A Comparative Study on the Entries Marked with
In addition to general vocabulary, the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary also includes some common dialectal terms and dialectal meanings. With continuous revisions, the inclusion of dialectal entries in the dictionary has undergone dynamic evolution: some new entries have been added while others have been removed; some words have shifted from general terms to dialectal terms, and vice versa. These changes attest to the fluidity and development of language. This paper takes the dialectal entries in the 6th and 7th editions of the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary as the research objects. Through comparative statistics on the additions, deletions, adjustments, and modifications of dialectal entries between the two editions, it identifies issues in the current inclusion of dialects in the dictionary and proposes specific revision suggestions.