Examples and Help
Example queries: hello, nihao, ni3hao3, 你好, rest*, zei*, *zei*, *茶, 英*公司, chinese *文, "to rest", bill -gates
Pinyin words should be entered without spaces, either with or without tone numbers: ni3hao3 or nihao.
The character ü can be entered as v instead.
The asterisk character * can be used as a wildcard to match zero or more characters:
rest* will match any word starting with
rest, such as
restaurant or
restrain
*文 will match any word ending with
文, such as
中文 or
英文
b*g will match any word starting with
b and ending with
g, such as
big or
boring
*中国* will match any word containing
中国, such as
传统中国医药 or
中国人民
Double quotes " " can be used to group search terms together:
"to rest" will only match entries where
to and
rest directly follow eachother
The minus symbol - can be used to find entries without a certain search term:
bill -gates will only match entries matching
bill but without
gates
To match only Chinese characters, Mandarin pinyin or English definition, use: c:chinese p:pinyin e:english:
p:you will only match entries with Mandarin pinyin
you
'-', 'c:', 'p:' and 'e:' only influence the search term immediately after these prefixes.
When used with groups, they influence the whole group they prefix.
icon in the rows of the search results to open the action menu, offering extra more information about the result
Show Legend link below explains the icons used in the action menu
Display Settings link below allows you to adjust the presentation of the search results
