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

62 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *初* | 初* | *初
at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic
HSK 3
initial / preliminary / tentative
HSK 3
junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学)
HSK 3
junior / primary
HSK 3
initial stage / beginning period
HSK 5
elementary (i.e. easy)
HSK 6
for the first time / first (meeting, attempt etc)
HSK 7-9
original intention
HSK 7-9
first offender / first offense
third year in junior middle school
first love
elementary algebra
2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year
lower elementary school (abbr. to 初小)
first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school
preliminary contest / initial heats of a competition
newborn / nascent / primary (biology)
to conduct an exploratory foray into (an area of study, a market etc) / a preliminary study
primary election
preliminary exam / qualifying exam / first try / preliminary testing
preliminary trial
early winter
to be a newcomer / just off the boat
venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn
early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter
early summer
to marry for the first time / to be newly married
menarche
early years
first sign of budding talent / to display one's ability for the first time
rising (sun, moon etc)
early part (of a decade, century etc) / the first years
the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days
lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent / first sign of emerging talent / budding genius
(one's) original intention, aspiration etc / (Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would)
lower elementary school (abbr. for 初級小學|初级小学)
junior high student
(computing) to initialize / initialization
first sign (of budding talent)
the initial consonant (or doubled consonant) of a Korean syllable
first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
startup company
archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character
the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃, Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯, Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻, and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王
feelings of first love
lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom) / fig. the fearlessness of youth
(of a project, organization etc) to have begun to take shape
lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom) / fig. the young are fearless
primary education / junior school education
to have a try / to try one's hand / initial foray
to make a preliminary estimate
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初
startup (company, phase etc); newly established
initial / starting (point)
beginning student
tentative idea
early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar
first draft (of writing)
junior high school / junior middle school
first founded
first sign of budding talent / to display one's ability for the first time


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