timseb
进士
Hello,
I have tried searching, but of course I apologize if this question has been asked before. I know of cours of the tone differences between Taiwan and the mainland but I have noticed a lot of words having different tones in different dictionaries that are aimed towards the mainland (I think). Just two examples from the last hour: feng1shui5 (KEY/ABC/PLC) vs feng1shui3 (GF, OCC, PLC). nian2yue5 (KEY, PLC) vs nian2yue4 (GF, OCC). Are these completely interchangable? I'm using KEY for now since the definitions for a lot of chengyu are much better/grippable than a lot of other dictionaries, but I just want to make sure I'm not getting the wrong readings.
Another question: is there any good dictionary to use for characters? I've read that adding Da Hanyu Zidian is not possible. Is there any C-E to use? One that includes somewhat infrequent characters as well (not just the most frequent 2000, since I know them already). At the moment I'm jusing KEY, since they seem to explain the character meanings and all of its readings.
Thank you.
I have tried searching, but of course I apologize if this question has been asked before. I know of cours of the tone differences between Taiwan and the mainland but I have noticed a lot of words having different tones in different dictionaries that are aimed towards the mainland (I think). Just two examples from the last hour: feng1shui5 (KEY/ABC/PLC) vs feng1shui3 (GF, OCC, PLC). nian2yue5 (KEY, PLC) vs nian2yue4 (GF, OCC). Are these completely interchangable? I'm using KEY for now since the definitions for a lot of chengyu are much better/grippable than a lot of other dictionaries, but I just want to make sure I'm not getting the wrong readings.
Another question: is there any good dictionary to use for characters? I've read that adding Da Hanyu Zidian is not possible. Is there any C-E to use? One that includes somewhat infrequent characters as well (not just the most frequent 2000, since I know them already). At the moment I'm jusing KEY, since they seem to explain the character meanings and all of its readings.
Thank you.