Chinese dictionary

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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• 同时 tóngshí at the same time
• 同样 tóngyàng same
• 名 míng name
• 后 hòu, hòu empress
• 后来 hòulái afterwards
• 向 xiàng, xiàng, xiàng towards
• 吗 má, ma what?
• 吧 bā, ba, biā bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
• 含 hán to keep in the mouth
• 听 yǐn, tīng smile (archaic)
• 听说 tīngshuō to hear (sth said)
• 呀 yā, ya ah (used to express surprise)
• 呈 chéng to present to a superior
• 告诉 gàosù, gàosu to press charges
• 员 yuán person engaged in a certain field of activity
• 呢 ne, ní used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")
• 周 zhōu, zhōu to make a circuit
• 命 mìng life
• 命令 mìnglìng order
• 和 hé, hè, hú, huó, huò, hé and
• 和平 hépíng peace
• 咱们 zánmen we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)
• 哪 nǎ, na, něi how
• 哪里 nǎlǐ, nǎlǐ where?
• 哭 kū to cry
• 商业 shāngyè business
• 商品 shāngpǐn commodity
• 啊 ā, á, ǎ, à, a interjection of surprise
• 啦 lā, la sound of singing, cheering etc
• 善 shàn good (virtuous)
• 喜 xǐ to be fond of
• 喜欢 xǐhuan to like
• 喝 hē, hè to drink
• 嘴 zuǐ mouth
• 四 sì four
• 回 huí, huí to go back
• 回到 huídào to return to
• 回去 huíqu to return
• 回来 huílai to return
• 回答 huídá to reply
• 因 yīn cause
• 因为 yīnwèi because
• 因此 yīncǐ thus
• 因素 yīnsù element
• 因而 yīnér therefore
• 团 tuán, tuán round
• 困难 kùnnan difficult
• 国 guó country
• 国内 guónèi domestic
• 国家 guójiā country
• 国际 guójì international
• 图 tú diagram
• 图片 túpiàn picture
• 土 tǔ earth
• 土地 tǔdì, tǔdi land
• 在 zài to exist
• 地 de, dì -ly
• 地位 dìwèi position
• 地区 dìqū region
• 地方 dìfāng, dìfang region
• 地理 dìlǐ geography
• 地面 dìmiàn floor
• 场 cháng, chǎng threshing floor
• 均 jūn equal
• 坐 zuò to sit
• 块 kuài lump
• 坚持 jiānchí to persevere with
• 型 xíng mold
• 城 chéng city walls
• 城市 chéngshì city
• 城邦 chéngbāng a city state (Greek polis)
• 培养 péiyǎng to cultivate
• 基地 jīdì base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)
• 基本 jīběn basic
• 基础 jīchǔ base
• 境内 jìngnèi within the borders
• 墓 mù grave
• 增加 zēngjiā to raise
• 增长 zēngzhǎng to grow
• 声 shēng sound
• 声音 shēngyīn sound
• 处 chǔ, chù to reside
• 处于 chǔyú to be in (some state, position, or condition)
• 处理 chǔlǐ to handle
• 复 fù, fù, fù to go and return
• 复杂 fùzá complicated
• 外 wài outside
• 外国 wàiguó foreign country
• 多 duō many
• 多少 duōshǎo, duōshao number
• 多年 duōnián many years
• 多种 duōzhǒng many kinds of
• 大 dà big
• 大会 dàhuì general assembly
• 大型 dàxíng large
• 大学 dàxué university
• 大家 dàjiā everyone
• 大小 dàxiǎo large and small
• 大臣 dàchén chancellor (of a monarchy)
• 大道 dàdào main street