How to use the dictionary

To look for a word or phrase please type it in the field 'Word', select one or more dictionaries and the output format and press the 'Submit' button. Currently only the HTTP interface with HTML output format is supported. Later versions may support plain text or XML format.

Currently available dictionaries:

• English - Vietnamese dictionary (Từ điển Anh - Việt) (58.000 words)
• Vietnamese - English dictionary (Từ điển Việt - Anh) (11.000 words)
• French - Vietnamese dictionary (Từ điển Pháp - Việt) (48.000 words)
• Vietnamese - French dictionary (Từ điển Việt - Pháp) (39.000 words)
• Vietnamese dictionary (Từ điển tiếng Việt) (11.000 words)
• Dictionary of Vietnamese literary allusions (Điển cố văn học) (1.200 words)
• English - German dictionary (Từ điển Anh - Đức)
• German - English dictionary (Từ điển Đức - Anh)
• German - Vietnamese dictionary (Từ điển Đức - Việt)
• Vietnamese - German dictionary (Từ điển Việt - Đức)
• WordNet (English dictionary)

Vietnamese encodings and fonts

The following output formats are supported: Unicode (pre-composed, dựng sẵn), TCVN, VIQR, CP-1258, and VNI. The default encoding is pre-composed Unicode. CP-1258 is useful if you want to use composite Unicode characters for Vietnamese (Unicode tổ hợp). TCVN and VNI are two legacy Vietnamese encodings from the days before Unicode. To display the result in TCVN or VNI formats you need to install the appropriate fonts: '.VnTime' for TCVN and 'VNI-Times' for VNI. Unicode TrueType fonts can be downloaded from Microsoft Website (only if you are using Windows 95/98/NT).

The VIQR convention

Using InternetExplorer version 5 or later you can type Vietnamese using TELEX or VNI convention. Otherwise you can lookup Vietnamese words using VIQR convention, for example: "Vie^.t Nam". The characters used for the diacritical marks are:

	MARK            CHAR    EXAMPLE

	breve            (      a(n na(n, ba(n khoa(n
	circumflex       ^      nha^n co^ng, lo^ng bo^ng
	horn             +      tu+o+ng tu+, que^ hu+o+ng
	acute            '      choa'ng va'ng, sa'ng suo^'t
	grave            `      lu` khu`, nga` nga` hook above
	hook above       ?      ho?i tha(m, va?i vo'c
	tilde            ~      ky~ ca`ng, na~o nu`ng
	dot below        .      Tra.ng Nguye^n, bo^.p cho^.p

	dd               dd     dda ti`nh, ddong ddu+a DD
	DD               DD     DDo^ng So+n, DDo^`ng Nai