INFORMATION RESOURCES
Chinese Dictionary
Chinese Character Dictionary
| Name: | Chinese character database: with word-formations. Phonologically disambiguated. According to the Cantonese dialect |
| Link: | http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-can/ |
| Description: | Possible to find all possible word-forms from the searched head character. It also shows the definition, Big5 and Unicode, Cangjie input code, radical belonging, number of strokes, basic English translation, various Cantonese syllabaries and transcription in Romanization scheme from important references, as well as hyperlinks to other online dictionaries. |
| Name: | Chinese character dictionary-CCDICT |
| Link: | http://chineselanguage.org/CCDICT/ |
| Description: | A chinese dictionary that can be searched through Chinese input methods, including Pinyin, strokes, 4-digit four corner system, Changjie, and Unicode hex values and Big5 hex values; or by Chinese dialect methods, including Cantonese and Hakka; or by other languages such as English, Japanese, and Korean. English definition, Changjie code, Pinyin, Cantonese pronunciation, and links to other dictionaries can be found in each entry. |
| Name: | Chinese character finder |
| Link: | http://140.111.1.40/suo.htm |
| Description: | Offers strokes and radical methods to find the needed Chinese characters with explanations from an ancient Chinese dictionary called Shuowen Jiezi. |
| Name: | A Chinese talking syllabary of the Cantonese dialect: an electronic repository |
| Link: | http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Canton2/ |
| Description: | Based on the publication of The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong in 1997, and Professor Wang Shih-ling, this is a searchable and browsable Cantonese dictionary containing over 1,700 unique speech sounds. In each entry, pronunciations and rhyme table are provided. Direct links to various semantic/lexical materials of the searched character(s) are given. |
| Name: | Zhongwen.com |
| Link: | http://zhongwen.com/ |
| Description: | Provides pronunciation, radical, stroke count, and origin of the word dictionaries in this website. Other Chinese language learning-related tools can also be found here. |
Chinese Language Dictionary
| Name: | Kangxi Zidian |
| Link: | http://www.kangxizidian.com/index2.php |
| Description: | An online version of the ancient Chinese dictionary developed during the Qing Dynasy. Scanned pages of the original work will be shown after inputting Chinese characters in the search box. |
| Name: | Shuowen Jiezi |
| Link: | http://www.gg-art.com/imgbook/index.php?bookid=53 |
| Description: | The first Chinese dictionary that explains the meaning and pronunciation of words. Scanned original work can be browsed. |
| Name: | Tong Tong Chinese Dictionary |
| Link: | http://www.kwuntung.net/ |
| Description: | Includes Chinese-English and English-Chinese news glossary, spell check, synonyms, and Chinese pronunciation (Pinyin, Cantonese). |
| Name: | Han Dian-zdic.net |
| Link: | http://www.zdic.net/ |
| Description: | A Chinese dictionary providing different definitions, including Chinese and English definitions, definitions in Kangxi Zidian, and definitions in Shuowen Jiezi. It also supplies pronunciation, usage examples, stroke, part of speech, and related terms in every entry. A Chinese idiom dictionary is also included in this website. |
Chinese Dialects Dictionary
| Name: | Chinese character database: with word-formations—Phonologically Disambiguated. According to the Cantonese Dialect |
| Link: | http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Lindict/ |
| Description: | Possible to find all possible word-forms from the searched head character. It also shows the definition, Big5 and Unicode, Cangjie input code, radical belonging, number of strokes, basic English translation, various Cantonese syllabaries and transcription in Romanization scheme from important references, as well as hyperlinks to other online dictionaries. |
| Name: | Word List-CantoDict |
| Link: | http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/scripts/wordlist.htm |
