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@ 30220 Using a Dictionary
A: 我現在正在學習查中文字典，可是我覺得好難。
woˇ
xia`nza`i zhe`ngza`i xue´x´ı cha´
zho¯ ngwe´n z`ıdiaˇn, keˇsh`ı woˇ
jue´de haˇo na´n.
I am learning how to look up Chinese characters in a dictio- nary, but it’s really tough.
B: 別擔心，根據字的部首來查字典，一定要先弄清
楚字的結構和部首。
bie´
da¯ nx¯ın, ge¯ nju`
z`ı de bu`shoˇu la´i cha´
z`ıdiaˇn, y¯ıd`ıng ya`o
xia¯ n no`ng q¯ıngchu z`ı de jie´go`u he´ bu`shoˇu.
Don’t worry. You look up a character according to its radical, but first you have to be clear about the character’s structure and radical.
A: 我就是這樣做的呀。我首先分析這個字是左右結構還是上下結構，然後再查找它的部首，可還是經常找不到。
woˇ
jiu`sh`ı zhe`ya`ng zuo`
de ya¯ . woˇ
shoˇuxia¯ n fe¯ nx¯ı zhe`ge z`ı
sh`ı zuoˇyo`u jie´go`u ha´ishi sha`ngxia` jie´go`u, ra´nho`u za`i cha´-
zhaˇo ta¯
de bu`shoˇu, keˇ
ha´i sh`ı j¯ıngcha´ng zhaˇobuda`o.
That’s exactly the way I do it. I start by analyzing whether a character is structured left/right or top/bottom, then look for its radical. Still, I often can’t find the character.
B: 是嗎？你一定要先確定正確的部首，數清部首的
筆畫數。如果筆畫數錯了，就找不到了。
sh`ı ma? nˇı y¯ıd`ıng ya`o xia¯ n que`d`ıng zhe`ngque` de bu`shoˇu,
shuˇ
q¯ıng bu`shoˇu de bˇıhua`
shu`. ru´guoˇ
bˇıhua`
shuˇ
cuo`
le, jiu`
zhaˇobuda`o le.
Really? You have to determine the correct radical, and count the number of strokes in the radical. If the number of the strokes is wrong, you won’t be able to find it.
A: 可是有一些很簡單的字，我分不清哪個是它的部
首，不知道要怎麼去查。
keˇsh`ı yoˇu y¯ıxie¯ de bu`shoˇu, bu`
heˇn jiaˇnda¯ n de z`ı, woˇ zh¯ıda`o ya`o zeˇnme qu`
fe¯ nbuq¯ıng naˇge sh`ı ta¯ cha´.
But some of the characters are really simple, and I can’t figure out which is the radical, so I never know how to look them up.
B: 這些字你可以直接根據這個字的所有筆畫來查
找。
zhe`xie z`ı nˇı keˇyˇı zh´ıjie¯ cha´zhaˇo.
ge¯ nju`
zhe`ge z`ı de suoˇyoˇu bˇıhua`
la´i
For these kinds of characters, you can look them up by total number of strokes.
A: 原來如此，真是太感謝你了。那我如果想查一個
詞語的話，怎麼辦？
yua´nla´i ru´cˇı, zhe¯ nsh`ı ta`i gaˇnxie`
nˇı le. na`
woˇ
ru´guoˇ
xiaˇng
cha´
y¯ı ge c´ıyuˇ
dehua`, zeˇnme ba`n?
Ah, I see. I really appreciate your help. What should I do if I want to look up a word?
B: 如果你要查一個詞語，就要用詞典。
ru´guoˇ
nˇı ya`o cha´
y¯ı ge c´ıyuˇ, jiu`
ya`o yo`ng c´ıdiaˇn.
To look up a word, you have to use a word dictionary.
A: 謝謝你教給我這些好方法，我現在就去試試。
xie`xie nˇı jia¯ o geˇi woˇ sh`ıshi.
zhe`xie haˇo fa¯ ngfaˇ, woˇ
xia`nza`i jiu`
qu`
Thanks for teaching me these methods. I’m going to go try them out now.
---Key Vocabulary---
查 cha´ to look up
字典 z`ıdiaˇn dictionary
根據 ge¯ nju` according to
部首 bu`shoˇu character radical
弄清楚 no`ng q¯ıngchu to make clear
結構 jie´go`u structure
首先 shoˇuxia¯ n first of all
分析 fe¯ nx¯ı to analyze
左右 zuoˇyo`u left and right
上下 sha`ngxia` up and down
確定 que`d`ıng to confirm
筆畫 bˇıhua` strokes of a character Chinese
分不清 fe¯ nbuq¯ıng to be unable entiate to differ-
詞典 c´ıdiaˇn word dictionary
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
通曉 to¯ ngxiaˇo thoroughly understand
概念 ga`inia`n concept
建築物 jia`nzhu`wu` building
遵守 zu¯ nshoˇu to respect
清晰 q¯ıngx¯ı clarity
原始 yua´nshˇı first
獨立 du´l`ı independence
詳細 xia´ngx`ı in detail
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