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

53 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *小* | 小* | *小
small / tiny / few / young
HSK 1
large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate
HSK 2
from childhood; from a young age
HSK 2
to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
HSK 4
short and small / low and small / undersized
HSK 4
since childhood; from a young age
cowardice / timid
HSK 5
small and weak; puny / the small and weak; children; women and children
(PRC, mid-1990s) to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the central government and privatize smaller SOEs at the local level
minute / tiny / negligible / insignificant
HSK 7-9
narrow
HSK 7-9
(dialect) from childhood; from a young age
minute (i.e. extremely small) / infinitesimal
petite / delicate / dainty
to reduce / to decrease / to diminish
to be sb's concubine
young / immature
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom) / fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children / sandwich generation
sometimes big, sometimes small / varying
no longer a child (idiom)
the old and the young / the youngest member of the family
(Tw) (vulgar) what the hell? (from Taiwanese 啥潲, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-siâ], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么)
very small / very few / very minor
tiny / fine / minute
(coll.) to take a concubine
slightly-built / petite
teenage; in one's teens; adolescent
large and small; of all sizes
narrow and small
file size
fine / delicate
(dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
(last line of the poem 望岳 by Tang poet Du Fu 杜甫) with one look I shall see all the smaller mountains down below (from the summit of Mt Tai 泰山) / (fig.) awe-inspiring view from a very high place
elementary school (Tw) / abbr. for 國民小學|国民小学
infinitesimal / infinitely small
lower elementary school (abbr. for 初級小學|初级小学)
(coll.) as one ages, one becomes more and more like a child
infinitesimal (in calculus) / infinitely small
affiliated elementary school (abbr. for 附屬小學|附属小学)
thief / bandit / scoundrel / villain
impolite / cheeky / impudent
no matter how big or small / not distinguishing junior and senior
lit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom) / fig. a lot of talk, but no action
lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action / his bark is worse than his bite
wife and children / (old) wife
wife and children / wife
minimal / extremely small
since childhood
extremely small / infinitesimal
variant of 渺小
variant of 渺小


Tip: Using a computer without Chinese text input? Try the 'Type Chinese' item from the menu.
© 2026 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies