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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 864 of 1851.
令( lìng ) 人( rén ) 满( mǎn ) 意( yì )
satisfying
令( lìng ) 人( rén ) 滿( mǎn ) 意( yì )
satisfying
令( lìng ) 人( rén ) 振( zhèn ) 奋( fèn )
inspiring
令( lìng ) 人( rén ) 振( zhèn ) 奮( fèn )
inspiring
令( lìng ) 人( rén ) 瞩( zhǔ ) 目( mù )
attention-grabbing
令( lìng ) 人( rén ) 矚( zhǔ ) 目( mù )
attention-grabbing
令( lìng ) 堂( táng )
your mother
另( lìng ) 外( wài )
additional
另( lìng ) 行( xíng )
separately
令( lìng ) 行( xíng ) 禁( jìn ) 止( zhǐ )
orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed
另( lìng ) 行( xíng ) 通( tōng ) 知( zhī )
to notify at a different time
令( lìng ) 兄( xiōng )
Your esteemed older brother
另( lìng ) 眼( yǎn ) 相( xiāng ) 看( kàn )
to treat sb favorably
另( lìng ) 一( yī )
another ...
另( lìng ) 一( yī ) 半( bàn )
other half
另( lìng ) 一( yī ) 方( fāng ) 面( miàn )
on the other hand
另( lìng ) 用( yòng )
diversion
另( lìng ) 有( yǒu )
to have some other
另( lìng ) 有( yǒu ) 企( qǐ ) 图( tú )
to have an ulterior motive
另( lìng ) 有( yǒu ) 企( qǐ ) 圖( tú )
to have an ulterior motive
令( lìng ) 誉( yù )
honorable reputation
令( lìng ) 譽( yù )
honorable reputation
令( lìng ) 正( zhèng )
your wife
令( lìng ) 状( zhuàng )
writ
令( lìng ) 狀( zhuàng )
writ
令( lìng ) 尊( zūn )
Your esteemed father
令( lìng ) 尊( zūn ) 令( lìng ) 堂( táng )
your parents
溜( liū )
to slip away
熘( liū )
quick-fry
溜( liū ) 边( biān )
to keep to the edge
溜( liū ) 邊( biān )
to keep to the edge
溜( liū ) 冰( bīng )
ice skating
溜( liū ) 冰( bīng ) 场( chǎng )
ice rink
溜( liū ) 冰( bīng ) 場( chǎng )
ice rink
溜( liū ) 冰( bīng ) 鞋( xié )
skating shoes
溜( liū ) 槽( cáo )
sluice
溜( liū ) 达( da )
to stroll
溜( liū ) 達( da )
to stroll
溜( liū ) 旱( hàn ) 冰( bīng )
roller blading
溜( liū ) 号( hào )
to slink off
溜( liū ) 號( hào )
to slink off
溜( liū ) 肩( jiān )
sloping shoulders
溜( liū ) 肩( jiān ) 膀( bǎng )
sloping shoulders
溜( liū ) 溜( liū ) 球( qiú )
yo-yo
溜( liū ) 舐( shì )
to flatter obsequiously
溜( liū ) 索( suǒ )
zip line
溜( liū ) 须( xū ) 拍( pāi ) 马( mǎ )
to use flatter to get what one wants
溜( liū ) 鬚( xū ) 拍( pāi ) 馬( mǎ )
to use flatter to get what one wants
溜( liū ) 圆( yuán )
perfectly round
溜( liū ) 圓( yuán )
perfectly round
溜( liū ) 之( zhī ) 大( dà ) 吉( jí )
to steal away
溜( liū ) 走( zǒu )
to slip away
刘( liú )
a type of battle-ax
劉( liú )
a type of battle-ax
懰( liú )
lovely
旒( liú )
tassel
榴( liú )
pomegranate
流( liú )
to flow
浏( liú )
clear
瀏( liú )
clear
琉( liú )
precious stone
留( liú )
to leave
瘤( liú )
tumor
硫( liú )
sulfur
鎦( liú )
(chemistry) lutetium
鏐( liú )
fine gold
镏( liú )
(chemistry) lutetium
镠( liú )
fine gold
飀( liú )
soughing of wind
飗( liú )
soughing of wind
餾( liú )
to distill
馏( liú )
to distill
騮( liú )
bay horse with black mane
骝( liú )
bay horse with black mane
刘( liú ) 安( ān )
Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子 huáinánzi
劉( liú ) 安( ān )
Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子 huáinánzi
硫( liú ) 胺( àn ) 素( sù )
thiamine
留( liú ) 坝( bà ) 县( xiàn )
Liuba, a county in Hanzhong City 汉中市 hànzhōngshì, Shaanxi
留( liú ) 壩( bà ) 縣( xiàn )
Liuba, a county in Hanzhong City 汉中市 hànzhōngshì, Shaanxi
留( liú ) 白( bái )
to leave a message
留( liú ) 班( bān )
to repeat a year in school
刘( liú ) 邦( bāng )
Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 汉高祖
劉( liú ) 邦( bāng )
Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 汉高祖
硫( liú ) 棒( bàng )
sulfur stick
刘( liú ) 备( bèi )
Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
劉( liú ) 備( bèi )
Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
流( liú ) 輩( bèi )
a contemporary
流( liú ) 辈( bèi )
a contemporary
流( liú ) 鼻( bí ) 涕( tì )
to have a runny nose
流( liú ) 鼻( bí ) 血( xiě )
to bleed from the nose
流( liú ) 弊( bì )
malpractice
流( liú ) 变( biàn )
to flow and change
流( liú ) 變( biàn )
to flow and change
流( liú ) 变( biàn ) 能( néng ) 力( lì )
rheology
流( liú ) 變( biàn ) 能( néng ) 力( lì )
rheology
流( liú ) 变( biàn ) 学( xué )
rheology
流( liú ) 變( biàn ) 學( xué )
rheology
流( liú ) 标( biāo )
to be inconclusive
流( liú ) 標( biāo )
to be inconclusive
刘( liú ) 表( biǎo )
Liu Biao (142-208), warlord