| Description: | An English-Cantonese dictionary with more than 26,000 entries. Single words and phrases are searchable by inputting Chinese characters, radicals, English meaning, Cantonese pronunciation, or Pinyin. English definition, Cantonese pronunciation, Pinyin, stroke count, radical count, usage examples, and related phrases can be found in each entry. |
| Name: | Hakka language learning resource website |
| Link: | http://www.hakka.gov.tw/qp.asp?CtNode=189&CtUnit=124&BaseDSD=15&mp=100 |
| Description: | Supported by the Exective Yuan of the Republic of China, this dictionary provides meanings of standard Chinese (Baihua), and Hakka. It can be searched by Chinese characters, and the results refined by subjects. |
| Name: | Nitartha International. Tibet-English Dictionary |
| Link: | http://128.121.217.19/cgi-bin/Nitartha/find |
| Description: | Provides translation of Tibetan and English terms. It is searchable by the Wylie format. |
Bilingual Dictionary
English/Chinese
| Name: | Babylon English to Chinese |
| Link: | http://www.babylon.com/define/99/ |
| Description: | Chinese to English and English to Chinese dictionaries feature both Traditional and Simplified Chinese. Pinyin is provided. |
| Name: | Dr.eye Chinese English Dictionaries |
| Link: | http://www.dreye.com/tw/ (for Traditional Chinese) http://www.dreye.com.cn/ (for Simplified Chinese) |
| Description: | Offers both traditional Chinese characters, and English searching methods. |
| Name: | English-Chinese Online Dictionary |
| Link: | http://www.tigernt.com/cgi-bin/ecdict.cgi |
| Description: | An English-Chinese dictionary that can search Chinese words (Traditional & Simplified) by inputting English. A link for a Chinese-English dictionary is also provided, where Pinyin and Chinese characters are searchable. |
| Name: | Englishfree multi-purpose dictionary |
| Link: | http://www.englishfree.com.tw/tw/dictionary/ (Traditional Chinese) http://www.englishfree.com.tw/gb/dictionary/ (Simplified Chinese) |
| Description: | A one-stop bilingual dictionary, where English and Chinese terms are searchable. Besides pronunciation and definition for each entry, other sub-dictionaries like grammar dictionary, usage dictionary, and sentence pattern are available to search. |
| Name: | Hongen bilingual audio dictionary with idiom |
| Link: | http://study.hongen.com/dict/index.htm |
| Description: | A simplified Chinese dictionary, which is searchable by inputting simplified Chinese and English. It shows prefix and suffix as well as provides Chinese and English definition, pronunciation, usage examples, synonyms, and acronyms in each entry. |
| Name: | Iciba bilingual online dictionary |
| Link: | http://www.iciba.com/ |
| Description: | An English-related multi-purpose search engine, where English or Chinese terms can be searched through the bilingual dictionary, and the short sentence translation bank. Other services like English learning navigation site can be found. Login required for advanced dictionary, and translation service. |
| Name: | Lin Yu Tang Chinese English Dictionary of Modern Usage |
| Link: | http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Lindict/ |
| Description: | A Chinese-English dictionary, which provides various searching methods, including Chinese radical, Putonghua Pinyin, traditional Chinese characters, and English. English version is available. |
| Name: | On-line Chinese Tools |
| Link: | http://www.mandarintools.com/ |
| Description: | An all-about-Chinese website including Chinese-English dictionary with English definitions and Pinyin, Chinese character flash cards, Pinyin converter, Chinese abacus, family titles, and more. Some Chinese tools need Java to run. |
Japanese/Chinese
| Name: | BitEx Japanese-Chinese-Japanese dictionary |
| Link: | http://www.bitex-cn.com/ |
| Description: | A conversion of Japanese and Chinese terms with Chinese pronunciation. Searchable in simplified/traditional Chinese Character, and Kanji/Hiragana Japanese. |
| Name: | E-China Chinese language classroom |
| Link: | http://www.ctcs.jp/ctcs/dictionary/index.php |
| Description: | Japanese Chinese terms are searchable with Chinese and Japanese pronunciation. |
Trilingual Dictionary
| Name: | DictionaryHK.com |
| Link: | http://www.dictionaryhk.com/ |
| Description: | A Chinese-English-Japanese dictionary that provides English to English, English to Chinese, and English to Japanese translation. |
