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

61 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倍* | 倍* | *倍
(two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抄* | 抄* | *抄
to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
steamed bun with sweetened bean paste filling / (Tw) beancurd skin sheet folded into a small square packet shape then dried
foldable screen (for a smartphone etc)
folding knife
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圈* | 圈* | *圈
livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叠* | 叠* | *叠
to pile up / (bound form) repeated / to fold / classifier: stack, pile (of thin objects) / classifier for repeated sections in a musical composition
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牢* | 牢* | *牢
(literary) pen; fold (for livestock) / prison; jail / firm; secure; fast
HSK 6
to fold / collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
HSK 7-9
the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
crease / fold
vocal cords / vocal folds / (motion picture) soundtrack
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
HSK 7-9
fold; crease; wrinkle / (geology) fold
to fold paper / origami
folding fan
old-style wooden folding armchair, typically featuring a footrest / (fig.) position in a hierarchy
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
folding chair / deck chair
to draw to oneself; to gather up; to collect / to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc) / to assemble (a party of persons) / to rope in (some people)
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道: all life is suffering , the cause of suffering is desire , emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道
folding (i.e. portable)
to sell at a 50% discount / to fold in two
to fold one's arms / copyist / (dialect) wonton
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
variant of / to fold
HSK 4
folding chair
yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
crease / fold / ripple / lap
nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people)
calzone (Italian pocket), folded pizza
to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami
folding knife; jackknife; pocketknife / Tibetan waist knife
split due to repeated folding / flex crack
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *裥* | 裥* | *裥
(dialect) fold or pleat (in clothing)
to fold the corner of a page / to dog-ear
to fold (poker)
creasing / folding
folding notebook / accounts book
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓰* | 蓰* | *蓰
(grass) / increase five fold
Scottish Fold
campstool / folding stool (with fabric stretched across the top to sit on)
folding ruler
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *襞* | 襞* | *襞
creases / folds or pleats in a garment
fold; crease; wrinkle
fold mountain system (geology)
to sit kneeling with legs folded underneath the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels
horizontal fold or tuck
fold mountain range (geology)
nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines
creased / wrinkled / fold / crease
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering , the cause of suffering is desire , emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道 / also called 四諦|四谛
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摺* | 摺* | *摺
document folded in accordion form / to fold
(anatomy) the palmate folds of the cervical canal; plicae palmatae
gluteal fold
double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people)
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
pleat / fold / crease / wrinkle


Tip: In the character dictionary, entering multiple pinyin syllables will result in multiple searches on one result page.
© 2026 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies