geek_frappa Posted May 1, 2004 at 08:58 PM Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 at 08:58 PM if you want to be a Dictionary editor for this site, http://chinese.primezero.com/ please send me a PM! ^_^ make sure your forum profile is up-to-date. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xuechengfeng Posted May 2, 2004 at 12:05 AM Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 at 12:05 AM well i wish i was good enough to help.. but thanks for the link, great site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_frappa Posted May 2, 2004 at 12:51 AM Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 at 12:51 AM *wish granted you are good enough to help! ^_^ we are ALL one-word teachers..... even if you contribute ONE word, it will be a big help to someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_frappa Posted May 2, 2004 at 08:12 PM Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 at 08:12 PM you don't need to be a native speaker of English or Chinese. you only need to have the desire to share your knowledge of Chinese with other learners... ^_^ and to have fun! (^_^) (_ _) (^_^) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taibei Posted May 3, 2004 at 02:33 AM Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 at 02:33 AM Very interesting and useful site. Thanks for making this available. My main concern is that although it's a dictionary, it doesn't treat entries in terms of words but instead as frag men ted syl la bles. This kind of character-based thinking has been the bane of many dictionaries and similar projects. Washington, D.C., for example is given as "hua sheng dun" and not as "Huashengdun". (Actually, the correct form in Hanyu Pinyin would be still be "Washington, D.C.", but I understand the need to list "Huashengdun".) I would strongly advise that you take the approach of the excellent ABC dictionary series from the University of Hawai`i Press. (Here's what entries in that dictionary look like.) For more on the rules of how to write things properly in Hanyu Pinyin, see Chinese Romanization: Pronunciation and Orthography (many sample sections available -- just scroll down the page) and "Basic Rules for Hanyu Pinyin Orthography." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_frappa Posted May 3, 2004 at 03:20 AM Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 at 03:20 AM hmm... good references, but.. my dictionary does not serve the same purpose as the ABC Dictionary. my dictionary is mostly useless and is linked to better dictionaries for user convenience. besides, there are dictionaries that are older than ABC Dictionary that have better layouts and and interfaces... > http://chinese.primezero.com/pzcdz/report1.html maybe i will call this page The JunkYard... hehehe > http://chinese.primezero.com/pzcdz/u4.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msittig Posted May 7, 2004 at 01:22 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 at 01:22 PM geek_frappa, Is openDICT available to be downloaded? Or is it just searchable? I looked all over your website and I could not find a way to download it. With a name like openDICT, I assumed it would be available somewhere. --msittig http://wubi.org/zhtool/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_frappa Posted May 7, 2004 at 02:20 PM Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 at 02:20 PM hi, msittig! welcome to the forum! ^_^ openDict will be available for download in June. you will see a link for the download directly on the homepage next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msittig Posted May 7, 2004 at 05:07 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 at 05:07 PM Sweet, glad to hear that. If it's seems feasible, I would consider incorporating it into my Chinese Reading Tool. --msittig http://wubi.org/zhtool/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_frappa Posted May 14, 2004 at 05:16 PM Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 at 05:16 PM formatting is difficult and time-consuing. it may be better to just link directly to the dictionary for now... i'll need a little more than a month... CEDICT has a lot of mistakes... ....so does openDICT.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_frappa Posted May 14, 2004 at 05:18 PM Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 at 05:18 PM your tool is pretty nice. i will need to improve my quality before i can introduce a "dictionary" source database.... i wish we could all group together and form 1 good dictionary tool. as a company. but no one will give us money... oh well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handbus Posted May 18, 2004 at 09:00 AM Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 at 09:00 AM What a wonderful project. I want to offer some help! I am a Chinese native speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konglong Posted May 24, 2004 at 08:02 AM Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 at 08:02 AM Have you seen this online dictionary yet? Just stumbled upon it this afternoon. Also looks promising. http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_frappa Posted June 28, 2004 at 08:26 PM Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 at 08:26 PM Sweet, glad to hear that. If it's seems feasible, I would consider incorporating it into my Chinese Reading Tool. how about an RSS feed? My main concern is that although it's a dictionary, it doesn't treat entries in terms of words but instead as frag men ted syl la bles. This kind of character-based thinking has been the bane of many dictionaries and similar projects. you will find that I am the bane of most traditional education methods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_frappa Posted August 9, 2004 at 06:04 PM Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 at 06:04 PM how do you want dictionary information dumped? should i just provide every feasible format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_frappa Posted August 12, 2004 at 12:29 PM Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 at 12:29 PM Washington, D.C., for example is given as "hua sheng dun" and not as "Huashengdun". (Actually, the correct form in Hanyu Pinyin would be still be "Washington, D.C.", but I understand the need to list "Huashengdun".) I would strongly advise that you take the approach of the excellent ABC dictionary series from the University of Hawai`i Press. (Here's what entries in that dictionary look like.) For more on the rules of how to write things properly in Hanyu Pinyin, see Chinese Romanization: Pronunciation and Orthography (many sample sections available -- just scroll down the page) and "Basic Rules for Hanyu Pinyin Orthography." i'm not a very good programmer. implementing everything is so difficult... i will release the source later, so that better programmers can improve my dictionary tool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChouDoufu Posted October 3, 2004 at 11:15 PM Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 at 11:15 PM I wouldn't mind making contributions to your site... but. it's unaccessible. You should mirror it somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_frappa Posted October 16, 2004 at 12:54 AM Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 at 12:54 AM I would strongly advise that you take the approach of the excellent ABC dictionary series from the University of Hawai`i Press. (Here's what entries in that dictionary look like.) For more on the rules of how to write things properly in Hanyu Pinyin, see Chinese Romanization: Pronunciation and Orthography (many sample sections available -- just scroll down the page) and "Basic Rules for Hanyu Pinyin Orthography." i have been trying to write test plans to implement the pinyin rules, but i think the effort is far too great for the demand at this time. i realized last night that complying with the rules is feasible, but not worth volunteering time. i think Microsoft should hire you as a consultant so that they can build some of these rules into their IME. what do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandarinboy Posted November 1, 2004 at 01:38 PM Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 at 01:38 PM openDict will be available for download in June i read i one post but is it avilabe yet? If not, will it be available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_frappa Posted November 1, 2004 at 03:17 PM Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 at 03:17 PM openDict will be available for download in June i read i one post but is it avilabe yet? If not, will it be available? good question. i have had no time to prepare openDict for wide-spread implementation. i will have more time to organize openDict/pzDict in January... in the future, openDict will be editor-edited and pzDict will be primezero-edited. thanks for asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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