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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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部首
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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 1568 of 1851.
烟( yān ) 碱( jiǎn ) 醯( xī ) 胺( àn )
nicotinamide
菸( yān ) 鹼( jiǎn ) 醯( xī ) 胺( àn )
nicotinamide
燕( yān ) 京( jīng )
Yanjing, an old name for Beijing
燕( yān ) 京( jīng ) 大( dà ) 学( xué )
Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919
燕( yān ) 京( jīng ) 大( dà ) 學( xué )
Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919
燕( yān ) 京( jīng ) 啤( pí ) 酒( jiǔ )
Yanjing beer
烟( yān ) 径( jìng )
misty lane
煙( yān ) 徑( jìng )
misty lane
烟( yān ) 酒( jiǔ )
tobacco and alcohol
煙( yān ) 酒( jiǔ )
tobacco and alcohol
烟( yān ) 酒( jiǔ ) 不( bù ) 沾( zhān )
abstaining from liquor and tobacco
煙( yān ) 酒( jiǔ ) 不( bù ) 沾( zhān )
abstaining from liquor and tobacco
烟( yān ) 卷( juǎn )
cigarette
煙( yān ) 捲( juǎn )
cigarette
鄢( yān ) 陵( líng ) 县( xiàn )
Yanling, a county in Xuchang City 许昌市 xǔchāngshì, Henan
鄢( yān ) 陵( líng ) 縣( xiàn )
Yanling, a county in Xuchang City 许昌市 xǔchāngshì, Henan
淹( yān ) 留( liú )
to stay for a long period
烟( yān ) 柳( liǔ ) 莺( yīng )
smoky warbler
煙( yān ) 柳( liǔ ) 鶯( yīng )
smoky warbler
烟( yān ) 霾( mái )
smoke
煙( yān ) 霾( mái )
smoke
淹( yān ) 滅( miè )
to submerge
淹( yān ) 灭( miè )
to submerge
湮( yān ) 滅( miè )
to sink into oblivion
湮( yān ) 灭( miè )
to sink into oblivion
烟( yān ) 民( mín )
smoker
煙( yān ) 民( mín )
smoker
淹( yān ) 沒( mò )
to submerge
淹( yān ) 没( mò )
to submerge
湮( yān ) 沒( mò )
to bury
湮( yān ) 没( mò )
to bury
湮( yān ) 沒( mò ) 無( wú ) 聞( wén )
to pass into oblivion
湮( yān ) 没( mò ) 无( wú ) 闻( wén )
to pass into oblivion
烟( yān ) 幕( mù )
smokescreen
煙( yān ) 幕( mù )
smokescreen
烟( yān ) 幕( mù ) 弹( dàn )
smoke bomb
煙( yān ) 幕( mù ) 彈( dàn )
smoke bomb
腌( yān ) 泡( pào )
to marinade
醃( yān ) 泡( pào )
to marinade
烟( yān ) 屁( pì )
cigarette butt
煙( yān ) 屁( pì )
cigarette butt
烟( yān ) 屁( pì ) 股( gu )
cigarette butt
煙( yān ) 屁( pì ) 股( gu )
cigarette butt
焉( yān ) 耆( qí ) 回( huí ) 族( zú ) 自( zì ) 治( zhì ) 县( xiàn )
Yanqi Hui Autonomous County, in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 bāyīnguōléngměnggǔzìzhìzhōu, Xinjiang
焉( yān ) 耆( qí ) 回( huí ) 族( zú ) 自( zì ) 治( zhì ) 縣( xiàn )
Yanqi Hui Autonomous County, in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 bāyīnguōléngměnggǔzìzhìzhōu, Xinjiang
焉( yān ) 耆( qí ) 盆( pén ) 地( dì )
Yanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin
烟( yān ) 气( qì )
smoke
煙( yān ) 氣( qì )
smoke
烟( yān ) 枪( qiāng )
opium pipe
煙( yān ) 槍( qiāng )
opium pipe
烟( yān ) 圈( quān )
smoke ring
煙( yān ) 圈( quān )
smoke ring
嫣( yān ) 然( rán )
beautiful
閹( yān ) 然( rán )
covertly
阉( yān ) 然( rán )
covertly
嫣( yān ) 然( rán ) 一( yī ) 笑( xiào )
to smile sweetly
閹( yān ) 人( rén )
a castrate
阉( yān ) 人( rén )
a castrate
烟( yān ) 肉( ròu )
bacon
煙( yān ) 肉( ròu )
bacon
腌( yān ) 肉( ròu )
salt pork
醃( yān ) 肉( ròu )
salt pork
燕( yān ) 山( shān )
Yan mountain range across north Hebei
閹( yān ) 豎( shù )
eunuch
阉( yān ) 竖( shù )
eunuch
淹( yān ) 水( shuǐ )
to be flooded
烟( yān ) 丝( sī )
loose tobacco
煙( yān ) 絲( sī )
loose tobacco
菸( yān ) 絲( sī )
loose tobacco
淹( yān ) 死( sǐ )
to drown
閹( yān ) 寺( sì )
court eunuch
阉( yān ) 寺( sì )
court eunuch
烟( yān ) 酸( suān )
niacin
煙( yān ) 酸( suān )
niacin
烟( yān ) 台( tái ) 市( shì )
Yantai, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山东省 shāndōngshěng
煙( yān ) 台( tái ) 市( shì )
Yantai, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山东省 shāndōngshěng
燕( yān ) 太( tài ) 子( zǐ ) 丹( dān )
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 qínyíngzhèng (later the First Emperor 秦始皇 qínshǐhuáng) by Jing Ke 荆轲 jīngkē in 227 BC
烟( yān ) 筒( tong )
chimney
煙( yān ) 筒( tong )
chimney
咽( yān ) 头( tóu )
pharynx
咽( yān ) 頭( tóu )
pharynx
烟( yān ) 头( tóu )
cigarette butt
煙( yān ) 頭( tóu )
cigarette butt
淹( yān ) 头( tóu ) 搭( dā ) 脑( nǎo )
listless
淹( yān ) 頭( tóu ) 搭( dā ) 腦( nǎo )
listless
烟( yān ) 突( tū )
chimney
煙( yān ) 突( tū )
chimney
烟( yān ) 土( tǔ )
raw opium
煙( yān ) 土( tǔ )
raw opium
烟( yān ) 雾( wù )
smoke
煙( yān ) 霧( wù )
smoke
烟( yān ) 雾( wù ) 弹( dàn )
smoke bomb
煙( yān ) 霧( wù ) 彈( dàn )
smoke bomb
烟( yān ) 雾( wù ) 剂( jì )
aerosol
煙( yān ) 霧( wù ) 劑( jì )
aerosol
烟( yān ) 雾( wù ) 症( zhèng )
moyamoya disease
煙( yān ) 霧( wù ) 症( zhèng )
moyamoya disease
烟( yān ) 醯( xī ) 胺( àn )
nicotinamide
菸( yān ) 醯( xī ) 胺( àn )
nicotinamide
咽( yān ) 峡( xiá )
isthmus of the fauces