ON THE SELECTION OF LEXICAL UNITS IN CHINESE-RUSSIAN DICTIONARIES

Abstract

The article highlights similarities and differences in the selection of lexical units in Chinese-Russian dictionaries published in Russia and China. Parts of dictionaries under the heading hieroglyph 一 ‘i’ in three pairs of Chinese-Russian dictionaries have been researched and compared: «Big Chinese-Russian Dictionary» edited by I.M. Oshanin and «大汉俄词典» («Big Chinese-Russian Dictionary», 1992); «Big Chinese-Russian Dictionary» edited by B.G. Mudrova and «汉俄大词典» («Big Chinese-Russian Dictionary», 2009); «Chinese-Russian Dictionary – Minimum» edited by A.V. Kotov and «汉俄实用词典» («Chinese-Russian Practical Dictionary», 1991). Those classes of lexical units that turned out to be common in the classifications of vocabulary made by famous Russian and Chinese lexicologists are compared: special vocabulary, dialectisms, borrowed and obsolete words. The features of similarities and differences of parts of dictionaries under the heading hieroglyph 一 ‘i’ in the specified Russian and Chinese dictionaries are revealed.