Published by Curzon Press - University of Hawai'i Press, Surrey - Honolulu, 1999
ISBN 10: 0700711902 ISBN 13: 9780700711901
Seller: West Portal Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. Book appears lightly used with a hint of creasing and scant wear at edges and extremities. 920 pages. "This dictionary ushers in a new era in Chinese lexicography. The first strictly alphabetically ordered and Pinyin-computerized dictionary, it offers the simplest and quickest way to look up a term whose pronunciation is know. User-friendly radical and stroke indexes are provided for those cases when pronunciation of a term is not known. Each entry provides Chinese characters, part of speech, environment (area and level of usage), definition in English, and, possibly, examples. An innovative typographical format packs more than 71,400 entries into a handy, portable size without any sacrifice of legibility.".