Dictionaries

• Chinese Characters Web DictionarySimultaneously search major online Chinese dictionaries.
• Profile of CantoneseAn overview of the Cantonese language by the UCLA Linguistics Department
• Pristine LexiconThis reference has over 150,000 entries, combining public-domain Chinese dictionaries with in-house specialized glossaries. Search by Chinese character, Pinyin romanization, or English.
• Collins Chinese-English DictionaryA good one; very reliable.
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• A Cantonese Talking Syllabary
• A Chinese-Cantonese Syllabary A Chinese Syllabary Pronounced according to the Dialect of Canton
• Cantonese-Mandarin-English Dictionary About 45,000 words in a MySql database displayed on 2200 HTML pages.
• CEDICT Chinese-English Online Dictionary TigerNT’s CEDICT server searchable by character, Pinyin, or English. (GB, Big5, or image)
• CEDICT English to Chinese Dictionary Primezero’s CEDICT server searchable by English, Pinyin, or character. Links to search engines and other Chinese dictionaries. (Big5 or GB)
• CEDICT English to Chinese Online Dictionary Online-dictionary.biz’s CEDICT server, English search only, one of seven language dictionaries. (UTF-8)
• CEDICT Mobile Chinese-English Dictionary Bilingual English or Pinyin search interface for WAP-enabled cell phones and other devices capable of handling WML pages.
• CEDICT Online Chinese English Dictionary Indra Kurniawan’s CEDICT and Unihan interface, searchable by English, Pinyin, Japanese, Cantonese, Chinese character, or radical-stroke. (UTF-8)
• CEDICT: Chinese-English Dictionary Volunteer lexicographic project (inspired by Japanese EDICT) that Paul Denisowski began and Erik Peterson maintains. It currently contains 25,807 Big5 words and 23,512 GB words. (Big5, GB, UTF-8)
• Chengyu Dictionary Dictionary of more than 30 000 Chengyu (chinese proverbial idioms) with calligraphy, pinyin, english translation, chinese explanations, synonyms, antonyms and context examples.
• CHinDEX Optimized Radical Index (mirror) Hartmut Bohn’s online index to "A Chinese-English Dictionary" and "Das neue Chinesisch-Deutsche Wörterbuch," indexed by radical, Pinyin, Four Corner and stroke count. (GB and JavaScript)
• Chinese Character Database Dictionary server with 13,060 characters, searchable by radical, stroke with word-formation phonologically disambiguated according to the cantonese dialect
• Chinese Character Dictionary A Chinese character dictionary with look-up by English, pinyin, Cantonese pronounciation, and radical/stroke.
• Chinese Character Dictionary
• Chinese Character Dictionary Chinese sign dictionary searchable 9 different ways, including Japanese-Chinese and Korean-Chinese
• Chinese Character Dictionary Chineselanguage.org’s CEDICT server, searchable by English keyword; radical-stroke; Pinyin, Hakka, Cantonese, Sino-Japanese, or Sino-Korean pronunciation; Four Corner or Cangjie input, or character code. (UTF-8)
• Chinese Chinese Dictionary More than 90 000 entries! All the definition are given in mandarin chinese, a good level of is required.
• Chinese English dictionary Online Chinese Dictionary : search in Chinese, Pinyin or English. More than 54 000 entries. Chengyu, proper names, examples and calligraphy.
• Chinese Etymological Dictionary Very good historical development of Chinese characters in an interactive lookup.
• Chinese French Dictionary De la première dictionnaire en ligne chinois/français mandarine. Chinois de recherche, pinyin ou expression française. Plus de 32 000 entrées.
• Chinese German Dictionary Chinesisches deutsches chinesisches on-line-Wörterbuch. Suche auf Chinesen, pinyin oder Deutsch. Mehr als 30 000 Eintragungen.
• Chinese Hardback and CD-ROM Specialty Dictionaries
• Chinese Parts of Speech Four lecturec on the bacis parts of speech of Chinese
• Chinese Portuguese Dictionary Chinês portuguese chinês, dicionário em linha chinês brazilian chinês. Busca no chinês, no pinyin ou no português.
• Chinese Russian Dictionary Chinese Russian Chinese online dictionary. Search in Chinese, pinyin or Russian
• Chinese Spanish Dictionary Chinese Spanish Chinese online dictionary. Search in chinese, pinyin or spanish. More than 30 000 entries.
• Chinese Surnames This site contain links to Chinese Surnames found in the Bai3 Jia Xing4 ( the Hundred Families Surnames).
• Chinese-English Dictionary
• Chinese-English Dictionary
• Chinese-English Dictionary Ganesa Media Labs’ interface for CEDICT, with search by traditional/simplified Chinese, Pinyin, or English. (Big5, GB, UTF-8)
• Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage - ªL»y°ó¡m·í¥Nº~­^µü¨å¡nºôµ¸ª©
• Chinese-Polish Online Dictionary The first Mandarin Chinese-Polish online dictionary. Search chinese, pinyin or polish expression. More than 3 000 entries.
• Chinesisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch Sehr großes Wörterbuch mit der großen Grasenfunktion vollgestopft mit Tausenden Phrasen.
• Chinesisches Woerterbuch ChinLex
• Database Query to Chinese Characters Sergei Starostin's Etymological Database Project contains around 4000 Chinese characters, with readings in modern Pinyin, Japanese, Sino-Vietnamese, Middle Chinese, and Old Chinese.
• Deutsch - Chinesisch - Deutsches Woerterbuch ¤¤¤å¼w¤åÂù¦Vµü¨å Deutsch-Chinesisches bilinguales Woerterbuch mit mehr als 100.000 Eintraegen
• Dictionnaire en ligne Chinois-Français Dictionnaire énorme avec la grande fonction de lecture rapide remplie des milliers d'expressions.
• Dylan's Shataukok Hakka-English Dictionary Alphabetized glossary of the Hakka Chinese dialect commonly spoken in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. (Big5)
• English-Chinese Online Dictionary
• English=Chinese Online Dictionary Huge dictionary with large browsing function replete with thousands of phrases.
• Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Characters in Japanese Etymologies by Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto
• Frequently Asked Chinese Characters About.com’s dictionary of common Chinese characters, English index. (GIF image)
• Large Chinese-English Searchable Dictionary Traditional Chinese dictionary located in Taiwan.
• MDBG Online Chinese English Dictionary Integrated word dictionary (using CEDICT) and character dictionary (using Unihan Database), with search by English translation, Chinese character, radical-stroke, Pinyin, Cantonese, or Cangjie. Also provides text translation and flashcards. (Big5, GB, UTF-8)
• On-line Chinese Tools Erik Peterson provides Web tools to assist people studying and using the Chinese language.