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

60 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
deliberately; on purpose
HSK 2
home / homeland / native place / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
narrative; story; tale
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *故* | 故* | *故
happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead
HSK 7-9
malfunction / breakdown / defect / shortcoming / fault / failure / impediment / error / bug (in software)
HSK 6
therefore
a pile of old books
Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei
former acquaintance / old friend
old site / site of sth (palace, ancient state etc) that no longer exists
native country; one's homeland
... hence the name (used at the end of a sentence)
usual trick / old tactics
old classics / old customs / cause
the Forbidden City / abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院
former imperial palace
one's hometown
deliberately mystifying / to make sth unnecessarily complicated
stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative
old practice
old friend / the deceased
fault resolution / trouble clearing
that's why it is called...
to repeat an old stratagem / up to one's old tricks
former residence
a close friend over many years
home town; native place
artificial show of seriousness / to pretend to be solemn
former capital / ancient capital
fictional film / feature film
once familiar places / former haunts
old tomb
descended from an old family
old estate / former empire / former occupation
old teaching (e.g. religious instruction)
to die / death
to revert to old ways
do not neglect old friends
one's old self / one's original self / what one has always been
country with an ancient history
old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation
old friends
to play the profound thinker
old friend / deceased friend
therefore
premeditated murder
storyline; plotline
Gucheng, a county in Hengshui City 衡水市, Hebei
rut (made by vehicles) / (fig.) conventional ways
old road / old way / old course (of a river)
to die / to pass away
former home
to pretend / to feign
former residence
historical ruins
to put on an act
(literary) former subordinate
old city


Tip: The Chinese character quiz can help you to practice Chinese characters.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies