How to Use This Dictionary 1
Chinese Pinyin System 2
Conversion--Yale to Pinyin 4
Conversion--Wade-Giles to Pinyin 6
Revised Forms and Stroke Counts 8
Symbols and Abbreviations 9
Radicals 10
Index 13
List of Characters Having Obscure Radicals 83
Text of Dictionary 85
Appendices:Zodiac Animals Cycle 341
Places-Names(One-Character Alternatives) 342
A.The Land--Provinces 343
B.The People--55 Races 344
C.The History--Dynastics 346
D.Punctuation Marks 347
E.The World--Countries and Areas 348
F.Measurement Conversion Tables 353
G.Periodic Table of the Elements 354
List of Chemical Elements 355
H.Twenty-Four Climatic Periods 356
I.Radical Chart 357