User guide

1. Upper Function Bar

The upper function bar above includes: "News", "Editing instructions", "Sitemap", "User guide", "FAQ", "Chinese Version", "Member Login", "Function Settings".

《Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary》Function bar above

2. The Central Main Function bar

The central main functional bar includes: "Basic Search", "Advanced Search", "Radical index" and "Dictionary Appendix". Each function is described as follows:

(1) Basic search

Keyword search

Step 1:

01. Enter keywords, you can enter Chinese, or use the system keypad function to enter Bopomofo, Hanyu pinyin.

02. A list of candidate words appears in the system, you can click on the words in the candidate list, or enter keywords by yourself.

03. Select the search scope, you can select multiple.

04. Click "Search".

Example: Enter "教育" → Check the scope of the query "word", "Synonym" → Click "Search".

Basic search

Step 2:

01. View the search result list.

02. It can be sorted by "Phonetic sequence (ascending)" or "Word count (ascending)."

03. You can adjust the number of displays per page.

04. When the search scope contains "word", the appendix data will be searched together. You can switch to "Text" or "Appendix" information by clicking the tab.

Basic search_search result list

Step 3: View the text content page

01. Click the word column of the result list to enter the content page of the text.

02. Optional bookmarks quickly jump to each explanation field.

03. The font size can be set.

04. The content of the current page can be printed.

05. Click "Feedback" to enter the FAQ form page.

06. Click on each word in the title and go directly to the single word content page.

07. If the word content page is a polyphonic word, you can click Bopomofo in the Bopomofo column on this page to directly enter the list of related compound words containing the polyphonic word.

content page_one word

content page_polyphonic word

Step 4: View the content page of the appendix

01. Click on the appendix tab to enter the list of appendix data results.

02. The system pops out of the instruction window to remind you that it will enter the appendix data, and you can choose not to display it afterwards.

03. Click the word column of the result list to enter the appendix data content page.

instruction window to remind you that it will enter the appendix data

Dictionary appendix search results

Conceptual Search

Step 1:

01. Enter Chinese keywords.

02. A list of candidate words appears in the system, you can click on the words in the candidate list, or enter keywords by yourself.

03. Click on "Conceptual Search".

04. Click "Search".

Example: Enter "人才" → Click on "Conceptual Search" → Click "Search".

Conceptual Search

Step 2:

01. View the search result list.

02. It can be sorted by "Phonetic sequence (ascending)" or "Word count (ascending)."

03. You can adjust the number of displays per page.

search result list_Conceptual Search

Step 3: The relevant function description is the same as keyword search step 3.

(2) Advanced search

Keyword setting: Choose one of the following ways to set keywords.

Step 1: "Enter keyword"

01. Enter Chinese keyword.

02. If the keyword is polyphonic word and you only want to search one of the tones, you can enter a Half-width space after the Chinese keyword, and enter the phonetic pronunciation you want to search.

Advanced search_Enter keyword

Step 2: "Search for character structure"

01. Enter the structure contained in the keyword, and the system will automatically list the candidate words.

02. If the candidate word is polyphonic word, the system will indicate the word tone separately.

03. Click on the keyword you want to search, and the system will automatically enter the keyword input box.

Search for character structure

Step 3: "Search for total stroke count"

01. Select the total stroke count of the keyword.

02. Select the stroke count of the radical to enter the next process, or click all to list the candidate words directly.

03. Select "Radical" and the system will automatically list the candidate words.

04. If the candidate word is polyphonic word, the system will indicate the word tone separately.

05. Click on the keyword you want to search, and the system will automatically enter the keyword input box.

Search for total stroke count

Narrow the search scope: optional.

Step 1: "Field", select an input

01. Select keyword field, options include: unlimited, First word of the keyword, Middle words of the keyword, Last word of the keyword.

02. Or directly enter the order of the keyword in the word, such as: the first word.

Narrow the search scope_Field

Step 2: "Word count"

01. Enter numbers to find words that limit the number of words, such as 2 to 5 words.

02. The starting number is required, and the ending number is optional.

Narrow the search scope_Word count

After setting the search conditions, click "Search" and view the search result list.

(3) Radical index

Step 1: Select radical stroke.

Step 2: Select whether to "show the Bopomofo of the radical" and "show deformed radical" and select the radical.

Step 3: Select the stoke other than the radical, or select "ALL" to set the full selection.

Step 4: Select the word you want to search.

Step 5: View the search result list and text content page.

Radical index

(4) Dictionary appendix

Step 1: Select the items you want to view in the appendix.

Step 2: After entering the appendix item, from top to bottom: appendix description, index and additional functions, data content (different according to the characteristics of each appendix).

Step 3: Select the indexing feature to browse specific data.

Step 4: Select the number of words displayed per page.

Dictionary appendix

content page of the appendix

3. Member function

(1) Member registration

Step 1: Click the function bar "Member login" above.

Step 2: Click "Register ".

Step 3: Click "Agree".

Step 4: After completing the registration information, click "Register ".

Step 5: After receiving the verification email, click on the activation link and you will be directed to the member area.

Member registration

(2) Change Password

Step 1: Enter "New Password" and "Confirm password".

Step 2: Click "modify".

Change Password

(3) Forget Password

Step 1: Click the function bar "Member login" above.

Step 2: Click "Forgot Password".

Step 3: Enter the user's registered mailbox and click "Reset Password".

Step 4: After receiving the notification email, click the link to enter the member area to reset the password.

Forgot Password

(4) Browsing record

Step 1: After the member logs in, the system will actively record the words that the user has clicked on the result page.

Step 2: Browsing record is sorted by browsing time from newest to old. You can directly click to enter the text content page.

Step 3: Click "Clear History" to delete the list record manually.

Browsing record

(5) Function settings

Step 1: After the member logs in, the user can personalize the setting.

Step 2: Click to set the font size of the text content page to big, medium and small. The system will automatically take effect and save the new setting.

Function settings

4. Opinion exchange

Step 1: Click "Feedback" on the the text content page or "Opinion exchange" in the function bar below to enter the FAQ form.

Step 2: Click the tab at the top of the page to quickly jump to the top question of the question type.

Step 3: If there is no applicable answer in the FAQ form, you can click the page buoy "Feedback" to enter the feedback form filling page.

Opinion exchange

FAQ form

5. About the "Non-system word list"

(1) Some rarely used system fonts are not in the default display range. It is recommended that you change the display range of the personal computer system fonts to increase the number of displayed words. After changing the settings, if there are still fonts that cannot be displayed, please try to search in the "Non-system word list".

(2) The steps to increase the number of system words are as follows: