Dictionary

Dictionary pages

Every word and character has its own page. Open one from search, from the Details link in a popup, or with Ctrl+click on a word in a text.

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Word pages

A word page lists every dictionary entry written that way. The first entry is open and the others are collapsed to their headword and first meaning; click one to open it. With three or more entries, a row of headwords at the top jumps to each.

A dictionary word page with its reading, meanings and example sentences — A word page, with the characters of the word beside it.

The characters of the page are listed beside the words (in a tab on narrow screens), each with its meanings, pinyin and a link to its own page.

An open entry shows:

the headword in your script with its pinyin, its HSK level and your level for it
the meanings, with linked cross-references
example sentences with translations
definitions from a Chinese dictionary (汉语词典)

Meanings may come with example sentences and usage notes written by AI. They are marked Generated (experimental) and can contain mistakes.

Signed in, the entry header has an Add to deck button and Level & progress, which shows how the word ranks for you and why. See Levels and progress.

English meanings and monolingual definitions

Words have English meanings and, where they exist, definitions written in Chinese. By default the English meanings come first and the Chinese definitions follow.

The study options can put the monolingual definitions first, or hide one of the two in popups or everywhere.

A hidden dictionary waits behind a Show button. The words in monolingual definitions open popups.

Character pages

A character page shows its HSK level, the number of strokes, its radical, how frequent it is (1/5 for the most frequent characters), its meaning and its pinyin. When the character has a simplified or traditional variant, a badge links to it. The stroke count follows your script.

Below that are its components, its stroke order and example words for each reading.

Components: the parts the character is built from. Click a part to open it.
Stroke order: one frame per stroke. Each frame shows the strokes so far, the later strokes greyed out, and a dot where the current stroke starts.
Example words: words that use the character, grouped by reading.

On the website the components are a tree, so the parts of a part are shown too. Some components have a short explanation instead of a page.

To find a character you cannot type, use the radical lookup described in Dictionary search.

Pinyin and tones

Pinyin is written with tone marks and colored by tone: first tone red, second orange, third green, fourth blue, and the neutral tone uncolored.