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Using a Character Dictionary

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ID: 1296 Upper Intermediate
Do you ever find yourself only using the English-Chinese side of your dictionary? Do you sometimes feel intimidated by the seemingly arcane system of naming parts of characters? Well then ChinesePod's got a lesson for you today. Join us to learn all about looking up characters by radical!
Fri Nov 20 2009 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
唉声叹气 āishēngtànqì to moan and groan
字典 zìdiǎn character dictionary
分析 fēnxī to analyze
部首 bùshǒu Chinese character radical
哎，哎，哎 ......
ài ，ài ，ài ......
Agh, agh, agh...
你怎么唉声叹气的？
nǐ zěnme āishēngtànqì de ？
What are you moaning and groaning about?
我想看中文报纸，可是这么多字不认识！
wǒ xiǎng kàn Zhōngwén bàozhǐ ，kěshì zhème duō zì bù rènshi ！
I'd like to read a Chinese newspaper, but there are so many words I don't recognize.
可以查字典啊！
kěyǐ chá zìdiǎn a ！
You can look them up in the dictionary!
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