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

100 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
regular; usual; normal / usually; normally
HSK 3
to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via
HSK 2
to correspond (by letter, email etc) / to send or receive messages through telecommunications
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *通* | 通* | *通
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
HSK 2
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
HSK 6
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
HSK 5
written notice
HSK 4
to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute
HSK 7-9
to inform / to notify / to announce / circular / bulletin / (scientific) journal
HSK 6
(communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage
HSK 6
to order the arrest of sb as criminal / to list as wanted
HSK 7-9
passport
common / everyday / average
HSK 7-9
to go through; to pass through / to be in general use
HSK 6
(Tw) (computing) communication protocol
unobstructed; clear / (of writing or thinking) coherent; fluent
HSK 7-9
to join forces / to give full cooperation
corresponding author (of an academic paper)
all night / throughout the night
HSK 7-9
communications / news story / dispatch / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to lead to
HSK 7-9
to adapt to circumstances
to announce; to give notice / announcement
HSK 7-9
common language / lingua franca
penetrating
commuting
all / entire / complete
HSK 7-9
flux
very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red)
HSK 6
universality
(Tw) inflation (abbr. for 通貨膨脹|通货膨胀)
treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers
smooth / clear and coherent
HSK 7-9
narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period
General Electric (GE)
wildcard character (computing)
popular fiction / light literature
across the board / comprehensive / overall / global
common problem / common failing
address book / directory
to cooperate / concerted effort
Tongcheng, a county in Xianning City 咸寧市|咸宁市, Hubei
deflation
the common use romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003
a news service (e.g. Xinhua)
general culture
(of nations) to have trade relations; to engage in trade
artificial general intelligence (AGI)
wire copy / press release
to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long / day and night
communication system
general education
easy to understand
popular science
(idiom) fair and reasonable; sensible; standing to reason
flexible / to accommodate / to stretch or get around regulations / a short-term loan
to put it in simple terms, ...
brightly lit
general knowledge / overall knowledge / common knowledge / widely known / erudition
currency / (old) exchange of goods
to attend school as a day student
to communicate with the spirits / psychic / (ears) sensitive / (information) accurate
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *通* | 通* | *通
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
toll
to intermarry
to be generally referred to (as) / generic term
(old) to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter
Tonghua, a county in Tonghua City 通化市, Jilin
proficient (in sth) / to understand sth through and through
common noun / generic term / to introduce oneself
to collaborate with the enemy
Tongjiang county in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
connected by air, sea traffic or service
corresponding member (of an academy) / junior academician
(pharmacology) a laxative
phonetic loan character / using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters
to understand clearly / to be sensible or reasonable / understanding
Timbuktoo (town in Mali)
an airvent / a louvre / airflow orifice
General Electric (GE)
inflation rate
digital token (loanword from "token") (neologism c. 2017)
inflation
all through the night / overnight
(medicine) to unblock breastmilk flow (of a nursing mother with clogged milk ducts)
communications satellite
wanted criminal / fugitive (from the law)
a pass (authority to enter) / a laissez-passer or safe conduct
HSK 7-9
general course / general education course / core course / general curriculum / general education curriculum / core curriculum
to phone sb up
Tongxiao or Tunghsiao town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Tongzhou, a district of Beijing / Tongzhou, a district of Nantong City 南通市, Jiangsu
to read through
to have postal communications
general rule / standard practice

More results available:



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