Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT

Welcome to the MDBG free online English to Chinese dictionary, the no. 1 Chinese study aid! This website offers more than just a Chinese to English and English to Chinese dictionary, it offers various tools such as: flashcards, quizzes, text annotation, Chinese text input, written Chinese and more. The MDBG dictionary is used in many schools and universities all over the world, discover why! Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!

Chinese dictionary for Windows 10

MDBG Chinese Reader is the perfect dictionary application for Microsoft Windows. Translate Chinese text and Lookup Mandarin pinyin for Chinese words easily. Just glide your mouse over the Chinese text and a pop-up window shows English translations and Mandarin pronunciations. Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!


handwriting
Auto complete input: off | on

30 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
adviser / consultant
HSK 5
tutor / teacher / academic advisor
HSK 7-9
to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser; aide-de-camp
HSK 7-9
consultant / adviser
skilled manipulator / tactician / strategist / advisor / counsellor
(old) itinerant political adviser / (fig.) lobbyist / go-between / mouthpiece / also pr. [shuo1 ke4]
to serve as an adviser / (diplomatic rank) attaché / counselor
aides and advisors of top officials
(old) military counselor / (coll.) trusted adviser
imperial strategic adviser / expert on strategy
Xun Yu (163-212), brilliant strategist, advisor of Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms
(derog.) inept advisor / a good-for-nothing adviser / one who offers bad advice
Brzezinski (name) / Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017), Polish-American academic and politician, US National Security Adviser 1977-1981
Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王 and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
Cheng Yu (141-220), advisor to General Cao Cao 曹操 during the Three Kingdoms era
Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939
Wen Zhong (-467 BC), adviser to the state of Yue during Spring and Autumn period
to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
advisor; consultant
Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子 text on military strategy
(name) Berger / Samuel Berger, former US National Security Advisor under President Carter
doctoral advisor; PhD supervisor
government advisor
adviser / advising professor
Westerner employed in Qing China (as professor or military advisor etc)
Captain William M Lang (1843-), British adviser to the Qing north China navy 北洋水師|北洋水师 during the 1880s
strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
feng shui master / geomancer / stock figure in folk tales, as a wise adviser or a charlatan


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies