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

52 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
forest / CL:
HSK 4
woods / grove / forest
HSK 4
serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *林* | 林* | *林
(bound form) woods; forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things)
jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery
HSK 7-9
forest bathing: spending time in a forest, walking or deep-breathing etc, as therapy (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 森林浴 "shinrin'yoku")
Black Forest / Schwarzwald
forest / forest tree
forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉, 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
woods / grove / forest
wooded mountain; mountain forest
secondary growth of forest
lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom) / fig. can't see the forest for the trees
a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own
region of forest
tropical rain forest
(literary) bamboo forest
to inhabit; to live in (forests, mountains or wetlands etc)
to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
forestry station / forest management area
green train (slow, noisy, unairconditioned train with forest green livery and yellow trim that ran on the Chinese railway system from the 1950s, phased out in the early 21st century)
Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan
needle-leaved forest
forest fire
mixed forest
old growth forest / primary forest / original forest cover
bamboo forest
lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery / sumptuous entertainment
wildfire / forest fire
to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc); to raze (a building, forest etc)
forest industry / forestry
to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture)
restoring agricultural land to forest
source of oxygen (of forests and nature reserves) / (cliché) lungs of the planet
forest encephalitis
equatorial rain forest
to restrict access to a mountainous area to promote natural forest regeneration
(bird species of China) forest wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus)
forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar)
dark green / forest green
to restrict access to a sandy area to promote natural forest regeneration
Forest of Steles (museum in Xi'an) / Beilin District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
wanton destruction of forested lands
to denude / illegal logging / forest clearance
forest of spear, rain of arrows
forestation
Black Forest cake
(proverb) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest
monsoon forest
Jiashan National Forest Park in Shimen 石門|石门, Changde 常德, Hunan
mangrove forest or swamp
forest (esp. of tall trees) / high forest


Tip: The Chinese character quiz can help you to practice Chinese characters.
© 2026 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies