<p>维基大典, as the comments shown, means Wikipedia</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>There are two ways for translation in Chinese. </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>By their pronunciation</p></li>
  <li><p>By their function</p></li>
  </ol>
</blockquote>

<p>In the first part "Wiki" is translation by its pronunciation. Thus, </p>

<pre><code>"Wi" sound could be written as 维
"Ki" sound could be written as 基
</code></pre>

<p>While in the second part, "大典" is translated by its function.</p>

<p>Suffix "-pedia" is from the greek root paideia, meaning education, culture. And in English "-pedia" is for something that have a knowledgeable collection for something.  </p>

<pre><code>"大典" in Chinese equals to Encyclopedia. 

"典" in Chinese means a collection of influential and important works
</code></pre>

<p>So if you have a Chinese dictionary, you will find it is called </p>

<pre><code>eg.「字典」means word dictionary
</code></pre>

<p>ie. a collection of words with elaborations and meanings, and it is important for language learners.</p>

<p>It is also that's why "Wiki-pedia" could just get the name "Wiki" and "-pedia" is not directly translated by pronunciation as "大典" could already explain it.</p>

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2017-04-25T17:27:58.403Z
2017-04-25T17:27:58.403Z
Ryan
<p>维基大典 is a name of Wikipedia - Classical Chinese version.So it's The Encyclopedia writen in Classical Chinese.</p>

<p>Literal meaning, Great Collection in Wikipedia.</p>

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Kevman
<p>Hello I wanted to ask if someone knows the meaning of These characters:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/rt8hc.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/rt8hc.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2017-03-31T09:48:30.737Z
@songyuanyao So this means `Chinese Wikipedia` ?
WasteD
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2017-04-26T03:10:02.840Z
Translating 'Wikipedia' to Chinese, but in ancient Chinese style, just like 永樂大典, an encyclopedia compiled at 永乐 (an emperor of Qing dynasty) era.
Daniel Yang
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Meaning of these characters
# Meaning of these characters

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-31)

Hello I wanted to ask if someone knows the meaning of These characters:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/rt8hc.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/rt8hc.png)

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> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: @songyuanyao So this means `Chinese Wikipedia` ?  
> **username_1**: Translating 'Wikipedia' to Chinese, but in ancient Chinese style, just like 永樂大典, an encyclopedia compiled at 永乐 (an emperor of Qing dynasty) era.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-04-25. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

维基大典, as the comments shown, means Wikipedia

There are two ways for translation in Chinese. 

By their pronunciation
By their function


In the first part "Wiki" is translation by its pronunciation. Thus, 
"Wi" sound could be written as 维
"Ki" sound could be written as 基

While in the second part, "大典" is translated by its function.
Suffix "-pedia" is from the greek root paideia, meaning education, culture. And in English "-pedia" is for something that have a knowledgeable collection for something.  
"大典" in Chinese equals to Encyclopedia. 

"典" in Chinese means a collection of influential and important works

So if you have a Chinese dictionary, you will find it is called 
eg.「字典」means word dictionary

ie. a collection of words with elaborations and meanings, and it is important for language learners.
It is also that's why "Wiki-pedia" could just get the name "Wiki" and "-pedia" is not directly translated by pronunciation as "大典" could already explain it.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-04-17. Score: 0

维基大典 is a name of Wikipedia - Classical Chinese version.So it's The Encyclopedia writen in Classical Chinese.

Literal meaning, Great Collection in Wikipedia.


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