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

32 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蛇* | 蛇* | *蛇
snake / serpent / CL: 條|条
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *虵* | 虵* | *虵
variant of
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蛇* | 蛇* | *蛇
used in 委蛇
Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper (lit. "five-pace snake" – supposedly, a person bitten by it can only walk five steps before succumbing to the venom)
forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar)
long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus)
Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)
to feign civility (idiom)
rattlesnake
lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
lit. the brush flows with the fluidity of a dragon or snake (idiom) / fig. (of brushwork, esp for calligraphy) lively; vigorous
cobra
lizard
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others
water snake
python / boa
boa
local bully / tyrant / regional mafia boss
Siberian pit viper (Gloydius halys) / pit viper
Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
Year 6, year of the Snake (e.g. 2001)
Oriental ratsnake (Ptyas mucosus)
Entechinus major (kind of snake)
water snake / colubrid / racer
copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake
illegal immigrant
Indian cobra (Naja naja)
viper
(Tw) (slang) (loanword) loser
(dialect) gecko
adder (zoology)
Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds


Tip: In the word dictionary, the Chinese sentence lookup can lookup whole Chinese sentences, automatically splitting it into separate words.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies