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

98 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
century / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
HSK 3
to commemorate; to honor the memory of / memento; keepsake; souvenir
HSK 3
variant of 記錄|记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")
HSK 3
discipline
HSK 4
monument
HSK 7-9
newsreel / documentary (film or TV program) / CL:
HSK 7-9
memorial hall / commemorative museum
HSK 7-9
record of actual events / documentary (factual rather than fictional)
HSK 7-9
day of commemoration / memorial day
HSK 7-9
to manage (a business) / manager / broker
disciplinary inspection / to inspect another's discipline
pre-Cambrian, geological period before c. 540m years ago
Jurassic (geological period 205-140m years ago)
souvenir; memento
Bamboo Annals, early chronicle of Chinese ancient history, written c. 300 BC
medieval / Middle Ages
law and order
Genesis (first book of the Bible) / the Creation, an epic poem of the Naxi 納西|纳西 ethnic group
creation myth
broker / middleman / agent / manager
calendar era / epoch
commemorative album; autograph book; (graduation) yearbook
minutes / written summary of a meeting
New Age (movement)
new era / new epoch
memorial hall / mausoleum
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紀* | 紀* | *紀
surname Ji / also pr. [Ji4]
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紀* | 紀* | *紀
order / discipline / age / era / period / to chronicle
end of the century
Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平岡公威|平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake)
lack of discipline / to break a rule / to violate discipline / to breach a principle
Cambrian geological period (541-485.4 million years ago)
commemorative postage stamp
memorial badge / souvenir badge / CL:
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), organization within the CCP which investigates corruption and other wrongdoing among Party cadres / abbr. for 中共中央紀律檢查委員會|中共中央纪律检查委员会
Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)
wedding anniversary
(of a person) to get old
fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
to number the years / calendar era / annals / chronicle
Ordovician (geological period 495-440m years ago)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CCP
history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian
lit. to break the law and violate the rules (idiom) / fig. misconduct
with no regard for law or discipline (idiom); flouting the law and disregarding all rules / in complete disorder
rules for political staff / political discipline
Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)
the Cambrian explosion
Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago)
biographic sketch of an emperor
law and order / rules and discipline
standard of behavior / moral standards / discipline
Triassic (geological period 250-205m years ago) / also written 三疊紀|三叠纪
Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago) / also written 二疊紀|二叠纪
Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square
Epoch Times, US newspaper
before the common era (BC)
Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese poet, writer and artist
Epoch Times, US newspaper
First book of Kings
Second book of Kings
Ji Yun (1724-1805), Qing Dynasty writer, author of supernatural novel Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut 閱微草堂筆記|阅微草堂笔记
Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago)
to be getting on in years / to be of the older generation
mockumentary
Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia
20th century
Memorial Day (American holiday)
the Cambrian explosion
Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history
third period / tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)
discipline inspection commission
Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
to be of an advanced age; to be old / an advanced age
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
Triassic (geological period 250-205m years ago)
world record
final years of the century
to break the rules / to break discipline
21st century
(geology) the Holocene Epoch
to set a new record
memorial
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)
Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县, Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then
Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)
to break a record / record-breaking
trophy
to record and preserve
examination discipline / (Tw) performance assessment and discipline (abbr. for 考核 + 紀律|纪律), used in reference to internal review and oversight functions within political parties
Serf Liberation Day (PRC)
stockbroker
Memorial Day (American holiday)
Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era


Tip: Need to type pinyin with tonemarks? Try the 'Type Pinyin' item from the menu.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies