rhyme dictionary

English

The first entry in the Qieyun, the most important Chinese rhyme dictionary, indicating that 東 should be pronounced with the initial consonant of 德 and the final sound and tone of 紅

Alternative forms

• rime dictionary

Noun

rhyme dictionary (plural rhyme dictionaries)

1. Synonym of rhyming dictionary.
2. (China, historical) A Chinese lexicon arranged by tones and rhyme rather than radical, frequently without definitions.

Usage notes

Some scholars prefer to use the archaic spelling rime dictionary to distinguish the specific Chinese tradition involved with the Qieyun and its successors, usually based on reconstructed and compromise pronunciations rather than contemporary rhymes of the scholars' own day.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:dictionary

Translations

Chinese dictionary

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韻書／韵书 (zh) (yùnshū)

• Japanese: 韻書 (いんしょ, insho)
• Korean: 운서(韻書) (unseo)