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--- references [2026/02/17 03:57] – Add notes about variants kbaiko
+++ references [2026/04/21 02:19] (current) – [also written, see also] kbaiko
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 ===== Special references ======
-These are special types of references that have their own syntax. If using this syntax, the referenced word **does** need to be in CC-CEDICT.
+These are special types of references that have their own syntax. In most cases, the referenced word **does** need to be in CC-CEDICT.
 ==== variant of ====
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 Note: Historically this was written as "erhua variant of", but as of v2, is now written as "erhua form of". This change was made because "variant" indicates the two entries have the same pinyin.
-==== contracted form of ====
+==== contracted form of, contracted variant of ====
 A fairly rare reference - used when the referenced characters have been merged into a single character.
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 嘦 嘦 [[jiao4]] /(dialect) contracted form of 只要[zhi3yao4]/
 孬 孬 [[nao1]] /(dialect) contracted form of 不好[bu4hao3]/
+圕 圕 [[tuan1]] /library (contracted form of 圖書館|图书馆[tu2shu1guan3])/
+</code>
+A small number of entries use "variant of" because the pinyin is the same
+<code>
+瓸 瓸 [[{bai3wa3}]] /(old) contracted variant of 百瓦[bai3wa3]/
+瓰 瓰 [[{fen1wa3}]] /(old) contracted variant of 分瓦[fen1wa3]/
+瓱 瓱 [[{hao2wa3}]] /(old) contracted variant of 毫瓦[hao2wa3]/
+瓩 瓩 [[{qian1wa3}]] /(old) contracted variant of 千瓦[qian1wa3]/
+瓧 瓧 [[{shi2wa3}]] /(old) contracted variant of 十瓦[shi2wa3]/
 </code>
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 See the "Meaningless bound forms" section of [[bound_forms]]
+==== abbr. for ====
+Indicates the entry is an abbreviation. These should always be written in the following format, with the definition first and the abbreviation after, in ()'s:
+<code>
+獨顯 独显 [[du2xian3]] /(computing) discrete GPU; dedicated GPU (abbr. for 獨立顯卡|独立显卡[du2li4 xian3ka3])/
+</code>
+It's not required that the unabbreviated entry exists in CC-CEDICT, but if it does, the definitions should match.
 ====== Deprecated ======
-==== also written, see also ====
+==== also written ====
+Usually corresponds to "variant of" or "see" depending on whether the pinyin is the same or different.
+==== see also ====
+A rather vague cross-reference that doesn't explain why the reader should check the reference. Similar to "also written", this usually should be either "variant of" or see", but could refer to another entry for many reasons and is therefore not preferred.
+==== abbr. to ====
-Usually corresponds to "variant of" or "see" depending on whether the pinyin is the same or different. When updating an entry to v2, these references should be converted to either "variant of" or "see".
+A small number of entries use the "abbr. to" syntax which can be thought of as the opposite of "abbr. for". In the v2 conversion, we're removing this syntax because it is very rare in comparison to "abbr. for", and unnecessary if the abbreviated entry refers to the full entry.