--- product_id: 99830473 title: "ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (ABC Chinese Dictionary Series, 9) (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition)" price: "€ 184.63" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/99830473-abc-chinese-english-comprehensive-dictionary-abc-chinese-dictionary-series-9 store_origin: GR region: Greece --- # ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (ABC Chinese Dictionary Series, 9) (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition) **Price:** € 184.63 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (ABC Chinese Dictionary Series, 9) (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition) - **How much does it cost?** € 184.63 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.gr](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/99830473-abc-chinese-english-comprehensive-dictionary-abc-chinese-dictionary-series-9) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description This dictionary is an expansion of the ground breaking ABC Chinese-English Dictionary, the first strictly alphabetically ordered and Pinyin computerized dictionary. It contains over 196,000 entries, compared to the 71,486 entries of the earlier work, making it the most comprehensive one-volume dictionary of Chinese. The single-sort alphabetic order of the entries provides by far the simplest and fastest way to look up a term whose pronunciation is known. Radical charts help locate characters when the pronunciation of a term is not known and facilitate access to traditional, simplified, and variant forms of characters. Review: Best pinyin CED on the market. Peerless. - A superbly complete and accurate work, worth every penny! Like the earlier and more portable 71,000-entry ABC Chinese-English Dictionary (another great book, reviewed separately), this is ordered strictly by pinyin, so you needn't know the characters in a word you hear in order to look it up. But it improves greatly on the original ABC in many important ways besides its comprehensive content (over 196,000 entries). Most vital is the addition of the traditional characters next to the simplified for compounds as well (the original had them only for main entries). A second huge improvement is that the characters making up compounds are now listed singly *even if* they only occur in compounds, e.g., hu2 and die2 (butterfly) are now listed among the other hu2 and die2 main entries, but it clearly marks that they are bound forms occurring only in the compound hu2die2 (so you know not to use them alone). Actually, the dictionary goes into even more detail, distinguishing characters which are bound in one meaning like sheng1 as in xue2sheng1 student, but not in another like 'to give birth'. Third is the invaluable addition of measure words, in several ways. By an entry such as umbrella (whether you look it up as the character san3 or the compound yu3san3), you'll find "M: 1ba3" (superscripted 1, then 3rd tone ba with diacritical). The measure word is thus ba3, and the 1 means it's the first character listed under the ba3 entries, so you can easily find it if you don't know it. There's also an appendix of measure words (4 pages worth, unlike many of the measly lists in some other books), not only nominal (to count nouns) but also verbal (for actions, like tang4 in pao3le yi2tang4, made one trip). Incredibly helpful! Fourth, the top quality binding (library-style, cloth) will last a lifetime, and is worth every penny. Fifth, yes, its comprehensive content, over 196,000 entries, meaning it will definitely still be useful to you when your Chinese reaches an advanced, even fluent level, and they've been able to add much more slang and colloquial words, as well as more Taiwan vs. PRC usage. Finally, (and this is important) the compilers have been phenomenally careful and professional, truly meticulous and accurate, unlike sloppy, error-laden works like UMUM's Learner's CED or Harbaugh's Chinese Characters: A Genealogy and Dictionary. They have also been very responsive to reader input, as is evidenced by the many improvements to this edition. Absolutely one of the best Chinese-English dictionaries in existence, and a definite must-buy! Review: Awesome Dictionary - I have this dictionary both in the book format and as a software (Wenlin electronic dictionary is based on this one). I have found this dictionary particularly useful because the words are arranged in alphabetically order using pinyin - when I was going initially through Rosetta Stone's program for learning Chinese. Dictionary contains over 196,000 entries - well, if you're serious about learning Chinese, you may as well get a comprehensive dictionary to begin with. It will be useful for a long time. Beside the pinyin listing, you'll find both simplified Chinese characters, and complex characters - complex / traditional characters are in brackets. Parts of speech and abbreviations related to the area where the word may be encountered (e.g. medicine, photography, etc) are also marked beside characters. I'm so much in love with the Wenlin program, that I have to add a few words about the electronic version of this dictionary. One advantage of Wenlin is that you can hear the words, phrases and entire sentences pronounced. You can also enter text in pinyin, in Chinese characters, or in English. It is very useful when you desire to translate the information you found on the Internet because you can just copy and paste the Chinese text, and while this program is not considered to be a translator - it will help you a great deal in that respect, too. Other than that it will give you an assortment of lists related to the character or word - according to the frequency, stroke count, radicals and much more. It's totally awesome! