Number of people using online Mandarin dictionary tops 100 million

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Number of people using online Mandarin dictionary tops 100 million
2010/07/31 21:31:39

Taipei, July 31 (CNA) The number of people using an online Mandarin Chinese dictionary compiled by the Ministry of Education (MOE) topped 100 million in late July, but heavier promotion is needed to attract more users, an MOE official said Saturday.

The official said that after repeated revisions, http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/, now covers nearly 170,000 items, making it the biggest Chinese dictionary data bank in the world.

But the official also said that at present, elementary school students use dictionaries the most, while junior and senior high school students seldom use them.

As many teachers and students are not even aware that the dictionary exists, more has to be done to promote the useful and convenient tool, the official added. (By Lin Szu-yu and Lilian Wu) ENDITEM/J

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