rhyme dictionary

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rhyme dictionary (plural rhyme dictionaries)

  1. (historical) A Chinese lexicon arranged by tones and rhyme rather than radical, frequently without definitions.
  2. Synonym of rhyming dictionary.

Usage notes

  • Some scholars prefer to use the archaic spelling rime dictionary to distinguish the specific Chinese tradition involved with the Qieyun and its successors, usually based on reconstructed and compromise pronunciations rather than contemporary rhymes of the scholars' own day.

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