This category lists non-commercial online dictionaries and glossaries of Chinese with English interfaces, compare Chinese interfaces under the World: Chinese Simplified/Traditional: 参考 [reference works]: 字典 [dictionaries] categories below. Many free dictionaries of Chinese are based upon two sources: the voluntary CEDICT (Chinese-English Dictionary) and CCDICT (Chinese Character Dictionary) Project and the Unihan (CJK Unified Ideographs) Database.
While any graphical browser can show Chinese characters on Websites using GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) bitmap images, some sites require support for double-byte fonts, either traditional character Big5, simplified character GB, or all-inclusive Unicode UTF-8 or UTF-16 fonts. For details, see Computers: Software: Globalization: Language Specific: CJKV: Chinese .
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Volunteer lexicographic project (inspired by Japanese EDICT) that Paul Denisowski began and Erik Peterson maintains.(Big5, GB, UTF-8)
Hartmut Bohn’s online index to "A Chinese-English Dictionary" and "Das neue Chinesisch-Deutsche Wörterbuch," indexed by radical, Pinyin, Four Corner and stroke count. (GB, JavaScript)
Dictionary server searchable by radical, stroke, Cantonese (in seven romanization systems) initial, final, or tone. Provides English translation, pronunciations, homophones, compound words, and dictionary references.
Arch Chinese's character or phrase interface searchable by Pinyin, English, or characters. Additionally provides animated stroke orders, flashcards, and worksheets.
Rick Harbaugh’s site hyperlinks across thirteen major online dictionaries at the character-to-character level. Search by radical, character, or English. Also adds definition links to Chinese text. (GB, Big5)
Mandarin characters database. Stroke order animations, radicals, strokes, pinyin and definitions.
Classical Chinese character dictionary searchable by character or radical-stroke. Provides example usages linked to database of ancient Chinese texts.
Site provides Chinese-English tools for words, kinship terms, and personal names; and converters for currency, calendar, character codes, etc. (Big5, GB, UTF-8)
TigerNT’s CEDICT server searchable by character, Pinyin, or English. (GB, Big5, GIF)
Site provides Chinese-English, English-Chinese, and Chinese-French dictionaries; traditional/simplified and Chinese/Unicode converters; and Pinyin dictionary annotation tools. (Big5, GB, UTF-8)
English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionary for tattoo and art design. (JPEG)
Charles Muller’s database of CJKV (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese) characters and compounds related to East Asian cultural, political, and intellectual history.(UTF-8)
Sergei Starostin's The Tower of Babel Etymological Database Project of Chinese characters, with readings in modern Pinyin, Japanese, Sino-Vietnamese, Middle Chinese, and Old Chinese. It links to Chinese dialectal and Sino-Tibetan information, and gives English translations. (UTF-8)
Specialized online database of scientific terminology with over 420,000 entries. (GB)
Wong Kia Boon’s glossary of Chinese terminology from PRC, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. (GIF)
Jan-Erik Nilsson’s list of specialized vocabulary for East Asian pottery and porcelain.
Chinese characters database. Definitions, pinyin, character lists.
English-Chinese and Chinese-English interfaces using the Linux Chinese/English dictionary database pyDict, written in Python/GTK. (Big5, GB)
Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Web edition based upon the1972 dictionary with over 40,000 entries. Indexed by radical, Pinyin, and English, and searchable by full text or head character. (Big5)
Dictionaries searchable by English, Pinyin, Chinese character, radical-stroke, or handwriting recognition. Provides MP3 pronunciations, idioms, and usage examples. (UTF-8)
MandarinSpot's MDBG Chinese-English server with search by traditional or simplified characters, pinyin, or English. (UTF-8)
Provides handwriting recognition and MP3 pronunciations for both Mandarin and Cantonese. Menus support simplified and traditional Chinese. (UTF-8, Big5, GB)
Bilingual English or Pinyin search interface for WAP-enabled cell phones and other devices capable of handling WML pages. (Big5, GB)
Dictionary of common Chinese characters, English index.
