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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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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 853 of 1851.
猎( liè ) 物( wù )
prey
獵( liè ) 物( wù )
prey
鬣( liè ) 蜥( xī )
iguana
列( liè ) 席( xí )
to attend a meeting as a nonvoting delegate
裂( liè ) 隙( xì )
gap
裂( liè ) 罅( xià )
rift
列( liè ) 星( xīng )
star alignment
烈( liè ) 性( xìng )
strong
烈( liè ) 焰( yàn )
raging flames
猎( liè ) 艳( yàn )
to chase women
獵( liè ) 艷( yàn )
to chase women
列( liè ) 印( yìn )
to print out
猎( liè ) 鹰( yīng )
falcon
獵( liè ) 鷹( yīng )
falcon
列( liè ) 支( zhī )
to list as an expenditure
列( liè ) 支( zhī ) 敦( dūn ) 士( shì ) 登( dēng )
Liechtenstein
列( liè ) 支( zhī ) 敦( dūn ) 斯( sī ) 登( dēng )
Liechtenstein
裂( liè ) 殖( zhí )
schizo-
裂( liè ) 殖( zhí ) 菌( jūn )
Schizomycetes
裂( liè ) 殖( zhí ) 菌( jūn ) 綱( gāng )
Schizomycetes
裂( liè ) 殖( zhí ) 菌( jūn ) 纲( gāng )
Schizomycetes
劣( liè ) 質( zhì )
shoddy
劣( liè ) 质( zhì )
shoddy
列( liè ) 治( zhì ) 文( wén )
Richmond
列( liè ) 传( zhuàn )
historical biography
列( liè ) 傳( zhuàn )
historical biography
列( liè ) 装( zhuāng )
to be commissioned
列( liè ) 裝( zhuāng )
to be commissioned
列( liè ) 子( zǐ )
Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 战国 zhànguó
列( liè ) 祖( zǔ ) 列( liè ) 宗( zōng )
one's ancestors through the generations
拎( līn )
to lift up
拎( līn ) 包( bāo )
handbag or shopping bag
拎( līn ) 包( bāo ) 党( dǎng )
purse snatcher
拎( līn ) 包( bāo ) 黨( dǎng )
purse snatcher
拎( līn ) 起( qǐ )
to pick up
临( lín )
to face
亃( lín )
mythical animal, said to have yellow body and white tail
冧( lín )
to topple
嶙( lín )
ranges of hills
惏( lín )
cold
林( lín )
woods
淋( lín )
to sprinkle
潾( lín )
clear
琳( lín )
gem
璘( lín )
luster of gem
痳( lín )
hernia
瞵( lín )
to stare at
磷( lín )
phosphorus
粼( lín )
clear
臨( lín )
to face
轔( lín )
rumbling of wheels
辚( lín )
rumbling of wheels
遴( lín )
to select
邻( lín )
neighbor
鄰( lín )
neighbor
鏻( lín )
phosphonium
霖( lín )
continued rain
驎( lín )
horse with a dappled coat
鱗( lín )
scales
鳞( lín )
scales
𬭸( lín )
phosphonium
𬴊( lín )
horse with a dappled coat
临( lín ) 安( ān ) 区( qū )
Lin'an, a district of Hangzhou City 杭州市 hángzhōushì, Zhejiang
臨( lín ) 安( ān ) 區( qū )
Lin'an, a district of Hangzhou City 杭州市 hángzhōushì, Zhejiang
淋( lín ) 巴( bā )
(loanword) lymph
淋( lín ) 巴( bā ) 癌( ái )
lymphoma
林( lín ) 八( bā ) 哥( ge )
great myna
淋( lín ) 巴( bā ) 管( guǎn )
lymphatic vessel
淋( lín ) 巴( bā ) 結( jié )
lymph node
淋( lín ) 巴( bā ) 结( jié )
lymph node
淋( lín ) 巴( bā ) 瘤( liú )
lymphoma
淋( lín ) 巴( bā ) 細( xì ) 胞( bāo )
lymphocyte
淋( lín ) 巴( bā ) 细( xì ) 胞( bāo )
lymphocyte
淋( lín ) 巴( bā ) 系( xì ) 統( tǒng )
lymphatic system
淋( lín ) 巴( bā ) 系( xì ) 统( tǒng )
lymphatic system
淋( lín ) 巴( bā ) 腺( xiàn )
lymph node
淋( lín ) 巴( bā ) 液( yè )
lymph
邻( lín ) 邦( bāng )
neighboring country
鄰( lín ) 邦( bāng )
neighboring country
林( lín ) 堡( bǎo )
Limburg, Netherlands
邻( lín ) 苯( běn ) 二( èr ) 甲( jiǎ ) 酸( suān ) 酯( zhǐ )
phthalate
鄰( lín ) 苯( běn ) 二( èr ) 甲( jiǎ ) 酸( suān ) 酯( zhǐ )
phthalate
邻( lín ) 苯( běn ) 醌( kūn )
1,2-benzoquinone
鄰( lín ) 苯( běn ) 醌( kūn )
1,2-benzoquinone
林( lín ) 彪( biāo )
Lin Biao (1908–1971), Chinese army leader at the time of the Cultural Revolution
临( lín ) 别( bié )
just before parting
臨( lín ) 別( bié )
just before parting
临( lín ) 别( bié ) 赠( zèng ) 言( yán )
words of advice on parting
臨( lín ) 別( bié ) 贈( zèng ) 言( yán )
words of advice on parting
林( lín ) 逋( bū )
Lin Bu (967-1028), Northern Song poet
临( lín ) 沧( cāng ) 市( shì )
Lincang, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 云南省 yúnnánshěng
臨( lín ) 滄( cāng ) 市( shì )
Lincang, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 云南省 yúnnánshěng
临( lín ) 产( chǎn )
to face childbirth
臨( lín ) 產( chǎn )
to face childbirth
临( lín ) 场( chǎng )
to be at the scene
林( lín ) 场( chǎng )
forestry station
林( lín ) 場( chǎng )
forestry station
臨( lín ) 場( chǎng )
to be at the scene
临( lín ) 场( chǎng ) 感( gǎn )
the feeling of actually being there
臨( lín ) 場( chǎng ) 感( gǎn )
the feeling of actually being there