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Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage, compiled by the linguist and author Lin Yutang, contains over 8,100 character head entries and 110,000 words and phrases, including many neologisms. Lin's dictionary made two lexicographical innovations, neither of which became widely used. Collation is based on his graphical "Instant Index System" that assigns numbers to Chinese characters based on 33 basic calligraphic stroke patterns. Romanization of Chinese is by Lin's "Simplified National Romanization System", which he developed as a prototype for the Gwoyeu Romatzyh or "National Romanization" system adopted by the Chinese government in 1928. Lin's bilingual dictionary continues to be used in the present day, particularly the free online version that the Chinese University of Ho

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  • Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage (en)
  • 林語堂當代漢英詞典 (zh)
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  • 《林語堂當代漢英詞典》是林語堂編纂的中英詞典,1972年由香港中文大學出版。共收錄約8千個字首、約8萬5千個範例和詞條,包括許多新詞。當時由林語堂發明的「上下形檢字法」並不流行。1978年,香港中文大學出版《林語堂當代漢英詞典增編索引》附加威妥瑪拼音和部首檢字法。1987年,由林語堂的女兒林太乙和女婿黎明編纂《最新林語堂當代漢英詞典》。1999年,香港中文大學根據原版推出免費網絡版。 (zh)
  • Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage, compiled by the linguist and author Lin Yutang, contains over 8,100 character head entries and 110,000 words and phrases, including many neologisms. Lin's dictionary made two lexicographical innovations, neither of which became widely used. Collation is based on his graphical "Instant Index System" that assigns numbers to Chinese characters based on 33 basic calligraphic stroke patterns. Romanization of Chinese is by Lin's "Simplified National Romanization System", which he developed as a prototype for the Gwoyeu Romatzyh or "National Romanization" system adopted by the Chinese government in 1928. Lin's bilingual dictionary continues to be used in the present day, particularly the free online version that the Chinese University of Ho (en)
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  • Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage (en)
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  • Chinese University of Hong Kong
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