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
number / CL: , 個|个
HSK 4
number / numerals / figures / digital / amount / numerical code
HSK 4
cipher; secret code / password; PIN
HSK 4
at the minimum; at the very least
HSK 5
2D barcode; matrix code / (esp.) QR code
HSK 5
bargaining chip; gaming chip; casino token
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碼* | 碼* | *碼
(archaic) agate / (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale / number / (computing) code / (clothing) size / yard (unit of length) / (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references) / (coll.) to pile up; to stack / classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事 "not the same thing") / (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)
HSK 7-9
large size
digital camera
to increase bit by bit / repeated increments
unpixelated or uncensored (of video)
Morse code
(biochemistry) codon
source code (computing) (Tw, HK)
barcode
PRC postcode, e.g. 361000 for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门, Fujian
barcode
(Tw) a barcode presented at checkout, used to electronically save the receipt 統一發票|统一发票 to the customer’s cloud account
combination lock
subnet mask (computing)
source code (computing)
variant of 瑪瑙|玛瑙
to decode / to decipher
wharf; dock; quay; pier
verification code / CAPTCHA, a type of challenge-response test (computing)
SmarTone-Vodafone (Hong Kong and Macau company)
non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked
to ratchet up / to raise (expectations etc) / to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc) / to up the ante / (computing) to encode
digital camera
open-source software (OSS)
page number
decoder
Punycode (encoding for internationalized domain names) (abbr. for 國際化域名編碼|国际化域名编码)
source code (computing)
speedometer / stopwatch / cyclocomputer / (computing) code table
postal code / zip code
theatrical piece; (fig.) scenario (in real life)
(Tw) (fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes
character code
to digitize
Unicode
cryptography
four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
price tag
two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
(coll.) numeral / counter; chip; token / (old) ready money; cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale)
to pile up / to stack up
internal code
Big5 Chinese character coding (developed by Taiwanese companies from 1984)
decoder
cyberport
machine code
Unicode / also written 統一碼|统一码
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) (telecommunications)
interchange code / computer coding for characters, including Chinese
standard weight (used on a balance scale)
to code / to encode / code
Unicode / also written 統一碼|统一码
Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. for 國家標準碼|国家标准码
(biochemistry) anticodon
the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩, nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
variant of 砝碼|砝码
ASCII, American Standard Code for Information Interchange
menial programmer (computing)
Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,〸 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine / also called 草碼|草码
to scan a QR code or barcode
(fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes
yard line (sports)
to type (with a keyboard) / (coding theory) codeword
pixelated or censored (of video)
bitrate
Standard Interchange Code for Generally Used Chinese Characters, a character encoding standard of Taiwan 1986-1992, aka CNS 11643-1986, where CNS stands for Chinese National Standard (abbr. for 通用漢字標準交換碼|通用汉字标准交换码)
source code (computing) (Tw)
(computing) transcoding / to convert (from one encoding to another)
I.D. number
(computing) mask
number plate / car license plate / CL: 條|条, 塊|块,
Star Ferry terminal, Hong Kong
Morse code
identifier
pseudocode
fax number
12-yard (sports) / penalty kick
sample code (computing)
five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
check digit
excess code (i.e. the unused bits in binary-coded decimal)
region code (DVD)
password protection
to pixelate an image / to key in captcha authentication codes
(computing) open-source
country code
handheld barcode scanner
digital currency
variant of 身份證號碼|身份证号码 / I.D. number
tracking number (of a package shipment)
Zheng coding / original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里, underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods / also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码

More results available:



Tip: Looking for an offline dictionary? Try MDBG Chinese Reader for Windows or MDBG Chinese-English dictionary for macOS!
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies