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
policy / guidelines / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to give or get an injection
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *針* | 針* | *針
needle / pin / injection / stitch / CL: ,
HSK 4
to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
HSK 4
acupuncture needle
another name for 金箍棒, the Monkey King's golden cudgel / (fig.) stabilizing force
paper clip
immunization injection / fig. forewarning / heads-up / preventive measure
compass
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)
acupuncture anesthesia
anticlockwise / counterclockwise
to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat / measure for measure
HSK 7-9
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
conifer
(vaccine) booster shot
knitting / knitted garment
to do needlework
minute hand (of a clock or watch) / double crochet
needle / hypodermic needle
counterclockwise
acupuncture and moxibustion / to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion
HSK 7-9
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
focus / direction / purpose / relevance
flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework
compass
tip of a needle / syringe needle
to thread a needle
heart-strengthening shot / fig. a shot in the arm
pointer on a gauge / clock hand / cursor / (computing) pointer
enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white (abbr. to 金菇)
firing pin
to stitch fabric / (medicine) to sew up a wound or incision
needle-leaved forest
pincushion
needle-shaped
needlework / working for a living as a needleworker
probe
day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine
(computing) dot matrix printer
needle-leaved (tree)
(zoology) echidna
pinhole
major policy of the national government
lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head
to put sb on an intravenous drip
lightning rod
shiny-leaf prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum nitidum)
wind vane / anemometer / weathercock
(bird species of China) white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
to thread a needle
crochet hook / crochet needle
hand of a clock / hour hand
silver needle (fine needle used in acupuncture)
general policy / overall guidelines
a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan / (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by Li Fuchun 李富春 in 1961: 調整鞏固充實提高|调整巩固充实提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"
paper clip
minute hand (of a clock or watch)
to give or have an acupuncture treatment
(bird species of China) northern pintail (Anas acuta)
acupuncture anesthesia
paper clip
acupuncture needle / hypodermic needle
eye of a needle / pinprick / pinhole
(medicine) stye; hordeolum
needle-leaved plant (e.g. pine tree)
saury fish (family Scomberesocidae)
stitch
stylus (needle) of a record player
needle and thread / needlework
lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
pinhole camera (for espionage, voyeurism etc)
(bird species of China) silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom) / fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance / a wolf in sheep's clothing / an iron fist in a velvet glove
needle used in embroidery or sewing / acupuncture needle / orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
pine needle
nose-acupuncture therapy
lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
fluid loaded into a syringe for a hypodermic injection
auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture)
thimble
clockwise
staple
remonstrance / admonition
to prick with a needle / to treat by acupuncture
knitting needle
spicule (in biology) / bone needle (in archaeology)
to thread a needle / (fig.) to act as a go-between
(electronics) pin header; male header
the eye of a needle
to faint during acupuncture or injection
to thread a needle

More results available:



Tip: The Chinese character quiz can help you to practice Chinese characters.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies