Chinese dictionary

A Chinese dictionary (词典 cídiǎn) for learners. Every entry keeps its meanings under the reading they belong to, so a word read two ways is two sets of meanings rather than one list to guess at.

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• 一 yī one
• 一下 yīxià a bit
• 一个 yīge a
• 一些 yīxiē some
• 一切 yīqiè everything
• 一句 yījù a line of verse
• 一块 yīkuài a piece
• 一声 yīshēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
• 一定 yīdìng surely
• 一样 yīyàng same
• 一次 yīcì first
• 一点 yīdiǎn a bit
• 一直 yīzhí straight (in a straight line)
• 一种 yīzhǒng one kind of
• 一级 yījí first class
• 一般 yībān same
• 一起 yīqǐ the same place
• 一边 yībiān one side
• 一阵 yīzhèn a burst
• 一面 yīmiàn one side
• 七 qī seven
• 万 wàn ten thousand
• 三 sān three
• 上 shàng up
• 下 xià down
• 下去 xiàqù to go down
• 下来 xiàlai to come down
• 不 bù no
• 不仅 bùjǐn not just
• 不会 bùhuì improbable
• 不再 bùzài no more
• 不到 bùdào not to arrive
• 不可 bùkě cannot
• 不同 bùtóng different
• 不少 bùshǎo many
• 不得 bùdé must not
• 不断 bùduàn unceasing
• 不是 bùshì, bùshi no
• 不知 bùzhī not to know
• 不能 bùnéng cannot
• 不要 bùyào don't!
• 不过 bùguò only
• 与 yǔ, yù and
• 专业 zhuānyè specialty
• 专家 zhuānjiā expert
• 专门 zhuānmén specialized
• 且 qiě and
• 世 shì life
• 世界 shìjiè world
• 世纪 shìjì century
• 业务 yèwù business
• 东 dōng east
• 东北 dōngběi northeast
• 东西 dōngxī, dōngxi east and west
• 两 liǎng two
• 严重 yánzhòng grave
• 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
• 个人 gèrén an individual
• 中 zhōng, zhòng middle
• 中央 zhōngyāng central
• 中学 zhōngxué middle school
• 中心 zhōngxīn center
• 中间 zhōngjiān the middle
• 丰富 fēngfù to enrich
• 为 wéi, wèi as (in the capacity of)
• 为主 wéizhǔ to rely mainly on
• 为了 wèile for
• 为什么 wèishénme why?
• 主 zhǔ owner
• 主任 zhǔrèn director
• 主席 zhǔxí chairperson
• 主张 zhǔzhāng to advocate
• 主要 zhǔyào main
• 举 jǔ to lift
• 举行 jǔxíng to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
• 久 jiǔ long
• 么 má, ma, me exclamatory final particle
• 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
• 之一 zhīyī one of (sth)
• 之下 zhīxià under
• 之中 zhīzhōng inside
• 之前 zhīqián before
• 之后 zhīhòu after
• 之间 zhījiān between
• 乐 lè, yuè happy
• 九 jiǔ nine
• 也 yě also
• 也许 yěxǔ perhaps
• 乡 xiāng country or countryside
• 书 shū book
• 书记 shūji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party)
• 买 mǎi to buy
• 乱 luàn in confusion or disorder
• 了 le, liǎo marks a completed action
• 了解 liǎojiě to understand
• 事 shì matter
• 事业 shìyè undertaking
• 事件 shìjiàn incident
• 事情 shìqing affair
• 二 èr two