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

95 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *做* | 做* | *做
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *交* | 交* | *交
to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of
HSK 2
to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb
HSK 2
to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement
HSK 6
friends and relatives
HSK 7-9
friends and family / kith and kin
HSK 7-9
to make friends
relatives and friends
to cross over (e.g. traffic) / to intersect / to make friends
a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital / wardmate
to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake
to make friends / to meet friends / member of the same organization
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *轧* | 轧* | *轧
to crush together (in a crowd) / to make friends / to check (accounts)
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
best friends / inseparable sidekick / diehard followers
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *俦* | 俦* | *俦
comrades / friends / companions
as before / as usual / (to be) like old friends
lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom) / fig. to find oneself utterly isolated
elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy
to seek new friends through personal ads, dating apps etc
guests / invited friends
our peasant friends (political term used in the early years of the Old Democratic Revolution, 1840-1919) / (Tw) (coll.) farmer
(of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other
(of friends or partners) to share both the honor and the disgrace (idiom)
to have friendly relationships / circle of friends
lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道雞犬升天|一人得道鸡犬升天)
to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by
surrounded by distinguished friends (idiom); in company
old friends
wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom) / person who has no family or friends to rely on
friends despite the difference in age
soul brothers / friends in spirit who have never met / to commune with
multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers
to be close friends
red-dyed egg, traditionally given to friends and relatives one month after the birth of one's child
old friends
lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom); fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)
to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
to call on friends and relations (idiom)
to gather one's friends / to band together
old friends and relatives
lit. friends for a day (idiom) / fig. casual acquaintance
to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends
friends; cronies
(dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
relatives and old friends
to swindle associates, friends or relatives
to make friends / to form friendship
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom) / you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together / you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties
to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom) / in an unfamiliar place without friends or family
to show brotherly love for friends
lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit
lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord
to visit friends to thank them after a funeral
not to hold anything back (idiom) / (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality , physical charm , propriety in speech and efficiency in needlework
(of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom) / to value sex over friendship
(idiom) favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (idiom) (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates
the more friends you have, the more options you have in life (idiom)
(coll.) very close male friends
Friends of Nature (Chinese environmental NGO)
don't forget your friends when you become rich
(slang, jocular, neologism c. 2006, used esp. in relation to public figures) the things you and your friends get up to (misbehavior, scandals etc) leave me shaking my head
lit. water that is too clean holds no fish (idiom) / fig. one who is too severe has no friends
don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
(idiom) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom) / when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down
(slang) (of online friends) to meet up in person
Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends
the Society of Friends / the Quakers
the practice of favoring sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) culture of favoritism towards relatives, friends and associates
to visit one's friends and relatives
to make friends again / to renew old cordial relations
lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)
unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
to worm one's way into being friends with sb (usually derogatory)
singles seeking marriage partners / in-laws and friends
relatives and friends
do not neglect old friends
to rely on the help of relatives and friends
without relatives or friends
(literary) father's friends (of the same generation)
(of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together / to be like family / to share the same view of things
to make friends with
virtuous companions and worthy friends
to neglect one's friends when smitten with a new love
to visit friends and relations (idiom)
to be loyal (to one's friends) / to value loyalty
Society of Friends / the Quakers


Tip: Press the small help links to get help about an item.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies