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

100 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
tofu / bean curd
HSK 4
bean / pea / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
string bean / snap bean / green bean
green bean / French bean / runner bean
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豆* | 豆* | *豆
legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗,) / (old) stemmed cup or bowl
kidney bean
coffee beans
five crops, e.g. millet , soybean , sesame , barley 麥|麦, rice or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.)
bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles / fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans")
HSK 7-9
hyacinth bean / haricot
Mr. Bean (TV)
soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce
black bean / black bean sauce
yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block form
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
vermicelli made from mung bean starch etc
rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
to reveal the truth / to spill the beans
bean paste bun
lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
red bean paste
Sedum pachyphyllum (a succulent plant with red-tipped leaves); jelly bean plant
immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
seed / grain / kernel / bean
bean sprouts
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *稀* | 稀* | *稀
sparse; scattered / rare; uncommon / diluted; thin; watery / (bound form) sth liquid or of thin consistency (as in 綠豆稀|绿豆稀 "sweet mung bean soup") / (bound form) totally; extremely (used with negative attributes, as in 稀糟 "utterly ruined")
HSK 7-9
fried beans, Sichuan style
azuki bean; red bean
variable glycine (Glycine tabacina), a scrambling plant in the bean family
typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong) / (attributive) typhoon shelter-style, a cooking method associated with those who lived on boats in the coves, where crab, prawn or other meat is fried and flavored with spices and black beans
mung bean
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
bean sprout
(orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case) / consistent characters (e.g. 搖|摇, 遙|遥 and 謠|谣, which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薰* | 薰* | *薰
sweet-smelling grass / Coumarouna odorata / tonka beans / coumarin
yam bean / Pachyrhizus genus
kidney bean
lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters
castor beans
loafers (the name comes from the rubber "pebbles", which resemble beans, on the sole of some loafers)
sweetened bean paste
to leak / to expose (sb's secret) / to spill the beans / to let the cat out of the bag
lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly / concerned with petty interests / selfish and uncaring of the interests of others / bean counter
douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk
(Tw) glass noodles; mung bean vermicelli
lima bean, aka butter bean (Phaseolus lunatus)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豇* | 豇* | *豇
cowpeas / black-eyed beans
sticky chili bean sauce / doubanjiang
chickpea (Cicer arietinum) / garbanzo bean
food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)
bean bag round
bean paste bun
white kidney beans
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
fermented bean curd
(bird species of China) tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)
like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube (metaphor for blurting everything out at once)
mung bean cake (pastry with a rounded top, containing a sweet or savory filling made with cooked mung beans)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓉* | 蓉* | *蓉
paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc / used in 芙蓉, lotus
qingtuan, green-colored dumpling originating from Jiangnan, traditionally made with glutinous rice mixed with mugwort and filled with sweet bean paste, usually eaten around Qingming Festival 清明節|清明节
taiyaki, Japanese-style waffle made with a fish-shaped mold, typically filled with a sweet bean paste
imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings)
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
soybean milk / fermented bean curd
smoked bean curd
"kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鴻* | 鴻* | *鴻
eastern bean goose / great / large
burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *菽* | 菽* | *菽
legumes (peas and beans)
cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea) / thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣醬|豆瓣酱)
black bean sauce
lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
lit. cloth, silk, beans and grain (idiom) / fig. food and clothing; daily necessities
star anise-flavored fava beans (snack from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province)
bean
tamarind (Tamarindus indica) tropical tree with bean-like fruit / pickled caper
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *藿* | 藿* | *藿
Lophanthus rugosus / beans
pea shoots / bean seedling
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd / fig. to bully the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
a kind of flat cake made from bean flour, often cut up and fried
baked beans
large metal plate for making bean curd / metal pot for warming wine
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
cowpea / black-eyed bean
amanattō, traditional Japanese sweets made from azuki or other beans
pea or bean (dialect)
lit. small abacus / fig. selfish calculations / bean-counting
a small-minded person / a bean-counter
bean bag round
(literary) stalk of a bean plant (when dried, used as a cooking fuel)
a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku")
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓽* | 蓽* | *蓽
bean / pulse
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豉* | 豉* | *豉
salted fermented beans
sweetened bean paste
dragon bean / long bean
yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root

More results available:



Tip: Do you know some useful Chinese websites? Send the links to me through the contact page, thanks!
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies