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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.
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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 1409 of 1851.
威( wēi ) 亚( yǎ )
stunt wires
威( wēi ) 亞( yǎ )
stunt wires
威( wēi ) 严( yán )
dignified
威( wēi ) 嚴( yán )
dignified
微( wēi ) 言( yán ) 大( dà ) 义( yì )
subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
微( wēi ) 言( yán ) 大( dà ) 義( yì )
subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
危( wēi ) 言( yán ) 耸( sǒng ) 听( tīng )
alarmist talk
危( wēi ) 言( yán ) 聳( sǒng ) 聽( tīng )
alarmist talk
危( wēi ) 言( yán ) 危( wēi ) 行( xíng )
upright and plainspoken
微( wēi ) 恙( yàng )
slight illness
威( wēi ) 仪( yí )
majestic presence
威( wēi ) 儀( yí )
majestic presence
逶( wēi ) 迤( yí )
meandering
威( wēi ) 远( yuǎn ) 县( xiàn )
Weiyuan, a county in Neijiang City 内江市 nèijiāngshì, Sichuan
威( wēi ) 遠( yuǎn ) 縣( xiàn )
Weiyuan, a county in Neijiang City 内江市 nèijiāngshì, Sichuan
危( wēi ) 在( zài ) 旦( dàn ) 夕( xī )
in imminent peril
威( wēi ) 翟( zhái )
Wade-Giles
威( wēi ) 震( zhèn )
to inspire awe
威( wēi ) 震( zhèn ) 天( tiān ) 下( xià )
to inspire awe throughout the empire
微( wēi ) 整( zhěng ) 形( xíng )
non-surgical cosmetic procedure
微( wēi ) 中( zhōng ) 子( zǐ )
(particle physics) neutrino
危( wēi ) 重( zhòng )
critically ill
威( wēi ) 重( zhòng )
august
危( wēi ) 重( zhòng ) 病( bìng ) 人( rén )
critically ill patient
威( wēi ) 尊( zūn ) 命( mìng ) 賤( jiàn )
the dignity of authority is above life
威( wēi ) 尊( zūn ) 命( mìng ) 贱( jiàn )
the dignity of authority is above life
唯( wéi )
only
囗( wéi )
enclosure
围( wéi )
to encircle
圍( wéi )
to encircle
媁( wéi )
to appear displeased
峞( wéi )
high and uneven
嵬( wéi )
rocky
帏( wéi )
curtain
帷( wéi )
curtain
幃( wéi )
curtain
惟( wéi )
-ism
桅( wéi )
mast
涠( wéi )
still water
湋( wéi )
to flow back
潍( wéi )
name of a river
潿( wéi )
still water
濰( wéi )
name of a river
犩( wéi )
ancient yak of southeast China, also known as 犪牛 kuíniú
維( wéi )
to preserve
维( wéi )
to preserve
违( wéi )
to disobey
違( wéi )
to disobey
鄬( wéi )
place in Henan province
鍏( wéi )
spade
闈( wéi )
door to women's room
闱( wéi )
door to women's room
韋( wéi )
soft leather
韦( wéi )
soft leather
鮠( wéi )
a kind of shad with a head like a sturgeon
𣲗( wéi )
to flow back
𬶏( wéi )
a kind of shad with a head like a sturgeon
违( wéi ) 碍( ài )
taboo
違( wéi ) 礙( ài )
taboo
违( wéi ) 傲( ào )
to disobey
违( wéi ) 拗( ào )
to disobey
違( wéi ) 傲( ào )
to disobey
違( wéi ) 拗( ào )
to disobey
违( wéi ) 悖( bèi )
to transgress
违( wéi ) 背( bèi )
to go against
違( wéi ) 悖( bèi )
to transgress
違( wéi ) 背( bèi )
to go against
韋( wéi ) 編( biān ) 三( sān ) 絕( jué )
lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times
韦( wéi ) 编( biān ) 三( sān ) 绝( jué )
lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times
围( wéi ) 标( biāo )
bid rigging
圍( wéi ) 標( biāo )
bid rigging
违( wéi ) 标( biāo )
to go against the stipulated criteria
違( wéi ) 標( biāo )
to go against the stipulated criteria
违( wéi ) 别( bié )
to leave
違( wéi ) 別( bié )
to leave
围( wéi ) 脖( bó )
muffler
圍( wéi ) 脖( bó )
muffler
韋( wéi ) 伯( bó )
weber
韦( wéi ) 伯( bó )
weber
围( wéi ) 捕( bǔ )
to fish by casting a net
圍( wéi ) 捕( bǔ )
to fish by casting a net
围( wéi ) 产( chǎn )
perinatal
圍( wéi ) 產( chǎn )
perinatal
围( wéi ) 产( chǎn ) 期( qī )
perinatal period
圍( wéi ) 產( chǎn ) 期( qī )
perinatal period
围( wéi ) 场( chǎng )
enclosure
圍( wéi ) 場( chǎng )
enclosure
围( wéi ) 场( chǎng ) 满( mǎn ) 族( zú ) 蒙( měng ) 古( gǔ ) 族( zú ) 自( zì ) 治( zhì ) 县( xiàn )
Weichang Manchu and Mongol Autonomous County, in Chengde City 承德市 chéngdéshì, Hebei
圍( wéi ) 場( chǎng ) 滿( mǎn ) 族( zú ) 蒙( měng ) 古( gǔ ) 族( zú ) 自( zì ) 治( zhì ) 縣( xiàn )
Weichang Manchu and Mongol Autonomous County, in Chengde City 承德市 chéngdéshì, Hebei
围( wéi ) 城( chéng )
siege
圍( wéi ) 城( chéng )
siege
围( wéi ) 城( chéng ) 打( dǎ ) 援( yuán )
to besiege and strike the relief force
圍( wéi ) 城( chéng ) 打( dǎ ) 援( yuán )
to besiege and strike the relief force
潍( wéi ) 城( chéng ) 区( qū )
Weicheng, a district of Weifang City 潍坊市 wéifāngshì, Shandong
濰( wéi ) 城( chéng ) 區( qū )
Weicheng, a district of Weifang City 潍坊市 wéifāngshì, Shandong
維( wéi ) 持( chí )
to keep
维( wéi ) 持( chí )
to keep
維( wéi ) 持( chí ) 費( fèi )
maintenance costs
维( wéi ) 持( chí ) 费( fèi )
maintenance costs
維( wéi ) 持( chí ) 生( shēng ) 活( huó )
to subsist