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

96 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
(wool) sweater / CL:
HSK 4
writing brush / CL: ,
HSK 5
towel / CL: 條|条
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen )
HSK 1
fault / defect / shortcomings / ailment / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(dialect) to bend over
hair
Chairman Mao / Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
Mao Zedong (1893–1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party 1935–1976
drizzle; light rain / (fig.) mere trifle; sth that has only a weak effect
blanket
creeped out; unnerved; uneasy
hairy; downy
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976
to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold
capillary blood vessels
hairy fellow / foreigner / Russian (derog.) / bandit (old) / tuft of fine hair
caterpillar
pore
Mao Zedong Thought
barb / whiskers
gross profit
frosted glass
tripe (gastronomy)
Selected Works of Mao Zedong (abbr. for 毛澤東選集|毛泽东选集)
mucormycosis
caterpillar
Mauritius
hair follicle
child; kid / (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat)
writing brush (old) / Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush
unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea
immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
surname Mao
pore
gross income / gross profit
Maoism
knitting wool / wool yarn
Introduction to Maoism (subject) / abbr. for 毛澤東思想概論|毛泽东思想概论
Mauritania
Maugham (family name) / W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), English writer
Maoist
Selected Works of Mao Zedong
Maonan ethnic group of Guangxi
(pet name for a baby or small child)
sweater / woolen knitwear / wool
plush toy / cuddly toy
fur / pelt
fluffy / furry
(bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis)
brush
(of an animal) appearance or color of coat
woolen textiles
hairy nevus
jersey
wool top, semiprocessed raw wool
rose acacia (Robinia hispida, a false acacia)
duck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup
semifinished products
(derog.) Russia
mammoth
rough lumber / woollen cloth
capillary
(bird species of China) rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
carelessly and haphazardly / to paw / to grope / to get fresh
metal filings (e.g. from a drill or lathe) / burr
Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu of the Warring states)
Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory & the Three Represents (abbr. for 毛澤東思想|毛泽东思想 + 鄧小平理論|邓小平理论 + 三個代表|三个代表)
a strand of hair / pipe cleaner
gross profit margin; gross margin
pornographic film / rushes (of a movie) / (old) fur color
(bird species of China) Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc / also written 毛邊|毛边
Maori, indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc
statue of Chairman Mao Zedong (1893-1976) 毛澤東|毛泽东
knitting needle
Maoism
Mao Zedong’s birthday, December 26th
Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu , see 毛遂自薦|毛遂自荐
husk ground-cherry; husk tomato (Physalis pubescens)
cotton-padded shoes / (old) shoes made of woven grass, padded with feathers
serge
felt
donkey / CL: 頭|头
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
gross weight
follicle
Mullah (religious leader in Islam)
buttercup
(textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge; rough edge
live pig
(bird species of China) Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni)
variant of 茅坑
variant of 茅廁|茅厕


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