Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects

2002 compendium edited by Li Rong

978-7-5343-5080-1

The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects (Chinese: 現代漢語方言大詞典; pinyin: Xiàndài Hànyǔ fāngyán dà cídiǎn) is a compendium of dictionaries for 42 local varieties of Chinese following a common format. The individual dictionaries cover dialects spread across the dialect groups identified in the Language Atlas of China:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Mandarin
- Northeastern Mandarin: Harbin dialect
- Ji–Lu Mandarin: Jinan dialect
- Jiao–Liao Mandarin: Muping dialect
- Central Plains Mandarin: Luoyang dialect, Wanrong dialect, Xi'an dialect, Xining dialect, Xuzhou dialect
- Lanyin Mandarin: Urumqi dialect, Yinchuan dialect
- Southwestern Mandarin: Chengdu dialect, Guiyang dialect, Liuzhou dialect, Wuhan dialect
- Lower Yangtze Mandarin: Nanjing dialect, Yangzhou dialect
Jin: Taiyuan dialect, Xinzhou dialect
Wu: Chongming dialect, Danyang dialect, Hangzhou dialect, Jinhua dialect, Ningbo dialect, Shanghai dialect, Suzhou dialect, Wenzhou dialect
Hui: Jixi dialect
Gan: Lichuan dialect, Nanchang dialect, Pingxiang dialect
Xiang: Changsha dialect, Loudi dialect
Min: Fuzhou dialect, Haikou dialect, Jian'ou dialect, Leizhou dialect, Xiamen dialect
Yue: Dongguan dialect, Guangzhou dialect
Hakka: Meixian dialect, Yudu dialect
Pinghua: Nanning dialect

Each dictionary was prepared by specialists in the dialect, and opens with an introduction to the characteristics of the dialect. The main body of each dictionary has between 7,000 and 10,000 entries.^[2]

References

^ Kurpaska, Maria (2010). Chinese Language(s): A Look Through the Prism of "The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects". Walter de Gruyter. pp. 128–142. ISBN 978-3-11-021914-2.
^ ^a ^b Yan, Margaret Mian (2006). Introduction to Chinese Dialectology. LINCOM Europa. pp. 33–36. ISBN 978-3-89586-629-6.
^ Xiàndài Hànyǔ fāngyán dà cídiǎn 《现代汉语方言大词典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects] (in Chinese). Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. 9 May 2017.

Dictionaries for scripts using Chinese characters

Monolingual

Characters (字; zì)	Shizhoupian 史籀篇 (first millennium BCE) Erya 爾雅 (c. 3rd century BC) Cangjiepian 倉頡篇 (c. 220 BC) Jijiupian 急就篇 (c. 40 BC) Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字 (2nd century) Shiming 釋名 (c. 200) Guangya 廣雅 (c. 230) Xiao Erya 小爾雅 (3rd century) Zilin 字林 (c. 350) Ziyuan 字苑 (c. 4th century) Yupian 玉篇 (c. 543) Ganlu Zishu 干祿字書 (c. 7th century) Leipian 類篇 (1066) Piya 埤雅 (c. 11th century) Zitong 字通 (1254) Zihui 字彙 (1615) Zhengzitong 正字通 (1627) Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典 (1716) Shuowen Jiezi Zhu 說文解字注 (1815) Zhonghua Da Zidian 中華大字典 (1915) Xinhua Dictionary 新华字典 (1957) Hanyu Da Zidian 漢語大字典 (1989) Zhonghua Zihai 中华字海 (1994)
Words (詞／词; cí)	Ciyuan 辭源 (1915) Ministry of Education Mandarin Chinese Dictionary 教育部國語辭典 (1926) Cihai 辭海 (1938) Zhongwen Da Cidian 中文大辭典 (1968) Xiandai Hanyu Cidian 现代汉语词典 (1978) Hanyu Da Cidian 漢語大詞典 (1994) Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian 现代汉语规范词典 (2004)
Rime	Shenglei 聲類 (c. 230) Qieyun 切韻 (601) Kanmiu Buque Qieyun 刊謬補缺切韻 (706) Tangyun 唐韻 (732) Yunhai jingyuan 韻海鏡源 (780) Guangyun 廣韻 (1008) Jiyun 集韻 (1037) Yunjing 韻鏡 (1161) Qiyin lüe 七音略 (before 1161) Pingshui Yun 平水韻 (c. 12th century) Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (14th century) Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 (1324) Qi Lin Bayin 戚林八音 (17th century) Peiwen Yunfu 佩文韻府 (1711)
Varieties	Fangyan 方言 (c. 1st century) Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects 現代漢語方言大詞典 (2002)
Exegetical	Jingdian Shiwen 經典釋文 (c. 583) Yiqiejing Yinyi (Xuanying) 一切經音義 (玄英) (c. 649) Yiqiejing Yinyi (Huilin) 一切經音義 (慧琳) (c. 807) Longkan Shoujian 龍龕手鑒 (997)
Biographical	Zhongguo Renming Dacidian 中國人名大辭典 (1921)