The Meanings of the "Hongyan" Entry in the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary
Abstract:"Hongyan" is a word of high frequency. As the most authoritative dictionary, the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary has a comparatively mono--definition of this word. Based on the corpus statistics, this paper concludes that "hongyan" has five senses as a dictionary entry, such as "beauty", "femi- nine", "looks of beautiful ladies" and "rosy cheeks", etc.
Keywords:hongyandictionary entryfemalethe Contemporary Chinese Dictionary
Publication Date:2011-01-01
Online Publishing Date:2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages:3( 72-74 )
