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

51 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *句* | 句* | *句
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse
HSK 2
sentence
(say) a few words
defective sentence / error (of grammar or logic)
clause
verse / CL:
example sentence
oft-quoted phrase; famous line
sentence-making
aphorism
clause
words / expressions / writing
simple sentence (grammar)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *句* | 句* | *句
variant of
to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing / to punctuate
words and sentences
clause (grammar)
compound phrase
quatrain (poetic form)
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
to polish a phrase
haiku
couplet
musical phrase
to search for the right word (of poet)
negative sentence
declarative sentence
affirmative sentence
exclamation / exclamatory phrase
lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
pearl of wisdom; quotable quote
rhetorical question
poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
conditional clause
one-word sentence
imperative sentence
subject-predicate sentence / subject-predicate clause
to measure one's words
imperative sentence
clause (grammar)
a line of verse / a sentence
(linguistics) inverted sentence
false affirmative
quotation
to speak one minute and be quiet the next
wh-question (linguistics)
question (grammar) / interrogative sentence
true negative (TN)
true affirmative (TA)
incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
literal; word for word / word by word and phrase by phrase


Tip: The character dictionary gives detailed information about separate Chinese characters; the word dictionary contains words consisting of 1 or more Chinese characters.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies