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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 332 of 1851.
杜( dù ) 门( mén ) 不( bù ) 出( chū )
to shut oneself indoors
杜( dù ) 牧( mù )
Du Mu (803-852) Tang dynasty poet
肚( dù ) 腩( nǎn )
belly
妒( dù ) 能( néng ) 害( hài ) 賢( xián )
jealous of the able, envious of the clever
妒( dù ) 能( néng ) 害( hài ) 贤( xián )
jealous of the able, envious of the clever
度( dù ) 娘( niáng )
alternative name for Baidu 百度 bǎidù
肚( dù ) 皮( pí )
belly
肚( dù ) 皮( pí ) 舞( wǔ )
belly dance
肚( dù ) 脐( qí )
navel
肚( dù ) 臍( qí )
navel
杜( dù ) 琪( qí ) 峰( fēng )
Johnnie To (1955-), Hong Kong film director
肚( dù ) 脐( qí ) 眼( yǎn )
navel
肚( dù ) 臍( qí ) 眼( yǎn )
navel
度( dù ) 日( rì )
to pass one's days
度( dù ) 日( rì ) 如( rú ) 年( nián )
a day drags past like a year
杜( dù ) 塞( sài ) 尔( ěr ) 多( duō ) 夫( fū )
Düsseldorf
杜( dù ) 塞( sài ) 爾( ěr ) 多( duō ) 夫( fū )
Düsseldorf
杜( dù ) 塞( sè )
to stop
杜( dù ) 塞( sè ) 道( dào ) 夫( fū )
Düsseldorf
杜( dù ) 莎( shā ) 夫( fū ) 人( ren )
Madame Tussaud (1761–1850), French wax sculptor who founded the eponymous wax museum in London
鍍( dù ) 上( shàng )
to plate
镀( dù ) 上( shàng )
to plate
杜( dù ) 尚( shàng ) 別( bié )
Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan
杜( dù ) 尚( shàng ) 别( bié )
Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan
杜( dù ) 氏( shì ) 腺( xiàn )
Dufour gland
杜( dù ) 氏( shì ) 腺( xiàn ) 体( tǐ )
Dufour gland
杜( dù ) 氏( shì ) 腺( xiàn ) 體( tǐ )
Dufour gland
度( dù ) 数( shu )
number of degrees
度( dù ) 數( shu )
number of degrees
杜( dù ) 松( sōng ) 子( zǐ )
juniper berry
杜( dù ) 鬆( sōng ) 子( zǐ )
juniper berry
杜( dù ) 松( sōng ) 子( zǐ ) 酒( jiǔ )
gin
肚( dù ) 痛( tòng )
stomachache
渡( dù ) 头( tóu )
ferry crossing point
渡( dù ) 頭( tóu )
ferry crossing point
杜( dù ) 瓦( wǎ ) 利( lì ) 埃( āi )
Duvalier
度( dù ) 外( wài )
outside the sphere of one's consideration
杜( dù ) 威( wēi )
Du Wei (1982-), Shanghai soccer star
度( dù ) 夏( xià )
to spend the summer
鍍( dù ) 鋅( xīn )
galvanized
镀( dù ) 锌( xīn )
galvanized
杜( dù ) 兴( xīng ) 氏( shì ) 肌( jī ) 肉( ròu ) 营( yíng ) 养( yǎng ) 不( bù ) 良( liáng ) 症( zhèng )
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
杜( dù ) 興( xīng ) 氏( shì ) 肌( jī ) 肉( ròu ) 營( yíng ) 養( yǎng ) 不( bù ) 良( liáng ) 症( zhèng )
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
杜( dù ) 荀( xún ) 鶴( hè )
Du Xunhe (846-904), Tang poet
杜( dù ) 荀( xún ) 鹤( hè )
Du Xunhe (846-904), Tang poet
渡( dù ) 鴉( yā )
common raven
渡( dù ) 鸦( yā )
common raven
杜( dù ) 伊( yī ) 斯( sī ) 堡( bǎo )
Duisburg, city in the Ruhr 鲁尔区 lǔěrqū, Germany
鍍( dù ) 銀( yín )
silver-plated
镀( dù ) 银( yín )
silver-plated
蠹( dù ) 魚( yú )
silverfish
蠹( dù ) 鱼( yú )
silverfish
蠹( dù ) 魚( yú ) 子( zi )
silverfish
蠹( dù ) 鱼( yú ) 子( zi )
silverfish
杜( dù ) 宇( yǔ )
cuckoo
杜( dù ) 月( yuè ) 笙( shēng )
Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist
蠹( dù ) 政( zhèng )
parasitic government
杜( dù ) 仲( zhòng )
eucommia
蠹( dù ) 众( zhòng ) 木( mù ) 折( zhé )
Danger appears where many harmful factors exist.
蠹( dù ) 眾( zhòng ) 木( mù ) 折( zhé )
Danger appears where many harmful factors exist.
蠹( dù ) 蛀( zhù )
to be moth-eaten
杜( dù ) 撰( zhuàn )
to fabricate
肚( dù ) 子( zi )
belly
肚( dù ) 子( zi ) 痛( tòng )
stomachache
媏( duān )
(old)
端( duān )
tip
耑( duān )
start
鍴( duān )
drinking goblet
端( duān ) 菜( cài )
to serve food
端( duān ) 到( dào ) 端( duān )
end-to-end
端( duān ) 到( dào ) 端( duān ) 加( jiā ) 密( mì )
end-to-end encryption
端( duān ) 的( dì )
really
端( duān ) 点( diǎn )
end point
端( duān ) 點( diǎn )
end point
端( duān ) 飯( fàn )
to serve
端( duān ) 饭( fàn )
to serve
端( duān ) 方( fāng )
upright
端( duān ) 架( jià ) 子( zi )
to put on airs
端( duān ) 看( kàn )
to depend on (some attribute)
端( duān ) 口( kǒu )
interface
端( duān ) 賴( lài )
to depend ultimately on (Tw)
端( duān ) 赖( lài )
to depend ultimately on (Tw)
端( duān ) 粒( lì )
telomere, a protective DNA cap on a chromosome
端( duān ) 粒( lì ) 酶( méi )
telomerase
端( duān ) 面( miàn )
end face
端( duān ) 木( mù )
two-character surname Duanmu
端( duān ) 木( mù ) 賜( cì )
Duanmu Ci (520 BC-446 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Zi Gong 子贡 zǐgòng
端( duān ) 木( mù ) 赐( cì )
Duanmu Ci (520 BC-446 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Zi Gong 子贡 zǐgòng
端( duān ) 倪( ní )
boundary
端( duān ) 尿( niào )
to support a child (or invalid etc) while he or she urinates
端( duān ) 然( rán )
upright
端( duān ) 上( shàng )
to serve
端( duān ) 屎( shǐ )
to support a child (or invalid etc) while he or she defecates
端( duān ) 午( wǔ ) 節( jié )
Dragon Boat Festival
端( duān ) 午( wǔ ) 节( jié )
Dragon Boat Festival
端( duān ) 系( xì ) 統( tǒng )
end system
端( duān ) 系( xì ) 统( tǒng )
end system
端( duān ) 線( xiàn )
end line
端( duān ) 线( xiàn )
end line
端( duān ) 詳( xiáng )
full details