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

75 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
to lose / to forfeit
HSK 6
dispirited / dejected / dismayed
HSK 7-9
hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected / crestfallen
HSK 7-9
to die / to lose one's life
HSK 7-9
the death of one's mother
funeral leave
to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom) / to surrender territory under humiliating terms
downhearted / downcast / in despair
to hold a funeral procession
zombie
funeral arrangements
funeral / burial
hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
to be orphaned of one's father
to feel disheartened
unlucky
knell
to wail at a funeral / formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed
(idiom) deranged; demented; berserk
devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless
dejected / despondent / depressed
lit. stray dog (idiom) / fig. one who has nothing to rely on
to hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent
to pull a long face / to wear a mournful expression
to organize and carry out a funeral
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丧* | 丧* | *丧
mourning / funeral / (old) corpse
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丧* | 丧* | *丧
to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged
dejected / disheartened / listless
mourning garment
funeral
panic-stricken / scared out of one's wits
to announce sb's demise
to lose one's life
to keep watch beside a coffin / to observe a period of mourning
scared out of one's wits (idiom); in a panic
to visit the bereaved to offer one's condolences
devoid of conscience (idiom)
tragic disaster / disturbance and bloodshed
(idiom) out of one's senses; shaken to the core; dazed
in mourning
wicked / offending morality
to be bereaved of one's wife
to completely lose (one's dignity, vitality etc)
(literary) to be bereaved of one's spouse
funerals and famines
bereavement / to lose a relative
to ravage / to devastate
moral bankruptcy / moral degeneracy
messenger of death / person bringing bad luck / Taiwan pr. [sang1 men2 xing1]
a knell
(literary) disheartened; disappointed
mourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety
long face; miserable look
messenger of death / person bringing bad luck
the death of one's father
to play with others and offend morals / wicked
funeral arrangements
to die
funeral ceremony
to lose one's life
to be used up / to be exhausted
to become demoralized / to lose one's sense of purpose
cold and offensive (talk or manner)
funeral stick (held by the son as a sign of filial piety)
demoralizing talk
downcast wretch / bad-tempered and unpleasant person
funeral expenses
lit. as if in mourning for one's parents (idiom) / fig. (often pejorative) inconsolable; distraught
to observe the ritual mourning
to be lost / to be ruined / to perish / to wither away
lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress / excessive attention to trivia saps the will
to hold a funeral
to weep / to howl as if at a funeral


Tip: In the character dictionary, entering multiple pinyin syllables will result in multiple searches on one result page.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies