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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 1326 of 1851.
倘( tǎng ) 若( ruò )
if
躺( tǎng ) 尸( shī )
to lie motionless
躺( tǎng ) 屍( shī )
to lie motionless
淌( tǎng ) 下( xià )
to let drip
躺( tǎng ) 下( xià )
to lie down
淌( tǎng ) 眼( yǎn ) 泪( lèi )
to shed tears
淌( tǎng ) 眼( yǎn ) 淚( lèi )
to shed tears
躺( tǎng ) 椅( yǐ )
deck chair
躺( tǎng ) 贏( yíng )
to win without needing to even lift a finger
躺( tǎng ) 赢( yíng )
to win without needing to even lift a finger
帑( tǎng ) 藏( zàng )
state treasury
躺( tǎng ) 着( zhe ) 也( yě ) 中( zhòng ) 枪( qiāng )
(fig.) to be unfairly targeted
躺( tǎng ) 著( zhe ) 也( yě ) 中( zhòng ) 槍( qiāng )
(fig.) to be unfairly targeted
烫( tàng )
to scald
燙( tàng )
to scald
趟( tàng )
classifier for times, round trips or rows
烫( tàng ) 斗( dǒu )
clothes iron
燙( tàng ) 斗( dǒu )
clothes iron
烫( tàng ) 发( fà )
perm
燙( tàng ) 髮( fà )
perm
烫( tàng ) 金( jīn )
to stamp with gold foil
燙( tàng ) 金( jīn )
to stamp with gold foil
烫( tàng ) 平( píng )
to press
燙( tàng ) 平( píng )
to press
烫( tàng ) 伤( shāng )
to scald
燙( tàng ) 傷( shāng )
to scald
烫( tàng ) 手( shǒu ) 山( shān ) 芋( yù )
hot potato
燙( tàng ) 手( shǒu ) 山( shān ) 芋( yù )
hot potato
烫( tàng ) 头( tóu ) 发( fa )
perm
燙( tàng ) 頭( tóu ) 髮( fa )
perm
烫( tàng ) 衣( yī )
to iron
燙( tàng ) 衣( yī )
to iron
烫( tàng ) 衣( yī ) 板( bǎn )
ironing board
燙( tàng ) 衣( yī ) 板( bǎn )
ironing board
弢( tāo )
bow case
慆( tāo )
rejoice
掏( tāo )
to fish out
涛( tāo )
big wave
滔( tāo )
to inundate
濤( tāo )
big wave
絛( tāo )
braid
縚( tāo )
braid
绦( tāo )
braid
韜( tāo )
bow case or scabbard
韬( tāo )
bow case or scabbard
饕( tāo )
greedy
掏( tāo ) 包( bāo )
to pick pockets
絛( tāo ) 蟲( chóng )
tapeworm
绦( tāo ) 虫( chóng )
tapeworm
絛( tāo ) 蟲( chóng ) 綱( gāng )
Cestoda
绦( tāo ) 虫( chóng ) 纲( gāng )
Cestoda
掏( tāo ) 出( chū )
to fish out
絛( tāo ) 帶( dài )
silk ribbon
绦( tāo ) 带( dài )
silk ribbon
掏( tāo ) 耳( ěr )
to remove earwax with an ear pick
掏( tāo ) 耳( ěr ) 勺( sháo )
ear pick
韜( tāo ) 光( guāng ) 養( yǎng ) 晦( huì )
to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time
韬( tāo ) 光( guāng ) 养( yǎng ) 晦( huì )
to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time
饕( tāo ) 客( kè )
gourmand
掏( tāo ) 空( kōng )
to hollow out
韜( tāo ) 略( lüè )
military strategy
韬( tāo ) 略( lüè )
military strategy
掏( tāo ) 錢( qián )
to pay
掏( tāo ) 钱( qián )
to pay
叨( tāo ) 扰( rǎo )
to bother
叨( tāo ) 擾( rǎo )
to bother
滔( tāo ) 滔( tāo )
torrential
滔( tāo ) 滔( tāo ) 不( bù ) 絕( jué )
to talk on and on
滔( tāo ) 滔( tāo ) 不( bù ) 绝( jué )
to talk on and on
滔( tāo ) 天( tiān )
immense
滔( tāo ) 天( tiān ) 大( dà ) 罪( zuì )
heinous crime
饕( tāo ) 餮( tiè )
ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king
饕( tāo ) 餮( tiè ) 大( dà ) 餐( cān )
sumptuous banquet
饕( tāo ) 餮( tiè ) 紋( wén )
zoomorphic mask motif
饕( tāo ) 餮( tiè ) 纹( wén )
zoomorphic mask motif
饕( tāo ) 餮( tiè ) 之( zhī ) 徒( tú )
glutton
掏( tāo ) 心( xīn ) 掏( tāo ) 肺( fèi )
to be totally devoted
掏( tāo ) 腰( yāo ) 包( bāo )
to dip into one's pocket
絛( tāo ) 子( zi )
silk ribbon or braid
绦( tāo ) 子( zi )
silk ribbon or braid
匋( táo )
pottery
咷( táo )
wail
啕( táo )
to wail
桃( táo )
peach
梼( táo )
dunce
檮( táo )
dunce
洮( táo )
to cleanse
淘( táo )
to wash
綯( táo )
bind
绹( táo )
bind
逃( táo )
to escape
陶( táo )
pottery
淘( táo ) 宝( bǎo )
Taobao, a Chinese online shopping website
淘( táo ) 寶( bǎo )
Taobao, a Chinese online shopping website
淘( táo ) 宝( bǎo ) 网( wǎng )
Taobao Marketplace, a Chinese website for online shopping
淘( táo ) 寶( bǎo ) 網( wǎng )
Taobao Marketplace, a Chinese website for online shopping
洮( táo ) 北( běi ) 区( qū )
Taobei, a district of Baicheng City 白城市 báichéngshì, Jilin
洮( táo ) 北( běi ) 區( qū )
Taobei, a district of Baicheng City 白城市 báichéngshì, Jilin
逃( táo ) 北( běi ) 者( zhě )
North Korean refugee
逃( táo ) 奔( bèn )
to run away to