what does ruby mean?
Are there Chinese books about Chinese grammar and have ruby characters? Ruby characters will be good, otherwise to consult a dictionary will be unpleasant and much time.

What does ruby mean? and how to understand " to consult a dictionary" ?

Thank you in advance.

Question

what does ruby mean?
Are there Chinese books about Chinese grammar and have ruby characters? Ruby characters will be good, otherwise to consult a dictionary will be unpleasant and much time.

What does ruby mean? and how to understand " to consult a dictionary" ?

Thank you in advance.

Answer

In this context, "ruby" means the standard characters are marked with a phonetic version (a "ruby" version) above it. I think for Chinese, you might see the original text, then a little pinyin or zhuyin version, which is written above. This means the reader can follow the text phonetically.

"Consult" means "refer to" or "check". The phrase "consult a dictionary" is quite standard.

Answer

A ruby is a red precious stone. I believe the Chinese is 紅寶石.
To consult a dictionary is to look something up in a dictionary 查詞典

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