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

74 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *從* | 從* | *從
from; through; via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *从* | 从* | *从
variant of 從|从
HSK 1
from childhood; from a young age
HSK 2
to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
HSK 3
always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
HSK 3
previously / formerly / once upon a time
HSK 3
from now on / since then / henceforth
HSK 4
thus / thereby
HSK 5
from within / therefrom
HSK 5
never
HSK 6
never (in the past) / never did
HSK 6
anew / from the start
HSK 7-9
to go easy / unhurried / calm / Taiwan pr. [cong1 rong2]
HSK 7-9
to practice (a trade)
HSK 7-9
never
HSK 7-9
from morning till night / from dawn to dusk / all day long
HSK 7-9
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
calm / unruffled
HSK 7-9
never
HSK 7-9
(dialect) before / in the past / previously
doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
clause
maternal aunt
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *從* | 從* | *從
surname Cong
paternal uncle
(of a slave or servant) to be given one's freedom / (of a prostitute) to marry and leave one's trade
employee / person employed in a trade or profession
to start from scratch
preferential treatment / most favored terms
(idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly; to drop into one's lap
from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing)
to enlist / to serve in the army
(literary) follower; attendant
to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official)
from head to foot
subordinate
readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views
Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
to obey an order / to comply / to do sb's bidding / to do as requested
lenient; leniently
to be lenient (in sentencing)
to follow the crowd / to conform
strict; rigorous; severely
accessory to a crime / accomplice
to own up to the facts
unhurried / all in good time
(to do sth) with dispatch / as soon as possible
demanding and strict (idiom) / exacting
Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
(idiom) to take one's time making a decision; to consider at length
whatever you like / to do as one pleases
older male second cousin
to omit (less important details etc)
to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
minor official / to be an official
whence? / where from?
to work as a teacher
to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself
-driven (of mechanism, driven by a component) / slave (wheel, pulley)
to work as a doctor
there has never been; has never had / (before a verb) has never
to make movies / to be a movie actor (or actress)
to work as an artist
not to hurry / to procrastinate / to postpone
from the inside to the outside / through and through / thoroughly
have never / has never
people in the (aforementioned) industry; practitioner; industry professional
faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
economical; modest
to deal with sb severely (idiom)
paternal uncle's son; nephew
to enlist / to be in the army
from here on
to adopt a simplified approach; to keep things simple


Tip: Looking for an offline dictionary? Try MDBG Chinese Reader for Windows or MDBG Chinese-English dictionary for macOS!
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies