YellowBridge Chinese-English Learner's Dictionary

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• Search by Chinese, Pinyin, or English.
• Search by handwriting recognition. Finding a Chinese character when you don't already know its pronunciation has traditionally been a daunting process even for native Chinese speakers. With our handwritten Chinese recognition all you need to do is to draw the character using your mouse in the proper stroke order. As you do that, the possible matches are shown on the right. When the desired character appears, simply click on it.

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• Word Decomposition into their component words and characters, a great way to remember new words and a unique feature of the Chinese language. View Sample.
• Related Words lets you gain a better understanding of a word's meaning and proper usage by seeing how it relates to other words. Quickly view commonly used words that share the same head word or tail word, view derived words and words that sound alike to Chinese learners. View Sample.
• Search from any page using the right mouse button or access the dictionary directly from the browser search field. See Free YellowBridge Dictionary Extensions for details.
• Extensive Integrated Database of over 100,000 words is seamlessly integrated with our database of over 20,000 characters. Our character dictionary provides details about individual characters, their etymology, stroke order, etc.

See also

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Chinese English Dictionary Gadget. Add a free miniature version of this dictionary to your website, iGoogle, or Google Desktop.
• Review of Chinese print dictionaries
• Electronic Chinese dictionaries