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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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The
部首检字表 , all 237 radicals
185090 entries,
showing page 259 of 1851.
岱( dài ) 嶽( yuè ) 區( qū )
Daiyue, a district of Tai'an City 泰安市 tàiānshì, Shandong
代( dài ) 孕( yùn )
to serve as a surrogate mother
代( dài ) 孕( yùn ) 母( mǔ ) 亲( qīn )
surrogate mother
代( dài ) 孕( yùn ) 母( mǔ ) 親( qīn )
surrogate mother
待( dài ) 詔( zhào )
expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor
待( dài ) 诏( zhào )
expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor
代( dài ) 之( zhī ) 以( yǐ )
replaced with
代( dài ) 指( zhǐ )
to mean
代( dài ) 志( zhì )
(coll.) matter
代( dài ) 誌( zhì )
(coll.) matter
带( dài ) 种( zhǒng )
to have character
帶( dài ) 種( zhǒng )
to have character
带( dài ) 状( zhuàng ) 电( diàn ) 缆( lǎn )
ribbon cable
帶( dài ) 狀( zhuàng ) 電( diàn ) 纜( lǎn )
ribbon cable
带( dài ) 状( zhuàng ) 疱( pào ) 疹( zhěn )
shingles
帶( dài ) 狀( zhuàng ) 皰( pào ) 疹( zhěn )
shingles
代( dài ) 字( zì )
abbreviated name of an entity
待( dài ) 字( zì )
(of a young lady) to be awaiting betrothal
代( dài ) 字( zì ) 号( hào )
swung dash
代( dài ) 字( zì ) 號( hào )
swung dash
带( dài ) 子( zi )
belt
帶( dài ) 子( zi )
belt
袋( dài ) 子( zi )
bag
代( dài ) 宗( zōng )
Daizong, temple name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰 jǐngtài
岱( dài ) 宗( zōng )
another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳 wǔyuè
带( dài ) 走( zǒu )
to carry
帶( dài ) 走( zǒu )
to carry
代( dài ) 罪( zuì )
to act as a scapegoat
代( dài ) 罪( zuì ) 羔( gāo ) 羊( yáng )
scapegoat
丹( dān )
red
儋( dān )
carry
勯( dān )
exhausted
单( dān )
bill
單( dān )
bill
媅( dān )
content
担( dān )
to undertake
擔( dān )
to undertake
殚( dān )
entirely
殫( dān )
entirely
甔( dān )
big jar
砃( dān )
white stone
箪( dān )
round basket for cooked rice
簞( dān )
round basket for cooked rice
耽( dān )
to indulge in
聃( dān )
ears without rim
襌( dān )
garment without a lining
丹( dān ) 巴( bā ) 县( xiàn )
Danba, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州 gānzīzàngzúzìzhìzhōu, Sichuan
丹( dān ) 巴( bā ) 縣( xiàn )
Danba, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州 gānzīzàngzúzìzhìzhōu, Sichuan
单( dān ) 摆( bǎi )
simple pendulum
單( dān ) 擺( bǎi )
simple pendulum
单( dān ) 班( bān ) 课( kè )
individual lesson
單( dān ) 班( bān ) 課( kè )
individual lesson
单( dān ) 板( bǎn ) 滑( huá ) 雪( xuě )
to snowboard
單( dān ) 板( bǎn ) 滑( huá ) 雪( xuě )
to snowboard
单( dān ) 板( bǎn ) 机( jī )
single-board computer
單( dān ) 板( bǎn ) 機( jī )
single-board computer
单( dān ) 瓣( bàn )
single petal
單( dān ) 瓣( bàn )
single petal
单( dān ) 胞( bāo ) 藻( zǎo )
single-celled algae
單( dān ) 胞( bāo ) 藻( zǎo )
single-celled algae
担( dān ) 保( bǎo )
to guarantee
擔( dān ) 保( bǎo )
to guarantee
单( dān ) 倍( bèi ) 体( tǐ )
haploid
單( dān ) 倍( bèi ) 體( tǐ )
haploid
单( dān ) 边( biān )
unilateral
單( dān ) 邊( biān )
unilateral
单( dān ) 边( biān ) 主( zhǔ ) 义( yì )
unilateralism
單( dān ) 邊( biān ) 主( zhǔ ) 義( yì )
unilateralism
单( dān ) 兵( bīng )
individual soldier
單( dān ) 兵( bīng )
individual soldier
单( dān ) 薄( bó )
weak
單( dān ) 薄( bó )
weak
丹( dān ) 布( bù ) 朗( lǎng )
Dan Brown
丹( dān ) 彩( cǎi )
vermilion
殚( dān ) 残( cán )
to destroy
殫( dān ) 殘( cán )
to destroy
单( dān ) 侧( cè )
one-sided
單( dān ) 側( cè )
one-sided
单( dān ) 层( céng )
single layer
單( dān ) 層( céng )
single layer
单( dān ) 层( céng ) 塔( tǎ )
single-storied pagoda
單( dān ) 層( céng ) 塔( tǎ )
single-storied pagoda
单( dān ) 产( chǎn )
yield per unit area
單( dān ) 產( chǎn )
yield per unit area
单( dān ) 车( chē )
bicycle
單( dān ) 車( chē )
bicycle
单( dān ) 车( chē ) 族( zú )
cyclists
單( dān ) 車( chē ) 族( zú )
cyclists
单( dān ) 程( chéng )
one-way
單( dān ) 程( chéng )
one-way
担( dān ) 承( chéng )
to undertake
擔( dān ) 承( chéng )
to undertake
单( dān ) 程( chéng ) 票( piào )
one-way ticket
單( dān ) 程( chéng ) 票( piào )
one-way ticket
郸( dān ) 城( chéng ) 县( xiàn )
Dancheng, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市 zhōukǒushì, Henan
鄲( dān ) 城( chéng ) 縣( xiàn )
Dancheng, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市 zhōukǒushì, Henan
单( dān ) 传( chuán )
to have only one heir in a generation
單( dān ) 傳( chuán )
to have only one heir in a generation
单( dān ) 纯( chún )
simple
單( dān ) 純( chún )
simple