Dictionaries

• A Chinese-Chinese Dictionary (By Chinese-Tools.com) A Chinese-Chinese dictionary. Entries are glossed in Chinese. Each character in the word searched has explanations in Chinese. Date: 2005-2007
• Active Dictionary (By activeds.com) This site is built with the latest web interactive technology to give a desktop like use experiences on wide variety of English-Chinese dictionary collection. Date: 2005
• Anki for Palm OS (By anki.com) Software for Palm OS for language learners. Includes Japanese and Chinese Date: 1999
• Blabi (By Hristov, Alexander) Online dictionaries (Pinyin, radical and thematic) available for learners. Chinese fonts can be downloaded from this site. Date: 2005
• CEDICT Editor (By MDBG) This web site allows multiple people to work on improving CEDICT simultaneously. Date: 2007
• CEL (Chinese English Lookup) (By Warmington, Richard) A Chinese-English dictionary search utility that is designed to help Chinese language learners to read Chinese electronic texts in other applications such as Web browsers and word processors. The user can select a word in a document and CEL will pop up to display the corresponding dictionary entry. Date: Updated 2001
• Chenyu Cidian 成语词典 (By Chinese-tools.com) Look up for chengyu 成语 with explanations and examples. Date: 2005-2006
• Chinese Language Tools (By EuroAsiaSoftware) A talking Chinese dictionary. Search for Chinese words in English or with Pinyin. View the traditional Chinese characters or simplified Chinese characters. This company also has other learning software for Chinese and Japanese. Date: 2003
• Chinese Perapera-kun: Chinese Popup Translator 0.2.2 (By Justin Kovalchuk) An add-on for Firefox users. Install that add-on. Restart Firefox. Right click in a Chinese page, click on Toggle ChinesePera-kunu. Move the cursor over the Chinese characters, the gloss will pop up. works with both Simplified and Traditional characters. Date: Unknown
• Chinese Picture Dictionary 中文圖畫字典 (By Mu, Ling and the Yale University Center for Language Study) This is a unique dictionary of Chinese words. The words are categorized and presented in simplified characters, English and sound. Each word or phrase has a picture. The pronunciation of the word can be heard by clicking the link. Date: 2001
• Chinese Speech Dictionary 丝路华语有声句典 (By ChineseSavvy.com 丝路华语) The Chinese speech dictionary lists common sentences alphabetically ordered. Users click on a sentence in English and see the Chinese counterpart with Pinyin. Discussion forum is available. Date: 2006
• Chinese-English annotation (By Adsotrans.com) An online Chinese English dictionary which annotates Chinese text, adds Pinyin with tones for web pages or typed texts. Date: 2005
• Chinese-English Dictionary (By Lin, Yutang) Supported by Quality Education Fund, Hong Kong. One of the most comprehensive and widely-used Chinese-English dictionaries. Big5 coding. Date: 1999
• Chinese-English Dictionary (By Mandarin Planet) With over 34000 entries, it can be searched by traditional or simplified Chinese characters, pinyin, or English. Audio pronunciation is available. Users can customize the dictionary to fit their needs.(UTF-8) Date: 2006
• Chinese-English Dictionary (By Clearchinese.com) A customizable dictionary with over 30.000 entries. Can be searched with Chinese , Pinyin, or English. Audio is available. Date: 2007
• CHINESE-TOOLS.com (By chinese-tools.com) A web site of online tools for learning Chinese. It includes converters (traditional to simplified characters or vice versa, converters between characters and Pinyin. Chinese-French and Chinese-English dictionaries are available. There are also some other links and a discussion forum. Date: 2005
• CJE Chinese Japanese English Dictionary (By Thorpe, Jeremy) A free software dictionary for the .NET platform. It provides the ability to search through 4 databases for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and/or Japanese characters and compounds by term, by meaning, by pronunciation, or by radical. Need installation. Date: 2003
• Clavis Sinica Chinese Reading and Reference Software (By David Porter) This is a learning tool for students of any levels. Users load the digitized Chinese text and can access the dictionary. Sound for words is also available. The web sites has Chinese sampler which is a collection of many digitized Chinese texts. Comparable to Wenlin (http://www.wenlin.com). Demo can be downloaded. Date: 2002
• Comrite Online English-Chinese and Chinese English Dictionary (By ComRite.com) An online dictionary with online input method. Date: None
• Dict.cn 在线词典 Chinese version (By Dict.CN) An online dictionary that provides pronunciation, meaning and sample sentences which contain the word. Students can save the words they checked for future study. Online Chinese input and automatic translation is also available. Date: 2003-2006
• Dict.cn 在线词典 English version (By Dict.CN) An online dictionary that provides pronunciation, meaning and sample sentences which contain the word. Students can save the words they checked for future study. Online Chinese input and automatic translation is also available. Date: 2003-2006
• Dictionary of Chinese Proverbs 中国成语词典 (By WJC) An online dictionary of Chinese proverbs. Type in a character and find the proverb that contains that character. Date: None
• Dictionary Reference (By President Translation Service Group International) A comparatively complete collection of online dictionaries. Date: 2003
• dictionary today 今日词典 (By DictionaryToday.com) One of the online dictionaries developed in China including the lattest expressions used in everyday chinese. In addition to the pronunciation and glossary, sample sentences containing the word are provided. English text-to-speech. Date: 2005
