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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 77 of 1851.
鼻( bí ) 中( zhōng ) 隔( gé )
nasal septum
鼻( bí ) 子( zi )
nose
鼻( bí ) 祖( zǔ )
the earliest ancestor
俾( bǐ )
to cause
匕( bǐ )
dagger
吡( bǐ )
used as phonetic bi- or pi-
妣( bǐ )
deceased mother
彼( bǐ )
that
比( bǐ )
to compare
沘( bǐ )
name of a river
疕( bǐ )
facial skin disease
秕( bǐ )
grain not fully grown
笔( bǐ )
writing brush
筆( bǐ )
writing brush
舭( bǐ )
bilge
鄙( bǐ )
rustic
比( bǐ ) 埃( āi ) 兹( zī ) 巴( bā ) 伯( bó )
Beelzebub
比( bǐ ) 埃( āi ) 茲( zī ) 巴( bā ) 伯( bó )
Beelzebub
比( bǐ ) 安( ān )
Bienne, Switzerland
彼( bǐ ) 岸( àn )
the other shore
彼( bǐ ) 岸( àn ) 花( huā )
red spider lily
比( bǐ ) 比( bǐ ) 皆( jiē ) 是( shì )
can be found everywhere
鄙( bǐ ) 薄( bó )
to despise
比( bǐ ) 捕( bǔ )
to set a time limit for the arrest of a criminal
比( bǐ ) 不( bù ) 了( liǎo )
cannot compare to
比( bǐ ) 不( bù ) 上( shàng )
can't compare with
比( bǐ ) 才( cái )
Georges Bizet (1838–1875), French composer
鄙( bǐ ) 称( chēng )
derogatory term
鄙( bǐ ) 稱( chēng )
derogatory term
鄙( bǐ ) 斥( chì )
to censure
比( bǐ ) 冲( chōng )
specific impulse
比( bǐ ) 衝( chōng )
specific impulse
笔( bǐ ) 触( chù )
brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy
筆( bǐ ) 觸( chù )
brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy
彼( bǐ ) 此( cǐ )
each other
彼( bǐ ) 此( cǐ ) 彼( bǐ ) 此( cǐ )
you and me both
彼( bǐ ) 得( dé )
Peter
彼( bǐ ) 得( dé ) 堡( bǎo )
Petersburg
彼( bǐ ) 得( dé ) 格( gé ) 勒( lè )
Petrograd
彼( bǐ ) 得( dé ) 后( hòu ) 书( shū )
Second Epistle of Peter
彼( bǐ ) 得( dé ) 後( hòu ) 書( shū )
Second Epistle of Peter
彼( bǐ ) 得( dé ) 罗( luó ) 维( wéi ) 奇( qí )
Petrovich
彼( bǐ ) 得( dé ) 羅( luó ) 維( wéi ) 奇( qí )
Petrovich
彼( bǐ ) 得( dé ) 潘( pān )
Peter Pan, the novel character
彼( bǐ ) 得( dé ) 前( qián ) 书( shū )
First Epistle of Peter
彼( bǐ ) 得( dé ) 前( qián ) 書( shū )
First Epistle of Peter
比( bǐ ) 登( dēng ) 天( tiān ) 还( hái ) 难( nán )
lit. even harder than reaching the sky
比( bǐ ) 登( dēng ) 天( tiān ) 還( hái ) 難( nán )
lit. even harder than reaching the sky
笔( bǐ ) 电( diàn )
notebook
筆( bǐ ) 電( diàn )
notebook
笔( bǐ ) 调( diào )
tone
筆( bǐ ) 調( diào )
tone
吡( bǐ ) 啶( dìng )
pyridine C5H5N
比( bǐ ) 对( duì )
comparison
比( bǐ ) 對( duì )
comparison
比( bǐ ) 尔( ěr )
Bill
比( bǐ ) 爾( ěr )
Bill
比( bǐ ) 尔( ěr ) 博( bó )
Bilbo Baggins, hero of Tolkien's The Hobbit 霍比特人
比( bǐ ) 爾( ěr ) 博( bó )
Bilbo Baggins, hero of Tolkien's The Hobbit 霍比特人
彼( bǐ ) 尔( ěr ) 姆( mǔ )
Perm, Russian city in the Urals
彼( bǐ ) 爾( ěr ) 姆( mǔ )
Perm, Russian city in the Urals
笔( bǐ ) 法( fǎ )
technique of writing, calligraphy or drawing
筆( bǐ ) 法( fǎ )
technique of writing, calligraphy or drawing
比( bǐ ) 方( fang )
analogy
比( bǐ ) 方( fang ) 說( shuō )
for example
比( bǐ ) 方( fang ) 说( shuō )
for example
比( bǐ ) 分( fēn )
score
笔( bǐ ) 锋( fēng )
the tip of a writing brush
筆( bǐ ) 鋒( fēng )
the tip of a writing brush
比( bǐ ) 佛( fó ) 利( lì ) 山( shān )
Beverly Hills
比( bǐ ) 附( fù )
to draw a parallel
比( bǐ ) 干( gān )
Bi Gan
比( bǐ ) 杆( gān ) 赛( sài )
stroke play
比( bǐ ) 桿( gān ) 賽( sài )
stroke play
笔( bǐ ) 杆( gǎn )
the shaft of a pen or writing brush
筆( bǐ ) 桿( gǎn )
the shaft of a pen or writing brush
笔( bǐ ) 杆( gǎn ) 子( zi )
pen
筆( bǐ ) 桿( gǎn ) 子( zi )
pen
俾( bǐ ) 格( gé ) 米( mǐ )
Pygmy
笔( bǐ ) 耕( gēng )
to make a living by writing
筆( bǐ ) 耕( gēng )
to make a living by writing
笔( bǐ ) 供( gòng )
written evidence, as opposed to oral evidence 口供 kǒugòng
筆( bǐ ) 供( gòng )
written evidence, as opposed to oral evidence 口供 kǒugòng
秕( bǐ ) 穀( gǔ )
grain not fully grown
秕( bǐ ) 谷( gǔ )
grain not fully grown
笔( bǐ ) 管( guǎn ) 面( miàn )
penne pasta
筆( bǐ ) 管( guǎn ) 麵( miàn )
penne pasta
比( bǐ ) 哈( hā ) 尔( ěr ) 邦( bāng )
Bihar, state in eastern India
比( bǐ ) 哈( hā ) 爾( ěr ) 邦( bāng )
Bihar, state in eastern India
笔( bǐ ) 画( huà )
strokes of a Chinese character
筆( bǐ ) 畫( huà )
strokes of a Chinese character
笔( bǐ ) 画( huà ) 检( jiǎn ) 字( zì ) 表( biǎo )
stroke-count character index
筆( bǐ ) 畫( huà ) 檢( jiǎn ) 字( zì ) 表( biǎo )
stroke-count character index
笔( bǐ ) 画( huà ) 数( shù )
stroke count
筆( bǐ ) 畫( huà ) 數( shù )
stroke count
比( bǐ ) 划( hua )
to gesture
比( bǐ ) 劃( hua )
to gesture
笔( bǐ ) 会( huì )
PEN
筆( bǐ ) 會( huì )
PEN
比( bǐ ) 基( jī ) 尼( ní )
bikini