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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 447 of 1851.
歌( gē ) 筵( yán )
a feast which also has a singing performance
歌( gē ) 謠( yáo )
folksong
歌( gē ) 谣( yáo )
folksong
歌( gē ) 吟( yín )
to sing
歌( gē ) 咏( yǒng )
to sing
歌( gē ) 詠( yǒng )
to sing
歌( gē ) 仔( zǎi ) 戏( xì )
type of opera from Taiwan and Fujian
歌( gē ) 仔( zǎi ) 戲( xì )
type of opera from Taiwan and Fujian
餎( gē ) 餷( zha )
a kind of flat cake made from bean flour, often cut up and fried
饹( gē ) 馇( zha )
a kind of flat cake made from bean flour, often cut up and fried
咯( gē ) 吱( zhī )
creak
搁( gē ) 置( zhì )
to put
擱( gē ) 置( zhì )
to put
歌( gē ) 子( zi )
song
鴿( gē ) 子( zi )
pigeon
鸽( gē ) 子( zi )
pigeon
嗝( gé )
hiccup
塥( gé )
dry clay lump
挌( gé )
fight
搿( gé )
to hug
格( gé )
square
膈( gé )
diaphragm
茖( gé )
allium victorialis
蛤( gé )
clam
觡( gé )
horns
輵( gé )
great array of spears and chariots
鎘( gé )
cadmium
镉( gé )
cadmium
閣( gé )
pavilion
閤( gé )
side door
阁( gé )
pavilion
隔( gé )
to separate
革( gé )
animal hide
鬲( gé )
earthen pot
𬮤( gé )
side door
隔( gé ) 岸( àn ) 觀( guān ) 火( huǒ )
to watch the fires burning across the river
隔( gé ) 岸( àn ) 观( guān ) 火( huǒ )
to watch the fires burning across the river
隔( gé ) 板( bǎn )
divider
蛤( gé ) 蚌( bàng )
clam
隔( gé ) 壁( bì )
next door
隔( gé ) 壁( bì ) 老( lǎo ) 王( wáng )
Mr Wang from next door
隔( gé ) 壁( bì ) 邻( lín ) 居( jū )
next-door neighbor
隔( gé ) 壁( bì ) 鄰( lín ) 居( jū )
next-door neighbor
隔( gé ) 壁( bì ) 有( yǒu ) 耳( ěr )
walls have ears
葛( gé ) 布( bù )
hemp cloth
革( gé ) 出( chū )
to expel
革( gé ) 出( chū ) 教( jiào ) 門( mén )
to excommunicate
革( gé ) 出( chū ) 教( jiào ) 门( mén )
to excommunicate
革( gé ) 出( chū ) 山( shān ) 門( mén )
to excommunicate
革( gé ) 出( chū ) 山( shān ) 门( mén )
to excommunicate
革( gé ) 除( chú )
to eliminate
格( gé ) 但( dàn ) 斯( sī ) 克( kè )
Gdansk, city on Baltic in north Poland
格( gé ) 挡( dǎng )
to parry
格( gé ) 擋( dǎng )
to parry
格( gé ) 調( diào )
style
格( gé ) 调( diào )
style
隔( gé ) 都( dōu )
ghetto
格( gé ) 斗( dòu )
to wrestle
格( gé ) 鬥( dòu )
to wrestle
隔( gé ) 断( duàn )
partition
隔( gé ) 斷( duàn )
partition
隔( gé ) 断( duàn ) 板( bǎn )
partition board
隔( gé ) 斷( duàn ) 板( bǎn )
partition board
格( gé ) 恩( ēn ) 西( xī ) 岛( dǎo )
Guernsey
格( gé ) 恩( ēn ) 西( xī ) 島( dǎo )
Guernsey
格( gé ) 尔( ěr ) 木( mù ) 市( shì )
Golmud, a county-level city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 hǎixīměnggǔzúzàngzúzìzhìzhōu, Qinghai
格( gé ) 爾( ěr ) 木( mù ) 市( shì )
Golmud, a county-level city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 hǎixīměnggǔzúzàngzúzìzhìzhōu, Qinghai
葛( gé ) 粉( fěn )
starch of pueraria root
格( gé ) 格( gé ) 不( bù ) 入( rù )
inharmonious
格( gé ) 格( gé ) 笑( xiào )
giggle
格( gé ) 格( ge )
princess
葛( gé ) 根( gēn )
tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine
革( gé ) 故( gù ) 鼎( dǐng ) 新( xīn )
to innovate
隔( gé ) 行( háng )
to interlace
隔( gé ) 行( háng ) 如( rú ) 隔( gé ) 山( shān )
different trades, worlds apart
隔( gé ) 行( háng ) 扫( sǎo ) 描( miáo )
interlaced scanning
隔( gé ) 行( háng ) 掃( sǎo ) 描( miáo )
interlaced scanning
隔( gé ) 閡( hé )
misunderstanding
隔( gé ) 阂( hé )
misunderstanding
格( gé ) 机( jī )
to factory-reset a phone
格( gé ) 機( jī )
to factory-reset a phone
膈( gé ) 肌( jī )
diaphragm
革( gé ) 吉( jí ) 县( xiàn )
Gê'gyai, a county in Ngari Prefecture 阿里地区 ālǐdìqū, Tibet
革( gé ) 吉( jí ) 縣( xiàn )
Gê'gyai, a county in Ngari Prefecture 阿里地区 ālǐdìqū, Tibet
隔( gé ) 間( jiān )
compartment
隔( gé ) 间( jiān )
compartment
蛤( gé ) 蚧( jiè )
tokay gecko (Gekko gecko), used in TCM
葛( gé ) 巾( jīn )
hemp headcloth
格( gé ) 局( jú )
structure
隔( gé ) 絕( jué )
to cut off
隔( gé ) 绝( jué )
to cut off
隔( gé ) 开( kāi )
to separate
隔( gé ) 開( kāi )
to separate
隔( gé ) 空( kōng )
from a distance
隔( gé ) 空( kōng ) 喊( hǎn ) 話( huà )
to converse with sb by shouting from some distance away
隔( gé ) 空( kōng ) 喊( hǎn ) 话( huà )
to converse with sb by shouting from some distance away
閣( gé ) 揆( kuí )
premier
阁( gé ) 揆( kuí )
premier
格( gé ) 拉( lā )
Gera
格( gé ) 拉( lā ) 茨( cí )
Graz