• Dr. Eye (By Tomorrow Studio 譯典通知訊) An online translation product provided by Tomorrow Studio. Available in 4 of the world's most popular languages include Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English and Japanese. Date: 2004
• English Chinese Dictionary (By OK88 Bilingual Internet Services) An online English-Chinese dictionary that appeared on web very early. Easy to use. Chinese characters can be displayed as image. Date: 1996-2003
• iCE (iNterpret Chinese-English) (By loqu8.com) A pop-up Chinese-English dictionary. Instant translations from Chinese-English with pop-up window and other features. Date: 2008
• Kangxi Zidian online 康熙字典网上版 (By Unknown) Free online Kangxi Zidian. Searchable. Date: 2005
• Keysearch 千搜词霸 (By Keysearch) An online dictionary. 380,000 characters, words and idioms. Date: 2006
• Liwin Flash Card Practice - 利文生词练习 (By Jeff Winters) An online flashcard program which includes the vocabulary from Practical Chinese Reader lessons 1-30, the HSK, Integrated Chinese and Dr. Tim Xie\'s Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online and others. Date: 2007
• MDBG Chinese English Dictionary (By MDBG) Online Chinese English dicitonaries and other tools for learning Chinese such as typing Pinyin with tone markers, inputing Chinese characters online and other useful tools. Date: 2006
• n词酷 (By nciku.com) An online Chinese-English dictionary. Handwriting input is available. If one does not know pronunciation of a character, mouse can be used to write and search it. Date: 2007
• Online dictionaries (By Chineselanguage.org) Part of the homepage of Chineselanguage.org. Not updated regularly. Date: None
• Oxford Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary (By Pleco Software) Software for Palm OS for language learners. Also see PlecoDict, the product of the company. Date: 2000
• Pop Jisyo (By Coolest.com Inc.) An online English-Japanese-Chinese dictionary. This web site enables surfing the web with pop-up hints to aid understanding of foreign language documents and web sites. Users can enter a URL or text that they want to translate, then simply move the mouse over the words. The explanation in target language will be displayed. Very useful tool for reading. Accepts simplified and traditional characters. Date: Last updated 2004
• pz English to Chinese dictionary (By Primezero Technologies Group) This web site has Hanyu Pinyin and Chinese character look up in addition to English-Chinese dictionary. The search result is a collection of phrases that includes the search words. Links to other web sites related to this word is provided. Also provides some restaurant menus in Chinese. Date: Last updated 2004
• Resources for East Asian Language and Thought (By Mulle,r Charles) A collection of web resources for East Asian languages and thoughts. Include CJKV-English dictionary, digital dictionary of Buddhism. Date: 1997
• Rikai (By Rudick, Todd David) An online dictionary. This web site enables surfing the web with pop-up hints. Users can enter a URL or text that they want to translate, then simply move the mouse over the words. The explanation in target language will be displayed. Very useful tool for reading. Accepts simplified characters only. Date: None
• Shuo Wen Jie Zi《說文解字》全文檢索測試版 (By Xiao Tong 小童) Shuo Wen Jie Zi online version. Searchable. Date: 2004
• Speaking Chinese English Dictionary (By Goff, Warren S.) Freeware. The program will pronounce terms in both Chinese and English. The speed and volume of playback can be adjusted. Many of the Pinyin pronunciations are both machine and real voice audio. Date: 2005
• Sunrain 太阳雨 (By Sunrain.net) An online Chinese-English English-Chinese dictionary. Accepts both GB and Big5 codes. Provides links to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Google search. Date: 1997-2004
• The Lingua Sinica Chinese-English Dictionary (By Lingua Sinica) An online English-Chinese Chinese-English dictionary. Also contains history and information about Chinese Romanization. The web site is dedicated to famous Chinese linguist Dr. Yuen-ren Chao. This site also has a Shanghai dialect course. Date: None
• Wenlin Software for Learning Chinese 文林 (By Wenlin Institute, Inc.) A Chinese learning tool which allows users to find all information about characters. A very good tool for learners. Date: 1997-2007
• xuezhongwen.net 学中文 (By MDBG) MDBG free online Chinese-English dictionary and character learning practice. Online Chinese input is also available. Date: 2005
• Yahoo 奇摩字典 (By Yahoo! Taiwan Inc。) An online Chinese-English dictionary. Traditional characters only. Including new words and technical professional words. Date: 2007
• Yahoo 奇摩字典 (By Yahoo! Taiwan Inc。) An online Chinese-English dictionary. Traditional characters only. Including new words and technical professional words. Date: 2007
• Zhongwen.com (By Harbaugh, Rick) A genealogy and dictionary, which uses the new (zipu) system of character trees. Also a web site that provides links to other online dictionaries. The unique Pinyin chat room is available on this web site. One of the most popular web sites among Chinese learners. Date: 1996
• 典 Sunrise Group platform for learning Chinese (By Sunrise Group LLC ) Unique and creative ways to search Chinese characters and related words using radical information. Date: 2007
• 康熙字典 Kangxi Dictionary (By Kangxi Zidian) Electronic Kangxi Zidian downloadable. Size of two files: 429.5MB and 581.4MB. Date: Unkown
• 成语大全 (成语词典) (By itlearner) A chengyu dictionary collecting Chinese chengy. Date: 2008
• 成语词典 (By www.Chengyu.org) Dictionary of Chinese Chengyu. Date: None
• 歇后语大全 (By itlearner) A collection of Chinese xiehouyu. Date: 2008
• 漢典 (By zdic.net) Online dictionary with very useful information about Chinese characters, proverbs and other related information. Date: 2004
• 谷歌金山词霸 g.iciba.com (By 谷歌金山词霸 Kingsoft) An online pop-up Chinese-English dictionary. Automatic translator. Date: 200402008