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,043,804 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #160 in Chinese Language Instruction (Books) #408 in Dictionaries (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 Reviews | ## Images ![ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (ABC Chinese Dictionary Series, 9) (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/914ifK70RfL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best pinyin CED on the market. Peerless. *by K***Z on June 8, 2003* A superbly complete and accurate work, worth every penny! Like the earlier and more portable 71,000-entry ABC Chinese-English Dictionary (another great book, reviewed separately), this is ordered strictly by pinyin, so you needn't know the characters in a word you hear in order to look it up. But it improves greatly on the original ABC in many important ways besides its comprehensive content (over 196,000 entries). Most vital is the addition of the traditional characters next to the simplified for compounds as well (the original had them only for main entries). A second huge improvement is that the characters making up compounds are now listed singly *even if* they only occur in compounds, e.g., hu2 and die2 (butterfly) are now listed among the other hu2 and die2 main entries, but it clearly marks that they are bound forms occurring only in the compound hu2die2 (so you know not to use them alone). Actually, the dictionary goes into even more detail, distinguishing characters which are bound in one meaning like sheng1 as in xue2sheng1 student, but not in another like 'to give birth'. Third is the invaluable addition of measure words, in several ways. By an entry such as umbrella (whether you look it up as the character san3 or the compound yu3san3), you'll find "M: 1ba3" (superscripted 1, then 3rd tone ba with diacritical). The measure word is thus ba3, and the 1 means it's the first character listed under the ba3 entries, so you can easily find it if you don't know it. There's also an appendix of measure words (4 pages worth, unlike many of the measly lists in some other books), not only nominal (to count nouns) but also verbal (for actions, like tang4 in pao3le yi2tang4, made one trip). Incredibly helpful! Fourth, the top quality binding (library-style, cloth) will last a lifetime, and is worth every penny. Fifth, yes, its comprehensive content, over 196,000 entries, meaning it will definitely still be useful to you when your Chinese reaches an advanced, even fluent level, and they've been able to add much more slang and colloquial words, as well as more Taiwan vs. PRC usage. Finally, (and this is important) the compilers have been phenomenally careful and professional, truly meticulous and accurate, unlike sloppy, error-laden works like UMUM's Learner's CED or Harbaugh's Chinese Characters: A Genealogy and Dictionary. They have also been very responsive to reader input, as is evidenced by the many improvements to this edition. Absolutely one of the best Chinese-English dictionaries in existence, and a definite must-buy! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Awesome Dictionary *by L***O on October 27, 2004* I have this dictionary both in the book format and as a software (Wenlin electronic dictionary is based on this one). I have found this dictionary particularly useful because the words are arranged in alphabetically order using pinyin - when I was going initially through Rosetta Stone's program for learning Chinese. Dictionary contains over 196,000 entries - well, if you're serious about learning Chinese, you may as well get a comprehensive dictionary to begin with. It will be useful for a long time. Beside the pinyin listing, you'll find both simplified Chinese characters, and complex characters - complex / traditional characters are in brackets. Parts of speech and abbreviations related to the area where the word may be encountered (e.g. medicine, photography, etc) are also marked beside characters. I'm so much in love with the Wenlin program, that I have to add a few words about the electronic version of this dictionary. One advantage of Wenlin is that you can hear the words, phrases and entire sentences pronounced. You can also enter text in pinyin, in Chinese characters, or in English. It is very useful when you desire to translate the information you found on the Internet because you can just copy and paste the Chinese text, and while this program is not considered to be a translator - it will help you a great deal in that respect, too. Other than that it will give you an assortment of lists related to the character or word - according to the frequency, stroke count, radicals and much more. It's totally awesome! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Much essential content for learners in one volume. *by N***N on September 7, 2016* Learners desperately need some things that, as far as I know, are only all collected in this dictionary: Frequency-ordered definitions, not chronologically ordered. A table of radicals with all the typical graphical variants listed by their own stroke count and writing, not their 'official' form's. A succinct chart of the more tractable Simplified/Traditional correspondences. (As opposed to the widespread practice of pretending a learner can postpone coming to grips with one or the other system.) A summary of variation between fonts, between national standards, etc. Morphology: Whether a character is bound or free, or both but with different meanings, etc. Because after all, Mandarin is not Wenyan, and a learner can't afford to pretend it's all made of one-syllable words. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.gr/products/99830473-abc-chinese-english-comprehensive-dictionary-abc-chinese-dictionary-series-9](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/99830473-abc-chinese-english-comprehensive-dictionary-abc-chinese-dictionary-series-9) --- *Product available on Desertcart Greece* *Store origin: GR* *Last updated: 2026-09-11*