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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 1231 of 1851.
時( shí ) 裝( zhuāng ) 鞋( xié )
dress shoes
时( shí ) 装( zhuāng ) 秀( xiù )
fashion show
時( shí ) 裝( zhuāng ) 秀( xiù )
fashion show
石( shí ) 状( zhuàng )
stony
石( shí ) 狀( zhuàng )
stony
石( shí ) 子( zǐ )
small stone
十( shí ) 字( zì )
cross road
識( shí ) 字( zì )
to learn to read
识( shí ) 字( zì )
to learn to read
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 鎬( gǎo )
pickaxe
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 镐( gǎo )
pickaxe
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 花( huā ) 科( kē )
Cruciferae or Brassicaceae
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 架( jià )
cross
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 架( jià ) 刑( xíng )
crucifiction
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 军( jūn )
the Crusades
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 軍( jūn )
the Crusades
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 军( jūn ) 东( dōng ) 征( zhēng )
the Crusades
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 軍( jūn ) 東( dōng ) 征( zhēng )
the Crusades
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 路( lù ) 口( kǒu )
crossroads
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 螺( luó ) 丝( sī ) 刀( dāo )
Phillips screwdriver
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 螺( luó ) 絲( sī ) 刀( dāo )
Phillips screwdriver
識( shí ) 字( zì ) 率( lǜ )
literacy rate
识( shí ) 字( zì ) 率( lǜ )
literacy rate
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 丝( sī )
crosshairs
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 絲( sī )
crosshairs
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 形( xíng )
cruciform
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 繡( xiù )
cross-stitch
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 绣( xiù )
cross-stitch
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 轉( zhuàn ) 門( mén )
turnstile
十( shí ) 字( zì ) 转( zhuàn ) 门( mén )
turnstile
时( shí ) 租( zū )
to rent by the hour
時( shí ) 租( zū )
to rent by the hour
十( shí ) 足( zú )
ample
实( shí ) 足( zú )
full
實( shí ) 足( zú )
full
石( shí ) 嘴( zuǐ ) 山( shān ) 市( shì )
Shizuishan, prefecture-level city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区 níngxiàhuízúzìzhìqū
石( shí ) 作( zuò )
masonry workshop
使( shǐ )
to make
史( shǐ )
history
始( shǐ )
to begin
屎( shǐ )
feces
矢( shǐ )
arrow
豕( shǐ )
hog
駛( shǐ )
to go fast
驶( shǐ )
to go fast
使( shǐ ) 不( bu ) 得( de )
cannot be used
史( shǐ ) 冊( cè )
annals
史( shǐ ) 册( cè )
annals
史( shǐ ) 臣( chén )
official in charge of public records
史( shǐ ) 称( chēng )
to be known to history as
史( shǐ ) 稱( chēng )
to be known to history as
使( shǐ ) 成( chéng )
to cause
使( shǐ ) 出( chū )
to use
駛( shǐ ) 出( chū )
to leave port
驶( shǐ ) 出( chū )
to leave port
史( shǐ ) 黛( dài ) 西( xī )
Stacy
史( shǐ ) 丹( dān ) 頓( dùn ) 島( dǎo )
Staten Island, borough of New York City
史( shǐ ) 丹( dān ) 顿( dùn ) 岛( dǎo )
Staten Island, borough of New York City
史( shǐ ) 丹( dān ) 佛( fó )
Stanford
史( shǐ ) 丹( dān ) 福( fú ) 大( dà ) 学( xué )
Stanford University
史( shǐ ) 丹( dān ) 福( fú ) 大( dà ) 學( xué )
Stanford University
使( shǐ ) 得( de )
usable
史( shǐ ) 迪( dí ) 威( wēi )
Joseph Stilwell (1883-1946), commander of US forces in China, Burma and India in World War II
史( shǐ ) 蒂( dì ) 夫( fū )
Steve
史蒂夫·乔布斯( shǐ dì fū qiáo bù sī )
Steve Jobs (1955–2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc.
史蒂夫·喬布斯( shǐ dì fū qiáo bù sī )
Steve Jobs (1955–2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc.
史( shǐ ) 蒂( dì ) 文( wén )
Steven, Stephen
史( shǐ ) 蒂( dì ) 文( wén ) 斯( sī )
Stephens
始( shǐ ) 点( diǎn )
starting point
始( shǐ ) 點( diǎn )
starting point
始( shǐ ) 发( fā )
to set off
始( shǐ ) 發( fā )
to set off
史( shǐ ) 高( gāo ) 比( bǐ ) 耶( yē )
Skopje, capital of North Macedonia
史( shǐ ) 官( guān )
scribe
史( shǐ ) 觀( guān )
historical point of view
史( shǐ ) 观( guān )
historical point of view
使( shǐ ) 館( guǎn )
consulate
使( shǐ ) 馆( guǎn )
consulate
豕( shǐ ) 豞( hòu )
grunting of pigs
使( shǐ ) 坏( huài )
to play dirty tricks
使( shǐ ) 壞( huài )
to play dirty tricks
使( shǐ ) 唤( huan )
to order sb around
使( shǐ ) 喚( huan )
to order sb around
史( shǐ ) 籍( jí )
historical records
史( shǐ ) 記( jì )
Records of the Grand Historian, by 司马迁 sīmǎqiān, first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 èrshísìshǐ
史( shǐ ) 记( jì )
Records of the Grand Historian, by 司马迁 sīmǎqiān, first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 èrshísìshǐ
史( shǐ ) 家( jiā )
historian
始( shǐ ) 建( jiàn )
to start building
使( shǐ ) 節( jié )
envoy
使( shǐ ) 节( jié )
envoy
使( shǐ ) 節( jié ) 團( tuán )
a diplomatic group
使( shǐ ) 节( jié ) 团( tuán )
a diplomatic group
使( shǐ ) 劲( jìn )
to exert all one's strength
使( shǐ ) 勁( jìn )
to exert all one's strength
使( shǐ ) 尽( jìn )
to exert all one's strength
使( shǐ ) 盡( jìn )
to exert all one's strength
史( shǐ ) 景( jǐng ) 迁( qiān )
Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The Search for Modern China 追寻现代中国 zhuīxúnxiàndàizhōngguó
史( shǐ ) 景( jǐng ) 遷( qiān )
Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The Search for Modern China 追寻现代中国 zhuīxúnxiàndàizhōngguó
屎( shǐ ) 蚵( kē ) 螂( láng )
dung beetle
矢( shǐ ) 口( kǒu ) 否( fǒu ) 認( rèn )
to deny flatly