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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 78 of 1851.
比( bǐ ) 基( jī ) 尼( ní ) 环( huán ) 礁( jiāo )
Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, former US nuclear test site in the Pacific
比( bǐ ) 基( jī ) 尼( ní ) 環( huán ) 礁( jiāo )
Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, former US nuclear test site in the Pacific
比( bǐ ) 及( jí )
when
笔( bǐ ) 记( jì )
to take down
笔( bǐ ) 迹( jì )
handwriting
筆( bǐ ) 記( jì )
to take down
筆( bǐ ) 跡( jì )
handwriting
笔( bǐ ) 记( jì ) 本( běn )
notebook (stationery)
筆( bǐ ) 記( jì ) 本( běn )
notebook (stationery)
笔( bǐ ) 记( jì ) 本( běn ) 电( diàn ) 脑( nǎo )
laptop
筆( bǐ ) 記( jì ) 本( běn ) 電( diàn ) 腦( nǎo )
laptop
笔( bǐ ) 记( jì ) 本( běn ) 计( jì ) 算( suàn ) 机( jī )
laptop
筆( bǐ ) 記( jì ) 本( běn ) 計( jì ) 算( suàn ) 機( jī )
laptop
笔( bǐ ) 记( jì ) 型( xíng ) 电( diàn ) 脑( nǎo )
notebook
筆( bǐ ) 記( jì ) 型( xíng ) 電( diàn ) 腦( nǎo )
notebook
比( bǐ ) 价( jià )
to compare prices
比( bǐ ) 價( jià )
to compare prices
笔( bǐ ) 架( jià )
pen rack
筆( bǐ ) 架( jià )
pen rack
比( bǐ ) 肩( jiān )
to be shoulder to shoulder
笔( bǐ ) 尖( jiān )
nib
筆( bǐ ) 尖( jiān )
nib
鄙( bǐ ) 見( jiàn )
humble opinion
鄙( bǐ ) 见( jiàn )
humble opinion
鄙( bǐ ) 賤( jiàn )
lowly
鄙( bǐ ) 贱( jiàn )
lowly
比( bǐ ) 較( jiào )
to compare
比( bǐ ) 较( jiào )
to compare
比( bǐ ) 較( jiào ) 而( ér ) 言( yán )
comparatively speaking
比( bǐ ) 较( jiào ) 而( ér ) 言( yán )
comparatively speaking
比( bǐ ) 較( jiào ) 分( fēn ) 析( xī )
comparative analysis
比( bǐ ) 较( jiào ) 分( fēn ) 析( xī )
comparative analysis
比( bǐ ) 較( jiào ) 級( jí )
the comparative
比( bǐ ) 较( jiào ) 级( jí )
the comparative
比( bǐ ) 較( jiào ) 文( wén ) 學( xué )
comparative literature
比( bǐ ) 较( jiào ) 文( wén ) 学( xué )
comparative literature
秕( bǐ ) 糠( kāng )
chaff
彼( bǐ ) 拉( lā ) 多( duō )
Pilate
彼( bǐ ) 拉( lā ) 提( tí ) 斯( sī )
Pilates (physical fitness system)
吡( bǐ ) 拉( lā ) 西( xī ) 坦( tǎn )
(loanword) piracetam (C6H10N2O2), a nootropic
比( bǐ ) 來( lái )
lately
比( bǐ ) 来( lái )
lately
比( bǐ ) 烂( làn )
to compare two unsatisfactory things
比( bǐ ) 爛( làn )
to compare two unsatisfactory things
吡( bǐ ) 叻( lè )
Perak
比( bǐ ) 勒( lè ) 費( fèi ) 爾( ěr ) 德( dé )
Bielefeld
比( bǐ ) 勒( lè ) 费( fèi ) 尔( ěr ) 德( dé )
Bielefeld
比( bǐ ) 勒( lè ) 陀( tuó ) 利( lì ) 亚( yà )
Pretoria, capital of South Africa
比( bǐ ) 勒( lè ) 陀( tuó ) 利( lì ) 亞( yà )
Pretoria, capital of South Africa
鄙( bǐ ) 俚( lǐ )
vulgar
俾( bǐ ) 利( lì )
to facilitate
比( bǐ ) 例( lì )
proportion
比( bǐ ) 利( lì )
Pelé (1940–2022), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star
笔( bǐ ) 力( lì )
vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing
筆( bǐ ) 力( lì )
vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing
比( bǐ ) 例( lì ) 尺( chǐ )
scale
比( bǐ ) 利( lì ) 牛( niú ) 斯( sī )
Pyrenees mountains
比( bǐ ) 利( lì ) 牛( niú ) 斯( sī ) 山( shān )
Pyrenees mountains
比( bǐ ) 利( lì ) 时( shí )
Belgium
比( bǐ ) 利( lì ) 時( shí )
Belgium
比( bǐ ) 量( liang )
to measure roughly
鄙( bǐ ) 劣( liè )
base
比( bǐ ) 邻( lín )
next-door neighbor
比( bǐ ) 鄰( lín )
next-door neighbor
鄙( bǐ ) 吝( lìn )
vulgar
鄙( bǐ ) 陋( lòu )
superficial
笔( bǐ ) 录( lù )
to put down in writing
筆( bǐ ) 錄( lù )
to put down in writing
俾( bǐ ) 路( lù ) 支( zhī )
Balochi
俾( bǐ ) 路( lù ) 支( zhī ) 省( shěng )
Balochistan
吡( bǐ ) 咯( luò )
pyrrole (C4H5N)
比( bǐ ) 率( lǜ )
ratio
笔( bǐ ) 帽( mào )
the cap of a pen, pencil, or writing brush
筆( bǐ ) 帽( mào )
the cap of a pen, pencil, or writing brush
笔( bǐ ) 名( míng )
pen name
筆( bǐ ) 名( míng )
pen name
笔( bǐ ) 墨( mò )
pen and ink
筆( bǐ ) 墨( mò )
pen and ink
比( bǐ ) 目( mù ) 魚( yú )
flatfish
比( bǐ ) 目( mù ) 鱼( yú )
flatfish
吡( bǐ ) 喃( nán )
pyran (chemistry)
俾( bǐ ) 倪( ní )
parapet
比( bǐ ) 拟( nǐ )
to compare
比( bǐ ) 擬( nǐ )
to compare
比( bǐ ) 年( nián )
every year
比( bǐ ) 拚( pàn )
to compete
比( bǐ ) 拼( pīn )
to compete fiercely
比( bǐ ) 起( qǐ )
compared with
鄙( bǐ ) 弃( qì )
to disdain
鄙( bǐ ) 棄( qì )
to disdain
吡( bǐ ) 嗪( qín )
pyrazine (chemistry)
比( bǐ ) 丘( qiū )
Buddhist monk
比( bǐ ) 丘( qiū ) 尼( ní )
Buddhist nun
比( bǐ ) 热( rè )
specific heat
比( bǐ ) 熱( rè )
specific heat
比( bǐ ) 热( rè ) 容( róng )
specific heat capacity
比( bǐ ) 熱( rè ) 容( róng )
specific heat capacity
鄙( bǐ ) 人( rén )
your humble servant
比( bǐ ) 容( róng )
specific volume
比( bǐ ) 如( rú )
for example