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For example: nihao, lvcha, wo3, "bao zi", train, gover*, bill -gates, 你好, *果, 英*公司, etc.

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Pinyin can be entered as 'ni3 hao3', 'ni hao', 'ni3hao3' or 'nihao'. The character 'ü' can be entered as 'v' instead.

The asterisk character '*' can be used as a wildcard to match zero or more characters:

chin* will match any word starting with 'chin', such as 'China' or 'Chinese'
*文 will match any word ending with '文', such as '中文' or '英文'
b*g will match any word starting with 'b' and ending with 'g', such as 'big' or 'boring'
*中国* will match any word containing '*中国*', such as '传统中国医药' or '中国人民'

Double quotes " " can be used to group search terms together:

"bao zi" will only match entries where 'bao' and 'zi' directly follow eachother. (For pinyin you could also write the syllables without spaces: baozi)

The minus symbol - can be used to find entries without a certain search term:

bill -gates will only match entries matching 'bill' but without 'gates'

To match only Chinese characters, Mandarin pinyin or English definition, use: c:chinese p:pinyin pw:pinyinwhole e:English

p:you will only match entries with Mandarin pinyin containing the syllable 'you'
pw:you will only match entries with Mandarin pinyin exactly matching the single syllable 'you'

'-', 'c:', 'p:', 'pw:' and 'e:' only influence the search term immediately after these prefixes. When used with groups, they influence the whole group they prefix.

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