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

83 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
movie; film / CL: , , , 場|场
HSK 1
to take a photograph / photography / to shoot (a movie)
HSK 5
(lit. and fig.) shadow
HSK 6
phantom / mirage
HSK 7-9
group photo / to take a group photo
HSK 7-9
miniature version of sth / microcosm / epitome / (Tw) to microfilm
HSK 7-9
silhouette / figure
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *影* | 影* | *影
picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace
time-lapse photography
(fig.) specter
trace / vestige / presence
lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom)
phantom (esp. of Western fantasy)
rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)
to project / a projection
shadow; umbra
light and shadow / sunlight and shade
umbra
to fix a photographic image
to take a photo as a souvenir / a souvenir photo
beautiful image of a woman
(geometry) projection / see
eye shadow (cosmetics)
computed tomography
lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / fig. to get instant results
profile / silhouette
overlapping images / double exposure of photo (e.g. due to fault or motion of camera) / double vision
inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down)
(lit.) froth and shadows / (fig.) illusion; mirage
the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb)
flickering light and passing shadows (idiom) / blurred scenery / cursory / superficial
to videotape / to videorecord
lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence
(Buddhism) illusion / pipe dream
(idiom) to come to nothing
(idiom) to attack sb by innuendo; to make insinuations
to make movies / to be a movie actor (or actress)
lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful
rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)
(radiography) the shadow of a peptic ulcer in a barium-swallow X-ray
to watch a movie
face (esp. remembered) / mental image of sb
time-lapse photography
Tomb Raider (computer game)
horror movie
science fiction movie
photo of a (married) couple
time-lapse photography
wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio)
(poetic depiction of plum blossom)
paper-cut silhouette / outline / sketch
to make a movie
angiography
orthogonal projection
shadowy
time-lapse photography
The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
to hide / latent image (in photography)
reflection in a deep pond
cult film
wide-screen movie
hand shadow drama
computational photography
no trace to be seen
neutron radiography
mammography
crane shot / boom shot (photography)
total shadow / umbra
lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom) / fig. intense conflict
massacre
time-lapse photography
time-lapse photography
slow shutter speed photography
oblique projection
positrion emission tomography (PET)
(physiology) afterimage; (photography) motion blur; (computer screen) ghosting; (fig.) lingering memory
to vanish / to be nowhere to be found / unfounded (story)
(idiom) to come to nothing
autoradiography
angiography
(photographic processing) to develop
shadow / darkness / twilight


Tip: The character dictionary has hand writing instructions for many Chinese characters, a brush icon is shown in front of the character when these instructions are available, try clicking it.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies