词典 (cídiǎn) means Dictionary. Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我用 词典 找这个字的意思。
Wǒ yòng cídiǎn zhǎo zhège zì de yìsi.
I use a dictionary to look up what this character means.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 词典
老师送了我一本汉语 词典 。
Lǎoshī sòng le wǒ yì běn Hànyǔ cídiǎn.
My teacher gave me a Chinese dictionary.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 词典
这本 词典 一共有三册。
Zhè běn cídiǎn yígòng yǒu sān cè.
This dictionary comes in three volumes.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 册
我想借你的 词典 用一下。
Wǒ xiǎng jiè nǐ de cídiǎn yòng yíxià.
I'd like to borrow your dictionary for a moment.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 借
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Questions about 词典
How is 词典 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 词典 (cídiǎn, "Dictionary"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 词典 an HSK word?
Yes — 词典 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 词典?
The dictionary page for 词典 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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