Chinese dictionary


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Chinese 中文 zhōng wén
Dictionary   词典   cí diǎn
 

Type a word & select a dictionary:

Chinese keyboard   Pinyin keyboard

Chinese tools: Chinese-English dictionary, French & other languages, Chinese (meanings)

    English Pinyin Chinese

Reverso-Collins: Chinese-English dictionary

    English Chinese

Li yutang: Chinese-English dictionary

    English

Nciku: Chinese-English dictionary, with sound, & search by radical, stroke, writing

    English Pinyin Chinese

Websaru: Chinese-English dictionary

    English Chinese

Dict.cn: Chinese-English dictionary

    English

Mdbg: Chinese-English dictionary: simplified & traditional, with sound

    English Chinese

Xiamo cidian: Chinese-English dictionary

    English Pinyin

Mandarin tools: Chinese-English dictionary simplified & traditional, with sound

    English Pinyin Chinese

Chinese etymology: etymological dictionary

    Chinese

Zhongwen.com: English-Chinese dictionary etymology

    English Pinyin

Google: Chinese-English translation

    English Chinese



Analytical Chinese-English dictionary by Frederick William Baller (1900)

Dictionary of the Chinese language by Robert Morrison (1865)

online translation: Chinese-English & other languages & web page

Vocabulary
useful expressions Chinese-English with sound (Loecsen)

useful expressions with sound (bbc)

vocabulary & useful expressions with sound & differences between the 4 tones

basic vocabulary (with sound) - civil affairs - medical (Defense Language Institute)

    in Cantonese : basic vocabulary - civil affairs - medical

Chinese-English vocabulary with pictures & sound, by topics

Chinese-English vocabulary by topics

Chinese-English vocabulary by topics

vocabulary of the Olympic Games French-English-Chinese

medical vocabulary [PDF] Chinese-English

useful Chinese verbs

chengyu dictionary   成 語: expressions composed with 4 characters in wényán (literary Chinese)

Chinese characters
Chinese keyboard to type 3 700 Chinese characters with the Latin alphabet (pinyin)

Chinese keyboard to type 20 000 Chinese characters, classified by key

Pinyin keyboard to type the tone marks

Pinyin conversion numerals <> tone marks

handwriting recognition tool: write a Chinese character with the mouse to find it from the list that appears (pinyin, translation)

pinyin table & conversion pinyin > Chinese characters

Traditional <> Simplified Chinese conversion

Chinese > pinyin conversion of texts & translation in English (place the mouse over the character)

Chinese numerals & conversion

type a number:

conversion of a first name in Chinese character
type an English name:

Chinese language
Chinese pronunciation with sound

Chinese lessons (about)

Chinese course

Chinese course [PDF] (US Departement of State)

    Cantonese course

Colloquial Chinese by Neville Whymant (1922)

The Chinese language and how to learn it, Manual for beginners, by Walter Hillier (1921)

Progressive course designed to assist the student of colloquial Chinese, by Thomas Francis Wade & Walter Caine Hillier (1886) I & II - III

Chinese manual, condensed grammar with idiomatic phrases and dialogues, by Robert Douglas (1904)

Handbook of the Chinese language by James Summers (1863)

The rudiments of the Chinese language with dialogues, exercises, and vocabulary, by James Summers (1864)

Grammar of the Chinese colloquial language commonly called the Mandarin dialect, by Joseph Edkins (1864)

Grammar of the Chinese language by William Lobscheid (1864)

Grammar of the Chinese language by Robert Morrison (1815)

Elements of Chinese grammar by Joshua Marshman (1814)

books about Chinese language: Google books & Internet archive

News
Caijing (财经) business magazine

    videos

New Tang Dynasty Television: free television (in simplified Chinese or traditional, English...)

BBC in Chinese

Google news: China (资讯) & Hong Kong - Taiwan (新聞)

Texts & Literature
online books

Confucius' texts & his philosophy in several languages

First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

人 人 生 而 自 由, 在 尊 严 和 权 利 上 一 律 平 等。
他 们 赋 有 理 性 和 良 心, 并 应 以 兄 弟 关 系 的 精 神 相 对 待。


Declaration of Human Rights in Chinese, English & other languages
Calligraphy
Chinese manuscripts

Chinese calligraphy
Lan Ying

Chinese calligraphy

calligraphy & painting: online exhibition

Sutra of Diamant: the oldest printed book (868), a Buddhist text writen in Chinese

China   中国
China: maps, heritage & documents, civilization, history...

Pekin: maps, heritage & documents

names of the provinces & regions of China with their capital

Taiwan: maps, heritage & documents

Chinese calendar: New year & Chinese zodiac

Resources
learning Chinese online

links

Japanese: this language use Chinese chracaters

Vietnamese language: closed to Chinese, writen in Latin characters