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AAT: Getty Research Institute. 2016. "Art & Architecture Thesaurus." Accessed August 16. http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/(external link).

AS: Academica Sinica

ASS: Asato, Noriko (ed). 2013. Handbook for Asian Studies Specialists: A Guide to Research Materials and Collection Building Tools, Libraries Unlimited, Santa Barbara, California, http://ebooks.abc-clio.com/?isbn=9781598848434(external link).

ABC: DeFrancis, J. (Ed.), 2003. ABC Chinese-English comprehensive dictionary: alphabetically based computerized, ABC Chinese dictionary series. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu.

ABCE: Schuessler, A., 2007. ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese. University of Hawaii Press.

Baidu Baike 百度百科, https://baike.baidu.com/(external link).

BAR: Downing, D, Covington, MA & Covington, MM 2015, Barron's Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms, English-Chinese translation, Qinghua University Press, Beijing.

BUS: Bussmann, Hadumod, ed. 2007, Yunanxue Cidian 《语言学词典》, Beijing: Commercial Press.

CBD: Giles, Herbert Allen. 1898. A Chinese Biographical Dictionary 《古今姓氏族譜》. London; Shanghai: B. Quaritch ; Kelly & Walsh.

CCANC: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/(external link), accessed 2021-02-16.

CC-CEDICT: CC-CEDICT project. "CC-CEDICT." Accessed March 2, 2014. http://cc-cedict.org/wiki/(external link) and MDBG Chinese-English dictionary(external link), online dictionary website based on CC-CEDICT.

CCD: Dictionary Department, Institute of Languages, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Ed.), 2002. The Contemporary Chinese Dictionary, Chinese-English edition, Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press, Beijing.

CCI: Jiao, Liwei, Cornelius C. Kubler ∓ Weiguo Zhang 2013, 500 Common Chinese Idioms: An Annotated Frequency Dictionary, Kindle, Routledge, Oxon, UK.

CCP: 中共 Chinese Communist Party

CDIP: Grimes, John A 1996, A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. New and revised ed. Albany: State University of New York Press.

CEDCT: Shangwu Yinshu Guancishu Yanjiu Zhongxin (Ed.) 2015, Chinese-English Dictionary of Classified Terms, Commercial Press, Beijing.

CECDST: Gu, Renao. 2003. A Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary of Science and Technology. Bejing: Commercial Press.

CED: Wei Dongya (ed). 1997, Chinese-English dictionary 《汉英词典》, Revised ed., Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press, Beijing.

CEDCI: Pan Weigui 潘维桂 2000, A Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Idioms 汉英汉语成语用法词典, Beijing: Sinolingua.

CEDB: Chen Guansheng, and Peizhu Li, eds. 2005, A Chinese-English Dictionary of Buddhist Terms 《中英佛教词典》. Beijing: Foriegn Languages Press 外文出版社.

CH: Wilkinson, EP 2015, Chinese History: a New Manual, Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge and London.

Ci Yuan: Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, and Henan Ci Yuan Revision Committee, 1983, Revised ed, Ci Yuan 《辭源》, Commercial Press, Beijing.

CMG: Cross-Cultural Healthcare Program. 2011. Chinese medical glossary. Seattle, WA: Cross Cultural Health Care Program.

CPT: Liu Lianli (Ed.), 1999. HSK Chinese profiency test vocabulary guidline: A dictionary of Chinese usage: 8000 words. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, Beijing.

CV: "China Vitae." 2016. Accessed May 19, 2016. http://chinavitae.com(external link).

DCP: Rohsenow, JS 2003, ABC Dictionary of Chinese Proverbs (Yanyu), University of Hawaii Press.

DIET: Yang Ziyou. 2012. An English-Chinese Dictionary of Information and Electronic Technology 《英汉信息与电子科技词典》. Beijing: China Electric Power Press.

ECDST: Weng Ruiqi (Ed.). 2002. An English-Chinese dictionary of science and technology 《英汉科技辞典》. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press.

ECPD: Zui Xin Shi, Yong Ying Han, 1998. English-Chinese pinyin dictionary. New World Press, Beijing, China.

EMC: Early Middle Chinese

FE: Zhang Fangjie, Zhu Liangzhen, Deng Leran, 1996. Far East Chinese-English Dictionary 《遠東漢英大辭典》. The Far East Book Co., Taiwan.

Fl.: Floruit, he or she flourished during these years

FoC: Wu Zhengyi, Peter Raven, and Hong Deyuan, (eds.) 2013. Flora of China. Beijing: Science Press. http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=2(external link).

GCED: Giles, H.A., 1892. A Chinese-English Dictionary, London: B. Quaritch.

GDNH: Chen Jiarong, Xie Fang, Lu Junling, 1986. Gudai Nanhai Diming Hui Shi 《古代南海地名汇释》. Zhonghua Book Company, Beijing.

