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Ministry of Education 《Concised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary》

Search Symbols, Applicable Scope and Representative Significance

[Instructions for Use]

1. The system will automatically determine the applicable search scope by the entered symbols.

2. If you enter multiple sets of search keywords, each set of keywords must be separated by a half-width space whether or not with symbols.

 

Symbol

Applicable Search Scope

Symbol Representation

 = 

Word

It should be placed at the start of the entered keyword. It means that the only word that exactly match the keyword will be searched.

^

Word, Pronunciation

It should be placed at the start of the entered keyword. It means that the start of the search result word or Bopomofo must match the keyword. When the input keyword is Bopomofo, it can not be used with other search symbols.

$

Word, Pronunciation

It should be placed at the start of the entered keyword. It means that the ending of the search result word or Bopomofo must match the keyword. When the input keyword is Bopomofo, it can not be used with other search symbols.

,

Pronunciation

It should be placed in the middle of the two pronunciations, such as:  "ㄒㄧㄤ,ㄐㄧㄠ". It means that the pronunciation of the search result must arrange in order of the entered pronunciations. When the input keyword is pronunciation, it can not be used with other search symbols.

Half-width space

Word, Pronunciation, Synonym, Antonym, Interpretation

It should be placed in the middle of two or more keywords. It is a grouping symbol that represents that the search result must contain all of the keywords.  The search result maybe not be in order of the entered keywords.

|

Word

It should be placed in the middle of two or more keywords. It means that the search result must contain one of the entered keywords. The search result maybe not be in order of the entered keywords.

.

Word

It should be placed in the middle of the two keywords. It is a wildcard character that represents any Chinese character. The search results must be in order of the entered keywords.

*

Word

It should be placed in the middle of the two keywords. It is a wildcard character that represents 0 or more Chinese characters. The search results must be in order of the entered keywords.

 12345 

Pronunciation

The number 12345 mean level tone (first tone), rising tone (second tone), falling-rising tone (third tone), falling tone (fourth tone) and light tone. It indicates the tone of search result must be in order of the entered number.

-

Word

It should be placed at the start of the entered keyword. It means that the search result will not contain entered keyword. However, this symbol must be used with other keyword (include search symbols) and separated by a half-width space.

~

Word

It should be placed at the start of the entered keyword, and add number to search the actual numbers of words. However, this symbol must be used with other keyword (include search symbols) and separated by a half-width space.

 

Search Symbol Combination Application and Serach Examples

Example

Description

=七

Exactly match the word "".

^七

Words starting with the word "" and without character count limit. Such as 七, 七夕, 七娘媽, 七彩繽紛.

^ㄑㄧ

Words starting with the pronunciation "ㄑㄧ". Such as 七、沏、七夕、淒美、棲息.

$得

Words ending with the word "". Such as 免得, 不見得.

$ㄑㄧ

Words ending with the pronunciation "ㄑㄧ". Such as 噴漆, 夫妻, 打禪七.

ㄒㄧㄤ,ㄐㄧㄠ

Words containing the pronunciation "ㄒㄧㄤ" and "ㄐㄧㄠ" and arrange in order. Such as 香蕉, 相交.

^一 $得

Words starting with the word "" and ending with the word "". Such as 一舉兩得, 一舉數得.

七 八

Words containing the word "" and "" but appear in any order. Such as 橫七豎八, 亂七八糟, 七上八下.

 ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄧˊ 

Words containing the pronunciation "ㄒㄧㄣ" and "ㄑㄧˊ" but arrange in any order. Such as 齊心, 新奇.

七|八

Words containing the word "" or "". Such as 七夕, 八寶粥, 七上八下.

三|五|七

Words containing the word "" or "" or "". Such as 三合院, 五福, 七夕.

一.子

Words containing the word "" and "", and with another word in the middle. Such as 一分子, 一甲子.

^八 ~3

A three-character word starting with " ". Such as 八寶粥, 八家將.

^2八 ~4

A four-character word containing the second word "". Such as 第八藝術, 十八羅漢.

^七 ^3八 ~4

A four-character word containing the first word " " and the third word "". Such as 七拼八湊, 七零八落, 七手八腳.

十*八

Words containing the word "" and "", and 0 or more words in the middle. Such as 十八羅漢, 十八般武藝, 十之八九.

^一 ^3不

A unlimited-character word containing the first word "", and the third word is "". Such as 一塵不染, 一發不可收拾.

1234

The tone of four-character words is in order of level tone, rising tone, falling-rising tone and falling tone. Such as 飛禽走獸, 風調雨順.

15

The tone of two-character words is in order of level tone and light tone. Such as 杯子, 包子.

一 -不

Words containing the word "" but without the word "." Such as 第一, 一下子, 百無一失.

^一 $知 -不

Words starting with the word "" and ending with the word "", but not containing the word "". Such as 一無所知.

 

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