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

44 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
wife
HSK 4
husband and wife; married couple
HSK 4
wives and concubines (of a polygamous man) / harem
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *妻* | 妻* | *妻
(bound form) wife
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *妻* | 妻* | *妻
to marry off (a daughter)
a family wrenched apart (idiom)
monogamy
wife and children
married woman; wife (as a social role)
lovely wife
wife and child
ex-wife / late wife
wife swapping
to take a wife / to get married (man)
(old) perfect wife / you, my beloved wife
a good wife and loving mother
henpecked male
to repudiate one's wife
first wife
polygamy
wife and children / (old) wife
you should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)
a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship
to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his titles
wife
to be bereaved of one's wife
family-run shop
popular Sichuan cold dish made of thinly sliced beef and beef offal
similarity in features of an old couple / common facial traits that show predestination to be married together
widow / the deceased's widow
man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
to use one's power and influence to take another man's wife for oneself
fiancée
wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
to abandon one's wife and child(ren)
weekend spouse / relationship involving a sugar-daddy
(neologism c. 2009) wife of a gay man (the man may marry to conform with social expectations, and the woman often enters the marriage not knowing he is gay)
polygamy
husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
monogamy
favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom) / spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
concubine
an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)


Tip: The Chinese character quiz can help you to practice Chinese characters.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies