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Try these: http://zhongwen.com/ http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html If you cannot find the Chinese compound in the dictionaries, I can help since I am a native Chinese. Felix --- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, "Rex May" <rmay@m...> wrote: > You know what would be a great resource for Ceqli? A good > Chinese-English-Chinese dictionary, in pinyin or maybe > wade-giles or yale, that clearly indicated the elements of > compound words, so that we could actually form compounds the > same way, in some cases, or at least get suggestions from the > Chinese system. > > Recently, on auxlang, I got some heavy criticism from some > Spanish fellow, who objected to the Ceqli words for 'Bible,' and > 'Abbey,' among others. He persuaded me that they're awkward, > so I'm in the process of making 'Bible' "xenhon," or god-book, > and abbey into 'sunimjay,' or monk-place. Abbot will be > 'sunimjaybo,' of course. > > So, henceforth, I intend to look for the Chinese compound > whenever I'm looking for a new word ? not to use the Chinese > -words-, you understand, but to use the compounding rationale, > as in 'sunimjaybo,' which is Korean, Hindi, and English roots > combined in the Chinese way.