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

47 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
to express in words or writing / to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc) / to address (an audience) / same as 致詞|致词
HSK 7-9
to say goodbye / to take one's leave
HSK 7-9
words / expression / what one says
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *辞* | 辞* | *辞
old variant of 辭|辞
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *辞* | 辞* | *辞
to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad / variant of 詞|词
HSK 7-9
to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)
HSK 7-9
variant of 悼詞|悼词
excuse / pretext / entreaties / arguments
wording / way of expressing something / turn of phrase / diction
tactful expression / to politely decline
rhetoric
language; use of words; phraseology / articles; essays; writing
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
not to refuse to (idiom) / not to hesitate to
to interpret the divinatory trigrams
humble words / self-deprecatory expression / to modestly decline
not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom) / incumbent / bounden (duty)
ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out
stern words
to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions / also written 振振有詞|振振有词
to interpret the divinatory trigrams
dirge / lament
equivocal speech / to use vague or ambiguous language
variant of 託詞|托词
variant of 託詞|托词
refutation / incoherent speech
to decline with sincere thanks
praise
lectures
to quit one's job (without having another one)
flattering words
beautiful wordage / also written 麗詞|丽词
variant of 頌詞|颂词
an elegy / elegiac words
short speech given in proposing a toast
one-sided words / prejudice / flattery
variant of 冗詞|冗词
oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones
articulate / eloquent
to send a message
adjective
term of respect; polite expression
Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu , collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝
literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
to die / to depart from the world forever
to ask sb to resign from a post
an excuse


Tip: Not sure how to type a character? Draw it instead! Click the brush icon next to the input fields to enable the handwriting input method.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies