Chinese Dictionary
CHINESE WORD INTELLIGENCE

Understand the words inside your videos.

Look up any of 10,887 Chinese words by hanzi, pinyin, or English meaning. Every entry carries its HSK level, part of speech, and definitions — then you can see the same word in real video context.

Pinyin works with or without tone marks.
WORD LOOKUP

Search a word to see its entry.

Type a Chinese word, its pinyin, or an English meaning.

Examples: 中国, zhongguo, xuéxí, or “to learn”. Matching entries appear here and open as full pages.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

PINYIN & TONES

Pinyin chart and tone pairs for reading subtitles faster.

Use this as a quick pronunciation map while reading dictionary entries or pinyin subtitles generated from your own videos.

PINYIN CHART

Build each syllable from an initial and a final.

Initials

The consonant start of a Mandarin syllable.
Lips
bpmf
Tongue tip
dtnl
Back of tongue
gkh
Flat tongue
zcs
Retroflex
zhchshr
Palatal
jqx
Glides
yw

Finals

The vowel or vowel ending after the initial.
Simple
aoeiuü
Ai / Ei
aieiaoou
N endings
aneninunün
Ng endings
angengingong
I finals
iaieiaoiuianiangiong
U finals
uauouaiuiuanuang
Ü finals
üeüanün
妈mām + a
你nǐn + i
学xuéx + üe
中zhōngzh + ong
国guóg + uo
看kànk + an
TONE PAIRS

Practice two-syllable rhythm before listening.

1st tone

1 + 1gāoxīng高兴happy
1 + 2Zhōngwén中文Chinese language
1 + 3fāzhǎn发展develop
1 + 4yīyàng一样same

2nd tone

2 + 1xuéshēng学生student
2 + 2píngcháng平常ordinary
2 + 3méiyǒu没有do not have
2 + 4wénhuà文化culture

3rd tone

3 + 1Běijīng北京Beijing
3 + 2lǚxíng旅行travel
3 + 3nǐ hǎo你好hello
3 + 4gǎnxiè感谢thank

4th tone

4 + 1dàjiā大家everyone
4 + 2wèntí问题question
4 + 3Hànyǔ汉语Chinese language
4 + 4zàijiàn再见goodbye

Tip: in 3 + 3 pairs like nǐ hǎo, the first third tone is usually pronounced closer to a rising tone in natural speech.

WORD MEANING

One clear entry, not a thin lookup result.

Every entry is structured around meaning, pronunciation, HSK level, part of speech, other readings, and related words drawn from the same syllabus.

VIDEO CONTEXT

Move from a word to the sentence around it.

The dictionary is an assistive layer for the subtitle tool. Upload your own video when a textbook example is not enough.

LEARN FROM YOUR OWN CONTENT

Found a word in a video? Generate the full subtitle context.

Upload a local Chinese video and create timed Hanzi, pinyin, translation, SRT, and positioned ASS files.