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

89 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter / translation / interpretation / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翻* | 翻* | *翻
to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *股* | 股* | *股
thigh / part of a whole; portion of a sum / (finance) stock; share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions
HSK 6
close-fitting / closest (translation)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *译* | 译* | *译
to translate / to interpret
HSK 7-9
to translate and edit / translator-editor / (computing) to compile (source code)
to convert / conversion / (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation
translation (geometry)
a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text
diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)
ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households / also translated as Marquis
translated text
headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir
the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
original work (not translation or abridged)
lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation)
literal translation
translation (translated version of a text)
written translation
brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin
true statement / incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)
Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals / translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学)
meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation
translated names / transliteration
two-way translation
translated work
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腩* | 腩* | *腩
brisket / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / see 牛腩 esp. Cantonese / erroneously translated as sirloin
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
to translate into (Chinese, English etc)
(old) to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter
quoted (from) / translation of selected passages
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鈤* | 鈤* | *鈤
archaic translation of element germanium Ge32 鍺|锗
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *繙* | 繙* | *繙
to translate
modern language version / modern translation / contemporary translation
to translate again (i.e. to redo the same translation) / to translate repeatedly from one language to the next (so multiplying errors)
(linguistics) an equivalent; a translation of a term into the target language
to translate / to interpret
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
to introduce (a book etc) to people who don't read the language in which it was written by translating it
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
line by line (translation, scanning etc) / progressive
to translate a term into Chinese using a combination of characters or words that suggests its meaning (as opposed to transliteration 音譯|音译) (e.g. 超文本, 火車|火车)
to translate (to another language) / to convert
to translate / to render foreign words / to transliterate
chicken in rice wine / also translated drunken chicken
machine translation (abbr. for 機器翻譯|机器翻译)
(often used disparagingly) feel-good motivational story or quote (from the Chinese translation of the title of the 1993 self-help bestseller "Chicken Soup for the Soul")
The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆, long novel of lower life in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular / translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang
natural change / evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化)
English translation
Moses (Catholic translation) / also 摩西 (Protestant translation)
Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案 translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩
(Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, aka the Nirvana Sutra, of which two major Chinese translations are extant, influential in the development of East Asian Buddhism
(computing) network address translation
Animal Farm (1945), novel and famous satire on communist revolution by George Orwell 喬治·奧威爾|乔治·奥威尔 / also translated 動物農場|动物农场
Emirate / Sheikdom / used as translation for country under a chief
leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
loan translation / to calque
to correct (improve) a translation
urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都會傳奇|都会传奇
Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓|林纾
member of religious order / penitent / frater / translation of French agregé (holder of teaching certificate)
Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大場鶇|大场鸫 (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健
Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰 as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee
Gospel of John (used in Catholic Bible translations)
machine translation
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論|进化论)
machine translation
target language (for translation)
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
Chinese translation of "kung flu", a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to COVID-19 as a "Chinese" disease
point-and-translate (computing)
simultaneous translation
The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾 and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰 (Dharmaraksha)
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
Pilgrim's Progress, 1678 novel by John Bunyan (first Chinese translation 1851)
(linguistics) an equivalent; a translation of a term into the target language
Chao Phraya Phra Klang (Royal Finance and External Affairs Minister), the honorary title of the 18th century official of the royal court of Thailand who translated 三國演義|三国演义 (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) into Thai
Chinese and English two-way translation
(linguistics) an equivalent; a translation of a term into the target language
translated
to translate sth into action / to put sth into action
Sandhinir mokcana vyuha sutra, a yogic text on awareness and meditation, translated as the Wisdom of Buddha
source language (for translation)
Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation
a translation that takes liberties with the original text
urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都市傳奇|都市传奇


Tip: The character dictionary has hand writing instructions for many Chinese characters, a brush icon is shown in front of the character when these instructions are available, try clicking it.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies