin Chinese dictionary?

Each Hànzì has its own pronunciation and meaning. An ordinary dictionary will contain about 10,000 characters. Spoken Mandarin uses very many compound words, words that combine meanings the way English does in such terms as “machine gun,” “fire truck,” “playground,” etc.

What is the word for dictionary in Chinese?

The Chinese language has two words for dictionary: zidian (character/logograph dictionary) for written forms, that is, Chinese characters, and cidian (word/phrase dictionary), for spoken forms. For character dictionaries, zidian ( Chinese: 字典; pinyin: zìdiǎn; Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-tien³; lit. ‘character dictionary’) combines zi ( 字 “character,

Who wrote the first dictionary of the Chinese language?

The Scottish missionary Robert Morrison wrote A Dictionary of the Chinese Language (1815–1823). The British missionary Walter Henry Medhurst wrote a Hokkien (Min Nan) dialect dictionary (1832) and the Chinese and English Dictionary (1842).

Where can I find a good Chinese character dictionary?

One possible web based alternative is the Chinese character dictionary at Chinese Symbols and Meanings (com). It uses a shape based system to sort traditional Chinese characters. The shapes take into account most differences due to type face. And it makes is easy to lookup characters even if you don’t know the radical or pinyin pronunciation.