The questionnaire is part of a linguistic study on Chinese-English dictionaries for Chinese learners whose mother tongue is not Chinese. Your responses to this questionnaire will be treated as completely confidential. Thank you very much for filling in the questionnaire. If you have any question, please contact: Sunny (Wechat: jay13101102103)

Part I Personal information

1. Your age: * <18 years old 18—40 years old 40—60 years old >60 years old

2. Your nationality: *

3. How long have you been learning Chinese? * Less than 1 year 1-3 years 4-6 years More than 6 years

Part II Chinese-English dictionaries

4. This is an entry of a Chinese word "苍劲". For better answering the questions, please take a look. Helpful Very helpful ^_^

5. [Single Choice] How often do you use Chinese-English dictionaries to study Chinese? * Very frequently Frequently Neither frequently nor infrequently Infrequently Very infrequently

6. Name the Chinese-English dictionaries you have used or are using. Please try to specify the full name of the dictionary, its chief editor and its press *

7. [Multiple Choices] Under what circumstances will you use a Chinese-English Dictionary? * 【多选题】 Don't know pronunciations Don't know spellings Don't know meanings Don't know collocations and grammars Don't know how to use a word Others (Please specify )



8. [Multiple Choices] Which part in a Chinese-English dictionary do you attach more importance to? Why? * 【多选题】 English Definition Examples Grammatical information Collocational information Pragmatic information Cultural information Additional information (such as use and hints of the word)

9. Why do you attach more importance to these parts in a Chinese-English dictionary? *

10. [Multiple Choices] While using a Chinese-English dictionary, how much information do you expect the entry can offer? * 【多选题】 Only offer English equivalents Offer both English equivalents and examples Offer English equivalents, examples and simple glosses Offer full information including spelling, pronunciation, definition, examples, grammatical info, pragmatic info and usage

11. [Multiple Choices] What’s your main purpose to use a Chinese-English dictionary? * 【多选题】 For Chinese reading comprehension For Chinese listening comprehension For Chinese writing To translate Chinese into English To translate English to Chinese Others (Please specify)



12. [Single Choice] Can a Chinese-English dictionary help with your reading, translation or writing? * Helps a lot Helpful So so Not that helpful No help at all

13. [Multiple Choices] Entries in a Chinese-English dictionary must be arranged in a sequence. Which way of the following do you prefer? * 【多选题】 Alphabetic sequence Radical sequence (e.g. 丨 亅 丿 乛 一 乙 乚) Stroke order sequence (the order of strokes) Strokes sequence ( the number of strokes) Semantic sequence (the meaning of words) Others (Please specify)



14. Which one do you prefer, a domestic Chinese-English dictionary?or China’s Chinese-English dictionary? * A domestic Chinese-English dictionary ( dictionary compiled by your own country) A China’s Chinese-English dictionary ( dictionary compiled by China )

15. [Multiple Choices] Why do you prefer a Chinese-English dictionary compiled by your own country? * 【多选题】 Better English definition Easier to retrieve or search for a word Easy to use (with simple dictionary entry) Easy to carry (with small dictionary size) Carefully chosen amount of information in an entry Fine hardcover The design and structure of the dictionary are in line with my reading habits Accustomed to domestic dictionaries Not familiar with China’s dictionaries Recommended by teachers or friends Others (Please specify)



16. [Single Choice] Are you satisfied with your currently-used Chinese-English dictionaries? * Very satisfied Satisfied So so Not so satisfied Oh, I hate it!

17. [Multiple Choices] In which part do you think your currently-used Chinese-English dictionaries should make improvements? * 【多选题】 Increase the number of total words Grammatical information Collocational information English equivalents discrimination Pragmatic information Cultural information Increase the number of examples Others (Please specify)



18. [Multiple Choices] Why do you prefer a Chinese-English dictionary compiled by China? * 【多选题】 Definitions are more authentic Easy to find a word (with moderate number of entries) Entries with rich information Reasonable price Recommended by teachers or friends The design and structure of the dictionary are in line with my reading habits Others (Please specify



19. [Single Choice] Are you satisfied with your currently-used Chinese-English dictionaries? * Very satisfied Satisfied So so Not so satisfied Oh, I hate it!