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

100 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *十* | 十* | *十
ten / 10
HSK 1
very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts
HSK 2
ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color)
HSK 5
twenty; 20
Chinese poker
thirty / 30
the seventies; the 1970s
the sixties / the 1960s
October
December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
regardless of the consequences / recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten
crossroads / intersection
HSK 7-9
(idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy
eighteen / 18
seventy / 70
ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly
Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义 of October 10th, 1911 / (Tw) National Day
20th century
over 20
cross / crucifix / yoke one has to endure
November
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
eighty / 80
all walks of life (idiom) / every trade
lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything / a word to the wise
October Revolution
fifteen / 15
(idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag / (idiom) (of a person) confident of success
fifty
sixteen / 16
last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
seventeen / 17
The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems
21st century
forty / 40
exceedingly / hundred percent / everything and more
sixty / 60
decimal
more than ten; a dozen or more
November / eleventh month (of the lunar year)
tenfold / ten times (sth)
one tenth
Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
lit. once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / fig. once bitten, twice shy
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation
the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
thirteen / 13
one billion / giga-
October / tenth month (of the lunar year)
decimal system
December
in one's seventies (age) / very old (of people)
pretty close / very near / about right
over one billion / more than a billion
the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story
to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting)
lit. if one is fake, I shall compensate you for ten of them / fig. (of goods) 100% genuine
nineteen / 19
who cares / no matter what / regardless of the consequences
equal temperament
lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
the 12 earthly branches , , , , , , , , , , , (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
decimal system
the twenty-eight constellations
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy
decagon
the ten commandments (religion)
the twelve signs of the zodiac
the Crusades
twelve / 12
lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
most urgent / posthaste / express
Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋)
PRC National Day (October 1st)
eleven / 11
the Crusades / crusaders' eastern expedition
half-witted / nitwit
(idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
64-bit (computing)
the tens place (or column) in the decimal system
History of Ten States of South China (1669) by Wu Renchen 吳任臣|吴任臣, 114 scrolls
(coll.) to look every bit the big star
Isuzu
most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
blackjack (card game)
complete and beautiful / to be perfect (idiom)
ninety
twelve channels of TCM
wicked beyond redemption (idiom) / heinous
Group of 77, loose alliance of developing countries, founded in 1964
the thirty-two physical characteristics of Buddha
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
gigabit
crosshairs

More results available:



Tip: Need to type pinyin with tonemarks? Try the 'Type Pinyin' item from the menu.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies