Aspect Markers

Aspect Markers There are some aspect markers in Cantonese. Perfective (咗 /zo2/) Terminative (完 /jyun4/) Exhaustive (晒 /saai3/) Add...

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Create an entry for your dictionary

You can just follow these simple steps to create an entry for your dictionary.

  1. Pick a word.

    Orange

  2. Provide a pronunciation to the word.

    Orange /ˈɔːrɪndʒ/

  3. Write a few example sentences for the word.

    Orange /ˈɔːrɪndʒ/

    I want to buy some oranges.
    Orange contains abundant vitamin C.
    Orange is my favourite colour.
    Bright colours are orange, yellow, red and green.
    My hat is orange.
    Please open the orange box.
  4. Group the sample sentences by meaning and word class.

    Orange /ˈɔːrɪndʒ/

    I want to buy some oranges.
    Orange contains abundant vitamin C.


    Orange is my favourite colour.
    Bright colours are orange, yellow, red and green.


    My hat is orange.
    Please open the orange box.
  5. Determine the word class for each group of sentence.

    Orange /ˈɔːrɪndʒ/

    NOUN
    I want to buy some oranges.
    Orange contains abundant vitamin C.

    NOUN
    Orange is my favourite colour.
    Bright colours are orange, yellow, red and green.

    ADJECTIVE
    My hat is orange.
    Please open the orange box.
  6. Write down other words that are habitually placed close together with it.

    Orange /ˈɔːrɪndʒ/

    NOUN
    I want to buy some oranges.
    Orange contains abundant vitamin C.
    Collocations
    juicy, sour, sweet, tree, juice
    NOUN
    Orange is my favourite colour.
    Bright colours are orange, yellow, red and green.
    Collocations
    bright, dark, reddish
    ADJECTIVE
    My hat is orange.
    Please open the orange box.
    Collocations
    bright, dark, reddish, colour
  7. You can provide additional information such as synonyms, antonym and related words.

    Orange /ˈɔːrɪndʒ/

    NOUN
    I want to buy some oranges.
    Orange contains abundant vitamin C.
    Collocations
    juicy, sour, sweet, tree, juice
    See also
    apple, banana, grape
    NOUN
    Orange is my favourite colour.
    Bright colours are orange, yellow, red and green.
    Collocations
    bright, dark, reddish
    See also
    red, yellow, green
    ADJECTIVE
    My hat is orange.
    Please open the orange box.
    Collocations
    bright, dark, reddish, colour
    See also
    red, yellow, green
  8. Write a definition for each group of sentence.

    Orange /ˈɔːrɪndʒ/

    NOUN A round juicy fruit with thick reddish-yellow skin.
    ‘I want to buy some oranges.’
    ‘Orange contains abundant vitamin C.’
    Collocations
    juicy, sour, sweet, tree, juice
    See also
    apple, banana, grape
    NOUN A bright reddish-yellow colour.
    ‘Orange is my favourite colour.’
    ‘Bright colours are orange, yellow, red and green.’
    Collocations
    bright, dark, reddish
    See also
    red, yellow, green
    ADJECTIVE Reddish yellow.
    ‘My hat is orange.’
    ‘Please open the orange box.’
    Collocations
    bright, dark, reddish, colour
    See also
    red, yellow, green
  9. Finally, you can publish your definition of the word.
It is simple and easy.