- 查字典 cházìdiǎn to look up in a dictionaryTo search for a word or character in a dictionary
- 活字典 huózìdiǎn walking dictionarya person who is extremely well-informed, knowledgeable, or has a thorough command of a specific subject
- 汉语大字典 hànyǔdàzìdiǎn Hanyu Da ZidianA massive and highly comprehensive dictionary of Chinese characters, originally published in eight volumes between 1986 and 1990.
- 康熙字典 kāngxīzìdiǎn Kangxi DictionaryThe 42-volume dictionary compiled by order of the Kangxi Emperor and published in 1716; it contains over 47,000 characters and established the system of 214 radicals still used in many modern dictionaries.
- 电子字典 diànzǐzìdiǎn electronic dictionaryA dictionary published in digital form or accessible via a computer program; also known as a [[电脑字典|電腦字典|dian4 nao3 zi4 dian3]] in Taiwan or a [[计算机字典|計算機字典|ji4 suan4 ji1 zi4 dian3]] in Mainland China.
- 电脑字典 diànnǎozìdiǎn computer dictionaryelectronic dictionary or dictionary software accessible via a computer; common term used in Taiwan
- 计算机字典 jìsuànjīzìdiǎn electronic dictionarycomputerized dictionary or dictionary program, primarily used in Mainland China
