MDBG English to Chinese dictionary

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News

August 2, 2015 The MDBG website now also works on your phone, for more info see this facebook posting or news page
May 5, 2015 Tablet friendly handwriting Chinese input, Java is no longer required, more info: facebook posting or news page.
January 1, 2015 New look with a menu bar on the top of the screen, better support for tablets and new character component search functionality, read this Facebook posting or news page for more information
March 30, 2013: The character stroke animations no longer require Java, read this page for more information.
October 14, 2011: The translation page has a new look, read this page for more information.
May 5, 2011: The MDBG dictionary website has a new and improved user interface, read this page for more information!
August 24, 2010: Looking for an easy to use offline Chinese-English dictionary for Apple macOS? Try our new Apple Dictionary!
August 16, 2010: The HSK levels shown throughout the MDBG website have been updated to use the new 6 level revised HSK scheme.

This website

Welcome to the MDBG free online English to Chinese dictionary, the no. 1 Chinese study aid!

This website offers more than just a dictionary, it offers various tools such as: flashcards, quizzes, text annotation, Chinese text input and more. The MDBG dictionary is used in many schools and universities all over the world, discover why!

Help information is provided in the help page. Help links can be found in the dictionary pages which link directly to the related subject in the help page.

Acknowledgments

The background image contains this poem:

梅花 (王安石)

牆角數枝梅，
凌寒獨自開。
遙知不是雪，
為有暗香來。

Plum blossom (Wang An Shi)

At a wall corner some plum trees grow;
Alone against cold white blossoms blow.
Aloof one knows they aren't the snow,
As faint through air soft fragrances flow.

Resources used by this website:

Mandarin voice soundset: http://www.chinese-lessons.com/
Unihan Database: http://www.unicode.org/charts/unihan.html
CC-CEDICT Database: https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=cc-cedict
Animated Chinese character GIFs: http://www.ocrat.com/ (currently offline)
Animated Chinese character flash animations: http://ehaton.blogspot.com/
Handwriting input: http://www.kiang.org/jordan/software/hanzilookup/
Character Decomposition: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Chinese_characters_decomposition (used with personal authorization)

"書不盡言言不盡意" - Confucius

Mirror statistics:
Totals since 21 October 2008: 一二五九〇〇八一七六 page hits, 五六一四一一八一三 visitors, 一〇七三六四七一八一 dictionary queries
Totals yesterday, October 3, 2024 GMT: 三四一二三六 page hits, 二五九三三〇 visitors, 三一七四六三 dictionary queries

Tip: The character dictionary gives detailed information about separate Chinese characters; the word dictionary contains words consisting of 1 or more Chinese characters.