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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.
Look a character up by its
部首
A character you have only ever seen in print has no reading to search
for. Find the radical you can see in it, count the strokes that are
left, and read down the table. It is the oldest way into a Chinese
dictionary and still the only one that works on a character you have
never heard said aloud.
The
部首检字表 , all 237 radicals
185090 entries,
showing page 105 of 1851.
并( bìng ) 坐( zuò )
to sit together
嶓( bō )
name of a mountain
拨( bō )
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
撥( bō )
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
播( bō )
to sow
波( bō )
wave
癶( bō )
Kangxi radical 105, known as 登字头 dēngzìtóu
盋( bō )
obscure variant of 钵 bō
砵( bō )
alms bowl
缽( bō )
small earthenware plate or basin
菠( bō )
spinach
钵( bō )
small earthenware plate or basin
餑( bō )
cake
饽( bō )
cake
𨨏( bō )
bohrium
𬭛( bō )
bohrium
波( bō ) 阿( ā ) 次( cì )
Boaz
波( bō ) 阿( ā ) 斯( sī )
Boaz
波( bō ) 昂( áng )
Bonn, city in Germany
波( bō ) 霸( bà )
(loanword) big boobs
波( bō ) 霸( bà ) 奶( nǎi ) 茶( chá )
bubble milk tea
波( bō ) 斑( bān ) 鴇( bǎo )
MacQueen's bustard
波( bō ) 斑( bān ) 鸨( bǎo )
MacQueen's bustard
播( bō ) 報( bào )
to announce
播( bō ) 报( bào )
to announce
播( bō ) 報( bào ) 員( yuán )
announcer
播( bō ) 报( bào ) 员( yuán )
announcer
波( bō ) 比( bǐ )
burpee
波( bō ) 比( bǐ ) 跳( tiào )
burpee
波( bō ) 比( bǐ ) 运( yùn ) 动( dòng )
burpee
波( bō ) 比( bǐ ) 運( yùn ) 動( dòng )
burpee
啵( bō ) 啵( bō )
bubbling noise
波( bō ) 波( bō ) 头( tóu )
bob
波( bō ) 波( bō ) 頭( tóu )
bob
餑( bō ) 餑( bo )
pastry
饽( bō ) 饽( bo )
pastry
剝( bō ) 採( cǎi ) 比( bǐ )
stripping-to-ore ratio
剥( bō ) 采( cǎi ) 比( bǐ )
stripping-to-ore ratio
菠( bō ) 菜( cài )
spinach
波( bō ) 長( cháng )
wavelength
波( bō ) 长( cháng )
wavelength
拨( bō ) 出( chū )
to pull out
撥( bō ) 出( chū )
to pull out
播( bō ) 出( chū )
to broadcast
剝( bō ) 除( chú )
to strip off
剥( bō ) 除( chú )
to strip off
波( bō ) 茨( cí ) 坦( tǎn )
Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany
波( bō ) 茨( cí ) 坦( tǎn ) 公( gōng ) 告( gào )
Potsdam Declaration
波( bō ) 茨( cí ) 坦( tǎn ) 会( huì ) 议( yì )
Potsdam conference, July-August 1945, between Truman, Stalin and British prime ministers Churchill and Attlee
波( bō ) 茨( cí ) 坦( tǎn ) 會( huì ) 議( yì )
Potsdam conference, July-August 1945, between Truman, Stalin and British prime ministers Churchill and Attlee
拨( bō ) 打( dǎ )
to call
撥( bō ) 打( dǎ )
to call
波( bō ) 带( dài ) 片( piān )
zone plate
波( bō ) 帶( dài ) 片( piān )
zone plate
波( bō ) 荡( dàng )
heave
波( bō ) 蕩( dàng )
heave
波( bō ) 导( dǎo )
waveguide
波( bō ) 導( dǎo )
waveguide
波( bō ) 德( dé )
Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826), German astronomer
波( bō ) 德( dé ) 戈( gē ) 里( lǐ ) 察( chá )
Podgorica, capital of Montenegro
波( bō ) 德( dé ) 里( lǐ ) 查( chá )
Podgorica, capital of Montenegro
波( bō ) 德( dé ) 申( shēn )
Port Dickson
波( bō ) 点( diǎn )
polka dot
波( bō ) 點( diǎn )
polka dot
剝( bō ) 掉( diào )
to peel off
剥( bō ) 掉( diào )
to peel off
拨( bō ) 动( dòng )
to stir
撥( bō ) 動( dòng )
to stir
波( bō ) 动( dòng )
to undulate
波( bō ) 動( dòng )
to undulate
波( bō ) 动( dòng ) 力( lì ) 学( xué )
wave mechanics
波( bō ) 動( dòng ) 力( lì ) 學( xué )
wave mechanics
波( bō ) 动( dòng ) 性( xìng )
fluctuation
波( bō ) 動( dòng ) 性( xìng )
fluctuation
波( bō ) 段( duàn )
wave band
波( bō ) 多( duō ) 黎( lí ) 各( gè )
Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States
剝( bō ) 奪( duó )
to deprive
剥( bō ) 夺( duó )
to deprive
波( bō ) 恩( ēn )
Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990
波( bō ) 恩( ēn ) 大( dà ) 学( xué )
University of Bonn
波( bō ) 恩( ēn ) 大( dà ) 學( xué )
University of Bonn
波( bō ) 尔( ěr ) 布( bù ) 特( tè )
Pol Pot (1925-1998), Cambodian communist leader
波( bō ) 爾( ěr ) 布( bù ) 特( tè )
Pol Pot (1925-1998), Cambodian communist leader
波( bō ) 尔( ěr ) 多( duō )
Bordeaux
波( bō ) 爾( ěr ) 多( duō )
Bordeaux
波( bō ) 尔( ěr ) 多( duō ) 液( yè )
Bordeaux mixture
波( bō ) 爾( ěr ) 多( duō ) 液( yè )
Bordeaux mixture
波( bō ) 尔( ěr ) 卡( kǎ )
polka (dance)
波( bō ) 爾( ěr ) 卡( kǎ )
polka (dance)
玻( bō ) 尔( ěr ) 兹( zī ) 曼( màn )
Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist and philosopher
玻( bō ) 爾( ěr ) 茲( zī ) 曼( màn )
Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist and philosopher
播( bō ) 发( fā )
to broadcast
播( bō ) 發( fā )
to broadcast
波( bō ) 方( fāng ) 程( chéng )
wave equation
播( bō ) 放( fàng )
to broadcast
播( bō ) 放( fàng ) 机( jī )
player
播( bō ) 放( fàng ) 機( jī )
player
播( bō ) 放( fàng ) 列( liè ) 表( biǎo )
playlist
波( bō ) 峰( fēng )
wave crest
波( bō ) 幅( fú )
amplitude