GHC: Chen Fu Hua 陈复华, ed. Gudai Hanyu Cidian 《古代汉语词典》. Beijing: China Commercial Press 商务印书馆, 2005.

GHDC: Wangjian Yin 王剑引, Liangjian Min, 2007. Gudai Hanyu Da Cidian 《古代汉语大词典》, Ci Hai. edition Shanghai Commercial Press, Shanghai.

GLSIB: Gong Guangli (Ed.) 2011, An English-Chinese Chinese-English Glossary of Library Science, Intelligence and Bibliography, Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, Shanghai.

Guoyu: Ministry of Education, R.O.C, 2015Guoyu Cidian revised ed., 重編國語辭典修訂本, viewed 15 March 2017, www.moedict.tw(external link).

Hanyu Da Cidian: Luo Zhufeng 罗竹风 (chief ed.), 1994, Hanyu Da Cidian 汉语大词典, Shanghai: Shanghai Cishu Press, 12 volumes.

Han Dian: 汉典 Han Dian, 2015, http://www.zdic.net/(external link), accessed 2018-09-24.

HCD: Dillon, Michael. 1998. China: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon.

HSK: Liu Lianli (Ed.), 1999. HSK Chinese profiency test vocabulary guidline: A dictionary of Chinese usage: 8000 words. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, Beijing.

HYCD: Wu, Jingcai. 1985. A Chinese-English Dictionary. Beijing: Commercial Press.

HYWW: Wang, D., Yang, Q., 2005. A Chinese-English glossary of cultural relics and archaeology 《汉英文物考古词汇》. Forbidden City Press, Beijing.

Kroll: Kroll, PW 2015, A student's dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese, Brill, Leiden, Boston.

LH: Late Han (pronunciation)

Lunyu x:y: The Analects of Confucius scroll x, paragraph y. Kindle. ed. Counterpoint, Berkeley, CA.

MC: Middle Chinese

MPRC: "Map of the People's Republic of China 《中华人民共和国地图》." 2002. Chinese-English Edition, Sino Maps Press.

MW: Monier Williams, 1899. Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press, Oxford. http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/monier/(external link). Accessed March 2, 2014.

MWE: multiword expression

NCCED: Hui Yu, (ed.), 2004. A New Century Chinese-English Dictionary 新世纪汉英大词典, Beijing: Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press.

OC: Old Chinese

PRC: 中华人民共和国 People's Republic of China

QZW: Wu, Kathy and Sai Tee 2015, Thousand-Character Classic, Singapore: China Publishing House.

SDC: China Communications Press, 2016. World Atlas 世界地图册, China Communications Press, Beijing.

SEEKERS: Van Hien Study Group 2003, The seeker's glossary: Buddhism. New York: Sutra Translation Committee of the U.S. & Canada.

Shuo Wen: Xu Shen. "Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字," 121 CE. Chinese Text Project. http://ctext.org/shuo-wen-jie-zi(external link), Accessed 2015/01/10.

Suyu: Xu Zongcai, Ying Junling (Eds.) 2011, Suyu Cidian 《俗语词典》 Commercial Press, Beijing.

TGN: Getty Research Institute. 2016. "Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names." Accessed August 25. http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/(external link).

TM: Translation memory

Unihan: Unicode Consortium, 2015. Unicode Han Database, http://unicode.org/reports/tr38/(external link).

VIAF: VIAF Contributors. 2016. "Virtual International Authority File." Accessed October 30, 2016. http://viaf.org(external link).

VOA: Voice of America

WG: Wade-Giles

Wikipedia: Wikipedia, 2016, Wikimedia Foundation. Accessed October 30, 2016. http://www.wikipedia.org/(external link).

WN: Wang Cuihua, ed. 2013. Wu Nan Guo Yu Cidian《五南國語辭典》. Taipei: Wu Nan Publishing Company.

WorldCat, 2016, OCLC, www.worldcat.org(external link), accessed 2021-02-07.

X: CBETA 1988. Manji Zokuzōkyō 卍續藏經, Kyoto Buddhist Canon Academy 京都藏經書院, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/X(external link) (Accessed 2020-12-25).

XHW: Xinhua Net, 2016, http://www.xinhuanet.com(external link), accessed 2016-01-25.

XH: Xinhua zidian 《新华字典》, 2013. Chinese-English ed. Beijing: Commercial Press.

XHZD: Xinhua zidian 《新华字典》, 2010. 11th ed. Beijing: Commercial Press.

ZZD: Shandong Sheng Diqu Chubanshe, 2016. Zhongguo Zhengqu Dituce 《中国政区地图册》, Shandong Sheng Diqu Chubanshe, Dazi Ban, Jinan.

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