Standardized information about "Unified Han" (CJK: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Ideographs [sic], which are part of Unicode version 4.0. Includes characters, variants, encodings, dictionary citations, radical-stroke, Pinyin, Cantonese, and Tang Chinese pronunciations, Japanese and Korean pronunciations, compounds, etc. (UTF-8)
CEDICT and Unihan server with search by simplified Chinese character, Pinyin, English, radical, stroke, or usage frequency. (UTF-8)
CEDICT and Unihan interface allowing word search by English, Chinese character, or Pinyin with tone numbers or marks; and character search by component or radical-stroke. Proprietary software required to hear pronunciation. (UTF-8)
Dictionary of common Chinese characters, English index.
Arch Chinese's character or phrase interface searchable by Pinyin, English, or characters. Additionally provides animated stroke orders, flashcards, and worksheets.
Mandarin characters database. Stroke order animations, radicals, strokes, pinyin and definitions.
Chinese characters database. Definitions, pinyin, character lists.
Specialized online database of scientific terminology with over 420,000 entries. (GB)
Dictionaries searchable by English, Pinyin, Chinese character, radical-stroke, or handwriting recognition. Provides MP3 pronunciations, idioms, and usage examples. (UTF-8)
English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionary for tattoo and art design. (JPEG)
CEDICT and Unihan server with search by simplified Chinese character, Pinyin, English, radical, stroke, or usage frequency. (UTF-8)
Jan-Erik Nilsson’s list of specialized vocabulary for East Asian pottery and porcelain.
CEDICT and Unihan interface allowing word search by English, Chinese character, or Pinyin with tone numbers or marks; and character search by component or radical-stroke. Proprietary software required to hear pronunciation. (UTF-8)
Classical Chinese character dictionary searchable by character or radical-stroke. Provides example usages linked to database of ancient Chinese texts.
MandarinSpot's MDBG Chinese-English server with search by traditional or simplified characters, pinyin, or English. (UTF-8)
Dictionary server searchable by radical, stroke, Cantonese (in seven romanization systems) initial, final, or tone. Provides English translation, pronunciations, homophones, compound words, and dictionary references.
Sergei Starostin's The Tower of Babel Etymological Database Project of Chinese characters, with readings in modern Pinyin, Japanese, Sino-Vietnamese, Middle Chinese, and Old Chinese. It links to Chinese dialectal and Sino-Tibetan information, and gives English translations. (UTF-8)
Provides handwriting recognition and MP3 pronunciations for both Mandarin and Cantonese. Menus support simplified and traditional Chinese. (UTF-8, Big5, GB)
Volunteer lexicographic project (inspired by Japanese EDICT) that Paul Denisowski began and Erik Peterson maintains.(Big5, GB, UTF-8)
Rick Harbaugh’s site hyperlinks across thirteen major online dictionaries at the character-to-character level. Search by radical, character, or English. Also adds definition links to Chinese text. (GB, Big5)
Bilingual English or Pinyin search interface for WAP-enabled cell phones and other devices capable of handling WML pages. (Big5, GB)
Charles Muller’s database of CJKV (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese) characters and compounds related to East Asian cultural, political, and intellectual history.(UTF-8)
Site provides Chinese-English tools for words, kinship terms, and personal names; and converters for currency, calendar, character codes, etc. (Big5, GB, UTF-8)
Wong Kia Boon’s glossary of Chinese terminology from PRC, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. (GIF)
TigerNT’s CEDICT server searchable by character, Pinyin, or English. (GB, Big5, GIF)
Site provides Chinese-English, English-Chinese, and Chinese-French dictionaries; traditional/simplified and Chinese/Unicode converters; and Pinyin dictionary annotation tools. (Big5, GB, UTF-8)
Standardized information about "Unified Han" (CJK: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Ideographs [sic], which are part of Unicode version 4.0. Includes characters, variants, encodings, dictionary citations, radical-stroke, Pinyin, Cantonese, and Tang Chinese pronunciations, Japanese and Korean pronunciations, compounds, etc. (UTF-8)
Hartmut Bohn’s online index to "A Chinese-English Dictionary" and "Das neue Chinesisch-Deutsche Wörterbuch," indexed by radical, Pinyin, Four Corner and stroke count. (GB, JavaScript)
English-Chinese and Chinese-English interfaces using the Linux Chinese/English dictionary database pyDict, written in Python/GTK. (Big5, GB)
Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Web edition based upon the1972 dictionary with over 40,000 entries. Indexed by radical, Pinyin, and English, and searchable by full text or head character. (Big5)
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