Library Guides: Asian Studies Library Guide: Dictionaries

Transliteration Tables

ALA-LC Romanization Tables
Transliteration schemes for non-Roman scripts, approved by the Library of Congress and the American Library Association.

Dictionaries

Chinese

For when you need a little help with your reading and translations. Select a language from the tabs above for links to print and online language dictionaries.

Online Chinese dictionaries:

Ci Hai This link opens in a new window
Widely recognized as an authoritative and professionally compiled standard dictionary of the Chinese language.
Han yu da ci dian This link opens in a new window
This 12-volume, Great Dictionary of Chinese Language is lexicographically compared to the OED and covers usage from classical texts to modern slang.
Zhingguo da ba ke quan shu This link opens in a new window
The Great Encyclopedia of China, a 73 volume masterwork representing the first large-scale and comprehensive modern encyclopedia in China.

The following are print Chinese-English dictionaries available in the 2nd-floor stacks at Howard-Tilton.