ABC Dictionary Abbreviations

Note: these abbreviation details are available within the Hanping Chinese Dictionary app.

The following list includes all the dictionary abbreviations, not only Chinese Parts of Speech & English Parts of Speech:

ab. abbreviation suōxiě 缩写
acct. accounting kuàijì 会计
adj. adjective xíngróngcí 形容词
adv. adverb fùcí 副词
agr. agriculture nóngyè 农业
a.m. aspect marker tǐ biāojì 体标记
archeo. archeology kạ̌ogǔxué 考古学
archi. architecture jiànzhùxué 建筑学
art. article guàncí 冠词
astr. astronomy tiānwénxué 天文学
a.t. abstruse term shēn'àocí 深奥词
attr. attributive dìngyǔ 定语
aux. auxiliary verb zhùdòngcí 助动词
b.f. bound form niánzhuó císù 粘着词素
bio. biology shēngwùxué 生物学
bot. botany zhíwùxué 植物学
budd. Buddhism, Buddhist Fójiào 佛教
ca. circa; about; approximately dàyuē 大约
ccp Chinese Communist Party Zhōngguó Gòngchạ̌ndǎng 中国共产党
cent. century shìjì 世纪
cf. confer cháyuè 查閱
ch. China, Chinese Zhōngguó 中国
ch. med. Chinese medicine Zhōngyī 中医
char. character zì 字
chem. chemistry huàxué 化学
cmp. complement bụ̌yǔ 补语
coll. colloquial kọ̌uyǔ 口语
com. commerce shāngyè 商业
comp. computer jìsuànjī 计算机
compar. comparative bǐjiàojí 比较级
conj. conjunction liáncí 连词
cons. construction jùxíng 句型
court. courteous jìngcí 敬辞
cov. coverb jiècí 介词
cp. compare bǐjiào 比較
cult. rev. Cultural Revolution Wén-Gé 文革
d. died shìshì 逝世
dao. Daoism, Daoist Dàojiào 道教
dd. etc. dẹ̌ngděng 等等
derog. derogatory biǎnyìcí 贬义词
econ. economics jīngjì 经济
edu. education jiàoyù 教育
e.g. for example (exempli gratia) lìrú 例如
elec. electrical engineering diàngōng 电工
esp. especially tèzhǐ 特指
etc. and so on (et cetera) dẹ̌ngděng 等等
f.e. fixed expression gùdìng cízǔ 固定词组
fig. figurative(ly) yǐnyù 隐喻
forest. forestry sēnlín 森林
form. formal zhèngshì yòngyǔ 正式用语
geog. geography dìlǐ 地理
geol. geology dìzhì 地质
hist. history lìshǐ 历史
humb. humble qiāncí 谦词
id. idiomatic saying xíyǔ 习语
i.e. that is (id est) nà jiùshì shuō 那就是說
inf. infix zhōngzhuì 中缀
inform. informal fēizhèngshìyǔ 非正式语
intj. interjection gǎntàn 感叹
jp. Japan, Japanese Rìběn 日本
kmt Kuomintang/Guomindang Guómíndǎng 国民党
lg. language, linguistics yǔyán(xué) 语言(学)
lit. literal(ly) zìmiàn yì 字面义
liv. livestock husbandry xùmù 畜牧
loan loan word wàiláicí 外来词
log. logic luóji 逻辑
m. measure liàngcí 量词
mach. machinery jīxiè 机械
math. mathematics shùxué 数学
med. medicine yīxué 医学
met. meteorology qìxiàng 气象
metal. metallurgy yějīn 冶金
mil. military jūnshì 军事
min. mining kuàngyè 矿业
m.p. modal particle yǔqìcí 语气词
mus. music yīnyuè 音乐
n. noun míngcí 名词
n.c. countable noun kẹ̌shǔ míngcí 可数名词
n.p. plural noun fùshù míngcí 复数名词
n.sing. singular noun dānshù míngcí 单数名词
n.u. uncountable noun bùkẹ̌shǔ míngcí 不可数名词
num. number shùcí 数词
on. onomatopoeia xiàngshēngcí 象声词
orig. original(ly) yuányì 原意
paleo. paleontology gǔshēngwùxué 古生物学
phil. philosophy zhéxué 哲学
photo. photography shèyǐng 摄影
phy. physics wùlǐ 物理
phys. physiology shēnglǐxué 生理学
pl. plural fùshù 复数
pol. politics zhèngzhì 政治
p.p. past participle guòqù fēncí 过去分词
pr. pronoun dàicí 代词
prc People's Republic of China Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó 中华人民共和国
pref. prefix qiánzhuì 前缀
pres.p. present participle xiànzài fēncí 现在分词
print. printing yìnshuā 印刷
prov. province shěng 省
psy. psychology xīnlǐxué 心理学
p.t. past tense quòqùshí 过去时
p.w. place word chùsuǒcí 处所词
rel. religion zōngjiào 宗教
r.f. reduplicated form chóngdiécí 重叠词
r.v. resultative verb jiéguǒ bụ̌yǔ 结果补语
sb. somebody mǒurén 某人
sig. signifying, signalizing biǎoshì 表示
soc. sociology shèhuìxué 社会学
s.p. subordinating particle cóngshǔcí 从属词
sth. something mǒushì 某事
suf. suffix hòuzhuì 后缀
super. superlative degree zuìgāojí 最高级
sur. surveying cèhuì 测绘
s.v. stative verb jìngtài dòngcí 静态动词
thea. theater xìjù 戏剧
topo. topolect, non-Mandarin fāngyán 方言
trad. traditional chuántǒng 传统
traf. traffic, communication jiāotōng 交通
tw Taiwan Táiwān 台湾
txtl. textile fǎngzhī 纺织
usu. usually tōngcháng 通常
v. verb dòngcí 动词
v.i. intransitive verb bùjíwù dòngcí 不及物动词
v.m. verbal measure word dòngliàngcí 动量词
v.o. verb-object dòng-bīn líhécí 动宾离合词
v.p. verb phrase dòngcí cízǔ 动词词组
v.t. transitive verb jíwù dòngcí 及物动词
vs. versus duìyìng 对应
vulg. vulgar súyǔ 俗语
wr. writing, wenyan wényán, shūmiàn 文言, 书面
zoo. zoology dòngwùxué 动物学

Chinese Parts of Speech

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English Parts of Speech

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