Dictionary Help

Basic Word Detail

If you search on a Chinese word or follow a link to a word detail page you will see an entry like shown for 句子 'sentence' below.

The Chinese text, Hanyu Pinyin, part of speech, and English equivalent are shown. There is also a domain label indicating that the word is modern Chinese. Below that is a link to the term 句子成分 'a sentence element' that contains it. Lower down in the page there are links to passages that include use of the word.

Use as a English-Chinese dictionary

You can use the dictionary as an English-Chinese dictionary by searching on English terms and looking for matching Chinese words. The most basic way to do this is to enter English into the search text field and click on the Search button. This is shown in the screenshot below.