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

37 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
next door / neighbor
HSK 5
to separate
HSK 4
grease trap
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *隔* | 隔* | *隔
to separate / to partition / to stand or lie between / at a distance from / after or at an interval of
HSK 4
to separate / to isolate
HSK 7-9
the walls have ears (idiom)
from a distance; through the air; remotely (esp. by means of telekinesis, magic, technology etc)
next-door neighbor
diaphragm (anatomy) / distant (socially aloof) / divided by lack of mutual comprehension / nonexpert
partition / partition board
partition / to stand between / wall or fence serving as partition
compartment / booth / cubicle / partitioned-off area
lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom) / fig. beside the point / ineffectual
misunderstanding / estrangement / (language etc) barrier
HSK 7-9
the next day / on alternate days
lit. almanac from years back (idiom) / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle
to interlace / to interleave (computing)
separated by a generation / a lifetime ago
partition board
(idiom) every few days; every once in a while
to insulate thermally / insulating (material, effect etc)
to converse with sb by shouting from some distance away / (fig.) to say sth intended for the ears of sb who is not in one's presence (often, by making a public statement or by posting online)
divider; partition
apostrophe, as used in pinyin orthography (i.e. to mark a boundary between two syllables, as in "dàng'àn" 檔案|档案)
overnight / of the previous day
half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step-
see 隔天
soundproofing
different trades, worlds apart (idiom); to sb outside the profession, it is a closed book
interlaced scanning
to cut off; to isolate / isolated (from the world)
Mr Wang from next door (term used jocularly to refer to a neighbor who is supposedly sleeping with one's wife)
pre-makeup cream / makeup base / foundation primer
(loanword) ghetto
walls have ears
to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
variant of 隔三差五


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