The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Chinese Dictionary

From the familiar to the highly specialized, the Oxford-Duden Pictorial Dictionaries offer coverage of thousands of objects.

They are intended to provide clear and simple presentation of complex and detailed items in the technical, scientific and natural world.

The straightforward numbering system and comprehensive index lead you to the correct translation, offering at a glance the relevant Chinese and English names.

Specialist and non-specialist vocabulary are covered in eleven different themes: The atom, the universe, and the Earth; man and his social environment; nature as environment; agriculture, and forestry; trades, crafts, and industry; printing industry; transport, communications and information technology; office, bank and stock exchange; community recreation, games, and sport; entertainment, culture and art; animals and plants. With over 1500 items in the areas of computing, audio and video, typesetting, communications, and transport, this dictionary is a wide-ranging guide to objects in the modern world, intended for Chinese learners at all levels, particularly those wanting technical coverage, and for translators.