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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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The
部首检字表 , all 237 radicals
185090 entries,
showing page 992 of 1851.
年( nián ) 尾( wěi )
end of the year
年( nián ) 味( wèi )
Spring Festival atmosphere
年( nián ) 息( xī )
annual interest
年( nián ) 下( xià )
a younger partner
黏( nián ) 涎( xián ) 子( zi )
saliva
年( nián ) 限( xiàn )
age limit
黏( nián ) 涎( xian )
saliva
年( nián ) 薪( xīn )
annual salary
黏( nián ) 性( xìng )
adhesiveness
黏( nián ) 性( xìng ) 力( lì )
viscous force
年( nián ) 兄( xiōng )
lit. older brother
年( nián ) 夜( yè )
lunar New Year's Eve
黏( nián ) 液( yè )
mucus
年( nián ) 夜( yè ) 飯( fàn )
reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve
年( nián ) 夜( yè ) 饭( fàn )
reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve
年( nián ) 已( yǐ ) 蹉( cuō ) 跎( tuó )
to be too old
年( nián ) 誼( yì )
camaraderie between persons who have gone through some experience in the same year
年( nián ) 谊( yì )
camaraderie between persons who have gone through some experience in the same year
年( nián ) 友( yǒu )
member of a group who have gone through some experience in the same year
年( nián ) 幼( yòu )
young
年( nián ) 逾( yú )
over
鯰( nián ) 魚( yú )
catfish
鲶( nián ) 鱼( yú )
catfish
年( nián ) 逾( yú ) 古( gǔ ) 稀( xī )
over seventy years old
年( nián ) 月( yuè )
months and year
年( nián ) 載( zǎi )
years
年( nián ) 载( zǎi )
years
年( nián ) 長( zhǎng )
senior
年( nián ) 长( zhǎng )
senior
年( nián ) 之( zhī ) 久( jiǔ )
period of ... years
黏( nián ) 滞( zhì )
viscous
黏( nián ) 滯( zhì )
viscous
黏( nián ) 滞( zhì ) 性( xìng )
viscosity
黏( nián ) 滯( zhì ) 性( xìng )
viscosity
年( nián ) 中( zhōng )
within the year
年( nián ) 終( zhōng )
end of the year
年( nián ) 终( zhōng )
end of the year
年( nián ) 終( zhōng ) 獎( jiǎng )
year-end bonus
年( nián ) 终( zhōng ) 奖( jiǎng )
year-end bonus
黏( nián ) 住( zhù )
cling
黏( nián ) 着( zhuó )
to adhere
黏( nián ) 著( zhuó )
to adhere
黏( nián ) 着( zhuó ) 力( lì )
adhesion
黏( nián ) 著( zhuó ) 力( lì )
adhesion
黏( nián ) 着( zhuó ) 性( xìng )
agglutinative
黏( nián ) 著( zhuó ) 性( xìng )
agglutinative
黏( nián ) 着( zhuó ) 语( yǔ )
agglutinative language
黏( nián ) 著( zhuó ) 語( yǔ )
agglutinative language
年( nián ) 資( zī )
age and experience
年( nián ) 资( zī )
age and experience
年( nián ) 尊( zūn )
aged and respected
捻( niǎn )
to twirl
撚( niǎn )
to play tricks on or toy with
撵( niǎn )
to expel
攆( niǎn )
to expel
涊( niǎn )
muddy water
淰( niǎn )
calm water
碾( niǎn )
stone roller
輦( niǎn )
man-drawn carriage
辇( niǎn )
man-drawn carriage
碾( niǎn ) 场( cháng )
to thresh or husk grain on a threshing ground
碾( niǎn ) 場( cháng )
to thresh or husk grain on a threshing ground
撵( niǎn ) 出( chū )
to expel
攆( niǎn ) 出( chū )
to expel
碾( niǎn ) 槌( chuí )
pestle
碾( niǎn ) 坊( fáng )
grain mill
碾( niǎn ) 过( guò )
to crush sth by running over it
碾( niǎn ) 過( guò )
to crush sth by running over it
捻( niǎn ) 军( jūn )
Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south
捻( niǎn ) 軍( jūn )
Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south
輦( niǎn ) 路( lù )
road along which the emperor's carriage passes
辇( niǎn ) 路( lù )
road along which the emperor's carriage passes
碾( niǎn ) 米( mǐ ) 机( jī )
rice milling machine
碾( niǎn ) 米( mǐ ) 機( jī )
rice milling machine
碾( niǎn ) 磨( mó )
to mill
碾( niǎn ) 盘( pán )
millstone
碾( niǎn ) 盤( pán )
millstone
碾( niǎn ) 碎( suì )
to pulverize
碾( niǎn ) 砣( tuó )
roller
輦( niǎn ) 下( xià )
imperial capital
辇( niǎn ) 下( xià )
imperial capital
碾( niǎn ) 压( yā )
to crush or compact
碾( niǎn ) 壓( yā )
to crush or compact
輦( niǎn ) 運( yùn )
to transport
辇( niǎn ) 运( yùn )
to transport
碾( niǎn ) 子( zi )
roller
碾( niǎn ) 子( zi ) 山( shān ) 区( qū )
Nianzishan, a district of Qiqihar City 齐齐哈尔市 qíqíhāěrshì, Heilongjiang
碾( niǎn ) 子( zi ) 山( shān ) 區( qū )
Nianzishan, a district of Qiqihar City 齐齐哈尔市 qíqíhāěrshì, Heilongjiang
撵( niǎn ) 走( zǒu )
to drive out
攆( niǎn ) 走( zǒu )
to drive out
卄( niàn )
twenty, twentieth
埝( niàn )
earth embankment used to hold back or retain water
廿( niàn )
twenty
念( niàn )
to read
齞( niàn )
to display the teeth
廿( niàn ) 八( bā ) 躔( chán )
the twenty-eight constellations
念( niàn ) 叨( dao )
to talk about often
念( niàn ) 佛( fó )
to pray to Buddha
念( niàn ) 經( jīng )
to recite or chant Buddhist scripture
念( niàn ) 经( jīng )
to recite or chant Buddhist scripture