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

24 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
selfless / unselfish / disinterested / altruistic
HSK 7-9
personal privacy; private matters
selfless / impartial
HSK 7-9
selfish / selfishness
HSK 7-9
public and private (interests, initiative etc)
secrets / private business / privacy
HSK 6
to smuggle / to have an illicit affair
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *私* | 私* | *私
personal / private / selfish
for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically / selfless
to practice favoritism
to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
to oppose smuggling / anti-contraband (measures, policy etc)
to gain from corrupt dealing / to engage in graft / to feather one's nest
strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
private (i.e. not work-related 因公)
official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
intimate matters
to suppress smugglers / to search for smuggled goods
(Tw) to withhold (knowledge, resources etc) out of reluctance to share
family property / family wealth
to traffic (smuggled goods) / illegal trading
to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior
(idiom) to form a clique for self-serving purposes
shameful secret


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