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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 273 of 1851.
导( dǎo ) 体( tǐ )
conductor
導( dǎo ) 體( tǐ )
conductor
倒( dǎo ) 替( tì )
to take turns
倒( dǎo ) 头( tóu )
to lie down
倒( dǎo ) 頭( tóu )
to lie down
倒( dǎo ) 胃( wèi ) 口( kǒu )
to spoil one's appetite
祷( dǎo ) 文( wén )
litany
禱( dǎo ) 文( wén )
litany
倒( dǎo ) 卧( wò )
to lie down
倒( dǎo ) 臥( wò )
to lie down
导( dǎo ) 戏( xì )
to direct a movie or play
導( dǎo ) 戲( xì )
to direct a movie or play
倒( dǎo ) 下( xià )
to collapse
导( dǎo ) 线( xiàn )
electrical lead
導( dǎo ) 線( xiàn )
electrical lead
导( dǎo ) 向( xiàng )
to be oriented towards
導( dǎo ) 向( xiàng )
to be oriented towards
倒( dǎo ) 休( xiū )
to shift holidays, taking a weekday off
倒( dǎo ) 血( xuè ) 霉( méi )
to have rotten luck
导( dǎo ) 言( yán )
introduction
導( dǎo ) 言( yán )
introduction
导( dǎo ) 演( yǎn )
to direct
導( dǎo ) 演( yǎn )
to direct
倒( dǎo ) 阳( yáng )
to be impotent
倒( dǎo ) 陽( yáng )
to be impotent
倒( dǎo ) 爷( yé )
a profiteer
倒( dǎo ) 爺( yé )
a profiteer
导( dǎo ) 液( yè ) 管( guǎn )
catheter
導( dǎo ) 液( yè ) 管( guǎn )
catheter
捣( dǎo ) 衣( yī )
to launder clothes by pounding
搗( dǎo ) 衣( yī )
to launder clothes by pounding
导( dǎo ) 引( yǐn )
same as 引导 yǐndǎo
導( dǎo ) 引( yǐn )
same as 引导 yǐndǎo
导( dǎo ) 游( yóu )
tour guide
導( dǎo ) 遊( yóu )
tour guide
导( dǎo ) 语( yǔ )
preamble
導( dǎo ) 語( yǔ )
preamble
岛( dǎo ) 屿( yǔ )
island
島( dǎo ) 嶼( yǔ )
island
导( dǎo ) 员( yuán )
student counselor (in Chinese universities)
導( dǎo ) 員( yuán )
student counselor (in Chinese universities)
倒( dǎo ) 运( yùn )
to have bad luck
倒( dǎo ) 運( yùn )
to have bad luck
倒( dǎo ) 灶( zào )
to fall
倒( dǎo ) 賬( zhàng )
unrecoverable debt
倒( dǎo ) 账( zhàng )
unrecoverable debt
导( dǎo ) 正( zhèng )
to guide sb in the right direction
導( dǎo ) 正( zhèng )
to guide sb in the right direction
导( dǎo ) 致( zhì )
to lead to
導( dǎo ) 致( zhì )
to lead to
祷( dǎo ) 祝( zhù )
to pray
禱( dǎo ) 祝( zhù )
to pray
倒( dào )
to invert
到( dào )
to reach
悼( dào )
to mourn
焘( dào )
cover over
燾( dào )
cover over
盗( dào )
to steal
盜( dào )
to steal
稻( dào )
paddy
纛( dào )
big banner
翿( dào )
feather banner or fan
道( dào )
road
到( dào ) 案( àn )
to make an appearance in court
到( dào ) 岸( àn ) 价( jià )
cost, insurance, and freight (CIF)
到( dào ) 岸( àn ) 價( jià )
cost, insurance, and freight (CIF)
道( dào ) 白( bái )
spoken lines in opera
盗( dào ) 版( bǎn )
pirated
盜( dào ) 版( bǎn )
pirated
盗( dào ) 版( bǎn ) 党( dǎng )
Pirate Party, political movement whose main goal is to reform copyright law in line with the Internet era
盜( dào ) 版( bǎn ) 黨( dǎng )
Pirate Party, political movement whose main goal is to reform copyright law in line with the Internet era
倒( dào ) 背( bèi ) 如( rú ) 流( liú )
to know by heart
倒( dào ) 背( bèi ) 手( shǒu )
with one's hands behind one's back
倒( dào ) 逼( bī )
(of circumstances) to stimulate
道( dào ) 別( bié )
to say goodbye
道( dào ) 别( bié )
to say goodbye
道( dào ) 不( bù ) 拾( shí ) 遗( yí )
lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street
道( dào ) 不( bù ) 拾( shí ) 遺( yí )
lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street
道( dào ) 不( bù ) 同( tóng ) 不( bù ) 相( xiāng ) 为( wéi ) 谋( móu )
lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together
道( dào ) 不( bù ) 同( tóng ) 不( bù ) 相( xiāng ) 為( wéi ) 謀( móu )
lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together
到( dào ) 不( bù ) 行( xíng )
extremely
倒( dào ) 彩( cǎi )
adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake
盗( dào ) 采( cǎi )
to mine (or harvest, log, trap animals etc) illegally
盜( dào ) 採( cǎi )
to mine (or harvest, log, trap animals etc) illegally
倒( dào ) 彩( cǎi ) 声( shēng )
jeering
倒( dào ) 彩( cǎi ) 聲( shēng )
jeering
稻( dào ) 草( cǎo )
rice straw
稻( dào ) 草( cǎo ) 人( rén )
scarecrow
倒( dào ) 插( chā ) 門( mén )
to marry into and live with the wife's family
倒( dào ) 插( chā ) 门( mén )
to marry into and live with the wife's family
道( dào ) 碴( chá )
ballast
道( dào ) 岔( chà )
railroad switch
到( dào ) 场( chǎng )
to show up
到( dào ) 場( chǎng )
to show up
道( dào ) 场( chǎng )
Taoist or Buddhist rite
道( dào ) 場( chǎng )
Taoist or Buddhist rite
倒( dào ) 車( chē )
to reverse
倒( dào ) 车( chē )
to reverse
倒( dào ) 車( chē ) 擋( dǎng )
reverse gear
倒( dào ) 车( chē ) 挡( dǎng )
reverse gear