汉语词汇历史演变考察主要包括词语历史来源的发掘、发展过程的描写与现代汉语中存续情况的考察。《汉语大词典》等现有大型辞书工具能对汉语词汇的历史演变考察起到提高效率、保证准确性的重要作用,应该充分加以利用。
The study of historical development of Chinese vocabulary mainly includes the exploration of the origins of words, the description of their development and the survival situation in modern Chinese. Exist- ing large dictionaries like Han yu da ci dian( Great Chinese Dictionary) play a very important role in ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of the research on the historical development of Chinese words, and hence need to be utilized to the fullest extent.