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)