<p><a href="http://xh.5156edu.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://xh.5156edu.com/</a> provides the possibility to search for a single character and then getting the most common words with it. </p>

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2018-10-02T22:07:01.970Z
it may be a good reference but may not be quite to the point of the question --  getting beyond examples to advice about differentiating synonyms
Mike M
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Vincent  G
<p>zhTenTen: Corpus of the Chinese Web <a href="https://www.sketchengine.eu/zhtenten-chinese-corpus/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.sketchengine.eu/zhtenten-chinese-corpus/</a></p>

<p>中文詞彙特性速描系統（Chinese Word Sketch）<a href="http://wordsketch.ling.sinica.edu.tw/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://wordsketch.ling.sinica.edu.tw/index.html</a></p>

<p>中文搭配助手（Online Chinese Collocation Assistant）<a href="http://cca.xingtanlu.cn/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://cca.xingtanlu.cn/</a></p>

<p>语料库在线（Corpus Online）<a href="http://corpus.zhonghuayuwen.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://corpus.zhonghuayuwen.org/</a></p>

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Wei
<p>Pleco gives better results for this if you look up the English word you want.  For example, in your case you already know 练习 and 实习 so you are looking those up and trying to figure out which one to use.  But if you look up "practice" in Pleco and look under the DICT or WORDS tabs it's much easier to see the differences.</p>

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Ben Jackson
<p>现代汉语词典 is your choice. When I was in middle school, I have this.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/U1tUt.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/U1tUt.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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Siwei
<p>Is there a decent dictionary that includes word collocations (词语搭配), or words that the searched word cannot be used with?</p>
<p>I use Pleco, but one of my largest complaints with it is that there's really no baseline for how the words are used, other than the few example sentences that are provided. With Pleco, there is no good way to determine when to use 维持、维护、保持、持续、etc, or any of the subtle differences between 实习、实践、进行、实行, etc.</p>

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2018-09-29T03:34:12.860Z
what you are looking for is 词典. words -> 词典，characters -> 字典.
dan
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dictionaries do not teach you how a word is used-- Textbooks do
Tang Ho
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yeah, it's tough to get that much context from dictionaries, certainly not consistently.  I can tell you that in Pleco right now, I get more or less of this from different dictionaries - remember it is an app you fill with many different dictionaries ("add-ons").  Of the dictionaries I have in Pleco today I most often get this kind of hint from "Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian".  It is all Chinese, though.
Mike M
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2018-09-29T04:48:40.927Z
Longmans also provides some footnotes to differentiate usage between similar words. But you’d be better off hiring a tutor to go over these types of things.
Mou某
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2018-09-29T23:48:37.910Z
find many usage examples at bkrs: e.g. for 搭配 bkrs has 4 screens of examples, synonyms, etc.
user6065
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2018-12-09T09:02:42.817Z
In Pleco, have you turned examples on?
Philipp
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Is there a dictionary that includes word collocations (词语搭配)?
# Is there a dictionary that includes word collocations (词语搭配)?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-29)

Is there a decent dictionary that includes word collocations (词语搭配), or words that the searched word cannot be used with?

I use Pleco, but one of my largest complaints with it is that there's really no baseline for how the words are used, other than the few example sentences that are provided. With Pleco, there is no good way to determine when to use 维持、维护、保持、持续、etc, or any of the subtle differences between 实习、实践、进行、实行, etc.

**Tags:** grammar, resources, dictionary

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: what you are looking for is 词典. words -> 词典，characters -> 字典.  
> **username_2**: dictionaries do not teach you how a word is used-- Textbooks do  
> **username_3**: yeah, it's tough to get that much context from dictionaries, certainly not consistently.  I can tell you that in Pleco right now, I get more or less of this from different dictionaries - remember it is an app you fill with many different dictionaries ("add-ons").  Of the dictionaries I have in Pleco today I most often get this kind of hint from "Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian".  It is all Chinese, though.  
> **username_4**: Longmans also provides some footnotes to differentiate usage between similar words. But you’d be better off hiring a tutor to go over these types of things.  
> **username_5**: find many usage examples at bkrs: e.g. for 搭配 bkrs has 4 screens of examples, synonyms, etc.  
> **username_6**: In Pleco, have you turned examples on?  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_7 on 2018-10-01. Score: 2

<http://xh.5156edu.com/> provides the possibility to search for a single character and then getting the most common words with it.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: it may be a good reference but may not be quite to the point of the question --  getting beyond examples to advice about differentiating synonyms  

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### Answer by username_8 on 2018-10-10. Score: 1

zhTenTen: Corpus of the Chinese Web <https://www.sketchengine.eu/zhtenten-chinese-corpus/>

中文詞彙特性速描系統（Chinese Word Sketch）<http://wordsketch.ling.sinica.edu.tw/index.html>

中文搭配助手（Online Chinese Collocation Assistant）<http://cca.xingtanlu.cn/>

语料库在线（Corpus Online）<http://corpus.zhonghuayuwen.org/>


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### Answer by username_9 on 2018-12-09. Score: -1

Pleco gives better results for this if you look up the English word you want. For example, in your case you already know 练习 and 实习 so you are looking those up and trying to figure out which one to use. But if you look up "practice" in Pleco and look under the DICT or WORDS tabs it's much easier to see the differences.


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### Answer by username_10 on 2020-07-25. Score: -1

现代汉语词典 is your choice. When I was in middle school, I have this.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/U1tUt.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/U1tUt.jpg)


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