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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 1148 of 1851.
入( rù ) 手( shǒu )
to begin (with ...)
入( rù ) 睡( shuì )
to fall asleep
入( rù ) 土( tǔ )
to bury
入( rù ) 土( tǔ ) 为( wéi ) 安( ān )
buried and at rest
入( rù ) 土( tǔ ) 為( wéi ) 安( ān )
buried and at rest
入( rù ) 团( tuán )
to enroll in the Communist Youth League
入( rù ) 團( tuán )
to enroll in the Communist Youth League
入( rù ) 托( tuō )
to start daycare
入( rù ) 微( wēi )
down to the smallest detail
入( rù ) 围( wéi )
to get past the qualifying round
入( rù ) 圍( wéi )
to get past the qualifying round
入( rù ) 围( wéi ) 者( zhě )
finalist
入( rù ) 圍( wéi ) 者( zhě )
finalist
入( rù ) 味( wèi )
tasty
入( rù ) 伍( wǔ )
to enter the army
入( rù ) 伍( wǔ ) 生( shēng )
newly enlisted officer student
入( rù ) 息( xī )
income
入( rù ) 席( xí )
to take one's seat
入( rù ) 戏( xì )
to inhabit one's role
入( rù ) 戲( xì )
to inhabit one's role
入( rù ) 夏( xià )
summer sets in
入( rù ) 乡( xiāng ) 随( suí ) 俗( sú )
when in Rome, do as the Romans do
入( rù ) 鄉( xiāng ) 隨( suí ) 俗( sú )
when in Rome, do as the Romans do
入( rù ) 选( xuǎn )
to be included among those selected for
入( rù ) 選( xuǎn )
to be included among those selected for
入( rù ) 学( xué )
to enter a school or college
入( rù ) 學( xué )
to enter a school or college
入( rù ) 学( xué ) 率( lǜ )
percentage of children who enter school
入( rù ) 學( xué ) 率( lǜ )
percentage of children who enter school
入( rù ) 眼( yǎn )
to appear before one's eyes
入( rù ) 药( yào )
to use in medicine
入( rù ) 藥( yào )
to use in medicine
入( rù ) 夜( yè )
at nightfall
入( rù ) 狱( yù )
to go to jail
入( rù ) 獄( yù )
to go to jail
入( rù ) 园( yuán )
to enter a park or other place for public recreation
入( rù ) 園( yuán )
to enter a park or other place for public recreation
入( rù ) 院( yuàn )
to enter hospital
入( rù ) 月( yuè )
beginning of menstrual cycle
入( rù ) 职( zhí )
to commence employment
入( rù ) 職( zhí )
to commence employment
入( rù ) 主( zhǔ )
to take the helm at (an organization)
入( rù ) 住( zhù )
to check in (at a hotel etc)
入( rù ) 贅( zhuì )
to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
入( rù ) 赘( zhuì )
to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
褥( rù ) 子( zi )
cotton-padded mattress
入( rù ) 罪( zuì )
to criminalize
入( rù ) 罪( zuì ) 化( huà )
to criminalize
入( rù ) 樽( zūn )
slam dunk
入( rù ) 座( zuò )
to take one's seat
堧( ruán )
adjoin
壖( ruán )
land on water edge or under wall
撋( ruán )
to rub between the hands
朊( ruǎn )
protein
瓀( ruǎn )
opaque
碝( ruǎn )
jade-like stone
緛( ruǎn )
to shorten
軟( ruǎn )
soft
软( ruǎn )
soft
阮( ruǎn )
ruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute
阮( ruǎn ) 安( ān )
Nguyen An (1381-1453), aka Ruan An, Vietnamese architect and engineer, principal designer of the Forbidden City
軟( ruǎn ) 包( bāo )
soft (bread) roll
软( ruǎn ) 包( bāo )
soft (bread) roll
朊( ruǎn ) 病( bìng ) 毒( dú )
prion
軟( ruǎn ) 尺( chǐ )
soft measuring tape
软( ruǎn ) 尺( chǐ )
soft measuring tape
阮( ruǎn ) 崇( chóng ) 武( wǔ )
Ruan Chongwu (1933-), third governor of Hainan
軟( ruǎn ) 磁( cí ) 碟( dié )
floppy disk
软( ruǎn ) 磁( cí ) 碟( dié )
floppy disk
軟( ruǎn ) 磁( cí ) 盤( pán )
floppy disk
软( ruǎn ) 磁( cí ) 盘( pán )
floppy disk
軟( ruǎn ) 刀( dāo ) 子( zi )
the soft knife
软( ruǎn ) 刀( dāo ) 子( zi )
the soft knife
軟( ruǎn ) 碟( dié )
floppy disk
软( ruǎn ) 碟( dié )
floppy disk
軟( ruǎn ) 釘( dīng ) 子( zi )
lit. a soft nail
软( ruǎn ) 钉( dīng ) 子( zi )
lit. a soft nail
朊( ruǎn ) 毒( dú ) 体( tǐ )
prion
朊( ruǎn ) 毒( dú ) 體( tǐ )
prion
軟( ruǎn ) 齶( è )
soft palate
軟( ruǎn ) 齶( è ) 音( yīn )
velar consonant
軟( ruǎn ) 耳( ěr ) 朵( duo )
credulous person
软( ruǎn ) 耳( ěr ) 朵( duo )
credulous person
軟( ruǎn ) 飯( fàn ) 男( nán )
kept man
软( ruǎn ) 饭( fàn ) 男( nán )
kept man
軟( ruǎn ) 膏( gāo )
ointment
软( ruǎn ) 膏( gāo )
ointment
軟( ruǎn ) 骨( gǔ )
cartilage
软( ruǎn ) 骨( gǔ )
cartilage
軟( ruǎn ) 骨( gǔ ) 病( bìng )
chondropathy
软( ruǎn ) 骨( gǔ ) 病( bìng )
chondropathy
軟( ruǎn ) 骨( gǔ ) 頭( tou )
weak, cowardly person
软( ruǎn ) 骨( gǔ ) 头( tou )
weak, cowardly person
軟( ruǎn ) 骨( gǔ ) 魚( yú )
cartilaginous fish
软( ruǎn ) 骨( gǔ ) 鱼( yú )
cartilaginous fish
軟( ruǎn ) 骨( gǔ ) 魚( yú ) 類( lèi )
cartilaginous fishes
软( ruǎn ) 骨( gǔ ) 鱼( yú ) 类( lèi )
cartilaginous fishes
軟( ruǎn ) 管( guǎn )
hose
软( ruǎn ) 管( guǎn )
hose
軟( ruǎn ) 焊( hàn )
to solder