How to find Chinese characters and meanings
For modern Chinese
- Zhonghua zi dian / 中華字典 REF PL1420.Z55 1990
- Zhonghua da zi dian / 中華大字典 REF PL1420.Z52 1958
- Xian dai han yu ci dian / 現代漢語辭典 REF PL1420.X225 2002
- Xian dai han yu da ci dian / 現代漢語大辭典 （全2卷） REF PL1420.X53 2000
- Dao xu xian dai han yu zi dian /倒序現代漢語字典
- Ci hai / 辭海 PL1420.T862 1979
- Xian dai Han yu xu ci li shi / 现代汉语虛词例释 PL1237.X53 1982
For classic Chinese
- Shuo wen jie zi / 說文解字 PL1281.X8 1997
- Kangxi zi dian （biao dian ben ) / 康熙字典 ( 標點本）REF PL1420.K36 2002
- Ding zheng Kangxi zi dian / 訂正康熙字典 REF PL1420.D56 1957
- Ci yuan / 辭源 REF PL1420.T89 1967
- Gu Han yu chang yong zi zi dian / 古漢語常用字字典 PL1420.G8 1998
- Wang Li gu han yu zi dian / 王力古漢語字典 REF PL1485.W36 2000
- Gu dai Han yu xu ci tong shi / 古代汉语虛词通释 PL1237.G8 1985
- Dai kanwa jiten / 大漢和辭典 PL681.C5M6 1980
For regional dialects
- Chongming fang yan ci dian / 崇明方言詞典 REF PL1940.C5.Z47 1993
- Guangzhou yin zi dian : pu tong hua dui zhao / 廣州音字典: 普通話對照 REF PL1737 .K82 1983
- Xianggang yue yu ci dian / 香港粵語辭典 REF PL1740.H72.C45 1997
- Han yu fang yan da ci dian / 漢語方言大辭典 （全4卷） REF PL1547.H36 1999
For subject vocabulary
Economics
- Ying Han jing ji ci hui / 英汉经济词汇 REF HB61 .Y57 1983
Law
- Dictionary of Chinese law and government : Chinese-English REF K52.C5 B5
Buddhism
- Fo jiao da ci dian / 佛敎大辞典 / 主编任継愈 REF BQ130 .F5 2002
- Han Ying fo xue da ci dian / 漢英佛學大辭典 REF BQ130.S63 1969
Classic Chinese
- Gu Han yu zhi shi xiang jie ci dian / 古漢語知識詳解辭典 REF PL1079 .G8 1996
Business
- Business Chinese dictionary : English-Chinese REF HF1002 .B88 1995-
Literature
- Zhongguo wen xue da ci dian / 中國文學大辭典
- Shi ci qu yu ci hui shi / 詩詞曲語詞彙釋 ( Collected explications of the language of the Shi, Ci, and Qu) PL2518.5.Z45 1953
History
- Zhongguo li shi da ci dian / 中國歷史大辭典 REF DS733.Z46 2000