Chinese-English dictionary

124,727 entries with pinyin, 66,178 example sentences, and for every word the characters it is built from and the words built from it. Free, no signup.

Type Chinese. For pinyin and English search, the full dictionary tab inside the app searches all three.

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Every official word list, with pinyin and English, and each word links to its full entry.

Start with these characters

The single characters from HSK 1 and 2 — the 154 that carry most of what a beginner reads.

Radicals

Characters are not arbitrary pictures. Most are built from a meaning component and a sound component, and once you can see the parts, a new character stops being a new shape and becomes a new combination. These are the radicals that carry the most characters.

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The 200-word list, the full curriculum order, and every HSK word list — sent once, plus a rare note when a new free reference ships. No account needed for any of it.

A dictionary answers one word at a time. GraphChinese puts all of HSK 1–6 into a single dependency graph, teaches each word once the words and characters beneath it are solid, and schedules reviews to land just before you would forget. The dictionary above comes with it, wired into every lesson.

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