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
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
HSK 3
platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website
HSK 6
on stage
HSK 4
steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
HSK 3
to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client
HSK 6
windowsill; window ledge
HSK 4
transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個|个,
HSK 3
stage presence, poise
HSK 5
balcony / porch
HSK 4
platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
HSK 6
Taiwan province (PRC term)
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊
HSK 3
stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
HSK 7-9
script (of a play, movie, or television program)
table fan / desk fan
Taipei, capital of Taiwan
National Taiwan University / abbr. to 臺大|台大
multi-platform (computing)
Radio Taiwan International (RTI)
to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook
HSK 7-9
rooftop
rostrum / platform / CL: 個|个
railway platform
(winner's) podium
Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
Taiwan media
Taiwan
desktop computer
Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (abbr. for 國務院台灣事務辦公室|国务院台湾事务办公室)
Taichung, city in central Taiwan
Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
Hong Kong and Taiwan
pavilion
to fall from power; to collapse / downfall
checkout counter / cashier's desk
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
HSK 7-9
vendor's stall
Qitaihe, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
China and Taiwan
Hong Kong 香港, Macao 澳門|澳门 and Taiwan 臺灣|台湾
ink stone / ink slab / CL:
to appear on the same stage
to work as a hostess in a bar or KTV
to go to Taiwan / refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949
Wutai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
display counter / stand / booth
opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣|宫城县 in northeast Japan
fort / battery
washbasin
small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit
this radio station
Tainan city in Tainan county 臺南縣|台南县, Taiwan
platform / stand
bench vise
Taiwan compatriot
service desk / information desk / reception desk
to be put on the spot / to find oneself in an awkward situation
single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)
abbr. for 台灣海峽|台湾海峡, Taiwan Strait
Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China
ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
runway (for a fashion show etc) / catwalk
to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully / to be put on the spot / to be embarrassed
software platform
stage play
unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer; subtext / (fig.) implicit assertion
signal station
Congtai, a district of Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市, Hebei
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
Taiwan catty (weight equal to 0.6 kg)
to return to Taiwan
to extricate oneself / way out
China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (abbr.)
Yintai District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市, Shaanxi
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
Taiwan (abbr.)
pillar / mainstay / star performer
abbr. for 臺灣電視公司|台湾电视公司, Taiwan Television (TTV)
maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) / CL: ,
to visit Taiwan
(theater) to dismantle the stage / (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet; to undermine sb's plans
Taipei County in north Taiwan (now renamed 新北市)
Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Wutai city in Shanxi
fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
(derog.) Taiwanese; a person from Taiwan (implying naivete or ignorance regarding geopolitical and economic realities) (cf. 井底之蛙 sb with a narrow view of the world)
Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events
Yintai District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市, Shaanxi
ink pad / stamp pad
(old) to fight on the leitai / (fig.) to enter a contest
(bird species of China) Taiwan rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus)
Xinglongtai district of Panjin city 盤錦市|盘锦市, Liaoning
lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
Wutai township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Taiwan Island

More results available:



Tip: Need to type pinyin with tonemarks? Try the 'Type Pinyin' item from the menu.
© 2026 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies