Referenced Theo. Expressions

Introduction

The Referenced Theo. Expressions (RTE) material posted below lists over 30,000 words and expressions as they have been found to be rendered in the Chinese publications.

The following are included for each expression:

The Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters
The Mandarin Pinyin and Cantonese Yale romanizations (Sidney Lau in the Compact PDF)
The English meaning
A reference to a Chinese publication where the expression appeared, sometimes with additional notes

Disclaimer

This material should only be used as a quick reference, and should not be taken as being authoritative. There may be errors in the material.

PDF Link Navigation and Annotation

The PDF file is named with “LN-A” (“Link Navigation-Annotation”) to show that it has bookmark links and annotation support. (This is not the case with the Compact PDF file, since that is meant only for printing, and some print bureaus don't like having extra links in PDFs.)

Downloading and Opening PDF Files

To download the files on a PC or a Mac:

Click on the desired link. Your browser should automatically ask you where to save the file on your disk. (In the very unlikely event that this does not work, right-click on the link and select Save Link As..., or Save Target As..., or Download Linked File As..., or something similar depending on your browser, and save the file to a selected location on your hard drive or USB stick or whatever.)

The Portable Document Format (PDF) file can be opened using the Adobe Reader program, version 6 or above, although I recommend that you use the latest version. This program is free to download, and it runs on a variety of platforms, including Macs. (Mac OS X’s Preview program may be used as well.) This button links to the download page for Adobe Reader:

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To download the files on an iPad using GoodReader for iPad:

In Safari on your iPad, tap and hold on the desired link and tap the Copy button that appears.
Switch to GoodReader for iPad.
- Tap on Web Downloads.
- Tap on Enter URL. The URL (web address) you just copied from Safari should have been automatically entered into the dialogue box that appears. If not, paste it there now. Tap the OK button.
- The file should get downloaded into the My Documents > Downloads folder. If you want to move it to another folder,
  - tap on Manage Files,
  - tap the file to select it,
  - tap the Move button,
  - then navigate to your target folder and
  - tap the Move 1 item here button on the lower right.
  - Tap the Done button to return to the normal mode.
- If you wish, after you launch the file you may use the Crop Margins button to make the content fill out the screen more.

To download the files on an iPhone or an iPod touch using GoodReader for iPhone:

In Safari on your iPhone or iPod touch, tap and hold on the desired link and tap the Copy button that appears.
Switch to GoodReader for iPhone.
- Select the Web Downloads folder on the top level.
- Tap on Enter URL. The URL (web address) you just copied from Safari should have been automatically entered into the dialogue box that appears. If not, paste it there now. Tap the OK button.
- The file should get downloaded into the My Documents > Downloads folder. If you want to move it to another folder,
  - tap the Actions button on the top right,
  - tap the file to select it,
  - tap the Move button,
  - then navigate to your target folder and
  - tap the Move 1 item here button on the lower right.
  - Tap the Done button to return to the normal mode.

RTE online, and offline HTML

The online lookup form can be used to look up Referenced Theo. Expressions information by English (e.g. circuit overseer), by Romanization (without tones), or by Simplified or Traditional Chinese characters. The pronunciations in the results are rendered as links that play computer-generated audio for the pronunciations when clicked. Your browser's Back button can be used to return to previous pages.

For the offline HTML format, lookups are by English, or by Pinyin without tones.

RTE Updates

RTE is updated from time to time with new additions and corrections. You can ensure you are using the latest version by using it online, or by checking that the date given in the introduction of your offline file matches the date at the top of this page. (If your offline file does not have an introduction, as must be the case with some of the formats RTE uses, you can usually get this information by looking up the word "RTE".)

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