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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 108 of 1851.
波( bō ) 特( tè ) 貝( bèi ) 勒( lè ) 菇( gū )
portobello mushroom
波( bō ) 特( tè ) 贝( bèi ) 勒( lè ) 菇( gū )
portobello mushroom
波( bō ) 特( tè ) 菇( gū )
portobello mushroom
波( bō ) 特( tè ) 酒( jiǔ )
Port wine
波( bō ) 特( tè ) 兰( lán ) 市( shì )
Portland
波( bō ) 特( tè ) 蘭( lán ) 市( shì )
Portland
波( bō ) 特( tè ) 率( lǜ )
baud
波( bō ) 提( tí ) 乏( fá )
Potiphar, the captain of the pharaoh's guard
拨( bō ) 通( tōng )
to get through to sb on the phone
撥( bō ) 通( tōng )
to get through to sb on the phone
缽( bō ) 頭( tóu )
earthen bowl
钵( bō ) 头( tóu )
earthen bowl
波( bō ) 托( tuō ) 馬( mǎ ) 克( kè ) 河( hé )
Potomac River
波( bō ) 托( tuō ) 马( mǎ ) 克( kè ) 河( hé )
Potomac River
菠( bō ) 烷( wán )
bornane
波( bō ) 紋( wén )
ripple
波( bō ) 纹( wén )
ripple
波( bō ) 西( xī ) 米( mǐ ) 亚( yà )
Bohemia, historical region in Central Europe
波( bō ) 西( xī ) 米( mǐ ) 亞( yà )
Bohemia, historical region in Central Europe
玻( bō ) 纖( xiān )
fiberglass
玻( bō ) 纤( xiān )
fiberglass
拨( bō ) 弦( xián ) 乐( yuè ) 器( qì )
plucked string or stringed instrument
撥( bō ) 弦( xián ) 樂( yuè ) 器( qì )
plucked string or stringed instrument
波( bō ) 鞋( xié )
sports shoes
波( bō ) 形( xíng )
wave form
剝( bō ) 削( xuē )
to exploit
剥( bō ) 削( xuē )
to exploit
剝( bō ) 削( xuē ) 階( jiē ) 級( jí )
exploiting class
剥( bō ) 削( xuē ) 阶( jiē ) 级( jí )
exploiting class
剝( bō ) 削( xuē ) 者( zhě )
exploiter
剥( bō ) 削( xuē ) 者( zhě )
exploiter
波( bō ) 义( yì ) 耳( ěr )
Boyle
波( bō ) 義( yì ) 耳( ěr )
Boyle
玻( bō ) 意( yì ) 耳( ěr )
Robert Boyle (1627-1691), English chemist
播( bō ) 音( yīn )
to transmit
波( bō ) 音( yīn )
mordent
播( bō ) 音( yīn ) 员( yuán )
announcer
播( bō ) 音( yīn ) 員( yuán )
announcer
播( bō ) 映( yìng )
to broadcast a film
拨( bō ) 用( yòng )
appropriation
撥( bō ) 用( yòng )
appropriation
缽( bō ) 盂( yú )
alms bowl
钵( bō ) 盂( yú )
alms bowl
波( bō ) 語( yǔ )
Polish language
波( bō ) 语( yǔ )
Polish language
拨( bō ) 云( yún ) 见( jiàn ) 日( rì )
fig. to restore justice
撥( bō ) 雲( yún ) 見( jiàn ) 日( rì )
fig. to restore justice
波( bō ) 札( zhá ) 那( nà )
Botswana
波( bō ) 折( zhé )
twists and turns
拨( bō ) 正( zhèng )
to set right
撥( bō ) 正( zhèng )
to set right
播( bō ) 种( zhǒng )
to sow seeds
播( bō ) 種( zhǒng )
to sow seeds
播( bō ) 州( zhōu ) 区( qū )
Bozhou, a district of Zunyi City 遵义市 zūnyìshì, Guizhou
播( bō ) 州( zhōu ) 區( qū )
Bozhou, a district of Zunyi City 遵义市 zūnyìshì, Guizhou
拨( bō ) 转( zhuǎn )
to turn
撥( bō ) 轉( zhuǎn )
to turn
波( bō ) 状( zhuàng )
wave-shaped
波( bō ) 狀( zhuàng )
wave-shaped
波( bō ) 状( zhuàng ) 热( rè )
undulant fever
波( bō ) 狀( zhuàng ) 熱( rè )
undulant fever
波( bō ) 状( zhuàng ) 消( xiāo ) 光( guāng )
undulose extinction
波( bō ) 狀( zhuàng ) 消( xiāo ) 光( guāng )
undulose extinction
波( bō ) 状( zhuàng ) 云( yún )
undulatus
波( bō ) 狀( zhuàng ) 雲( yún )
undulatus
剝( bō ) 啄( zhuó )
tap
剥( bō ) 啄( zhuó )
tap
波( bō ) 兹( zī ) 曼( màn )
Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist and philosopher
波( bō ) 茲( zī ) 曼( màn )
Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist and philosopher
波( bō ) 兹( zī ) 南( nán )
Poznan
波( bō ) 茲( zī ) 南( nán )
Poznan
波( bō ) 兹( zī ) 坦( tǎn )
Potsdam, Germany
波( bō ) 茲( zī ) 坦( tǎn )
Potsdam, Germany
拨( bō ) 子( zi )
plectrum
撥( bō ) 子( zi )
plectrum
拨( bō ) 奏( zòu )
pizzicato
撥( bō ) 奏( zòu )
pizzicato
伯( bó )
father's elder brother
僰( bó )
name of an ethnic group
勃( bó )
flourishing
博( bó )
abundant
嚗( bó )
sound of sth splitting or breaking apart
壆( bó )
mounded row of soil
帛( bó )
silk
搏( bó )
to fight
柏( bó )
(used for transcribing names)
桲( bó )
flail
欂( bó )
rafter
浡( bó )
full
箔( bó )
plaited matting
脖( bó )
neck
膊( bó )
shoulder
舶( bó )
ship
葧( bó )
Heleocharis plantaginea
襮( bó )
embroidered collar
踣( bó )
to tumble
鈸( bó )
cymbals
鉑( bó )
platinum
鋍( bó )
old term for beryllium, now written 铍 pí
鎛( bó )
ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell