9,574 character entries

Chinese stroke order dictionary

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1的de

possessive particle

2了le, liǎo

clear

3我wǒ

I

4是shì

to be

5在zài

at, in, on

6你nǐ

you

7不bù

not

8有yǒu

to have, to own, to possess

9他tā

other, another

10这zhè

this, these

11就jiù

just, simply

12人rén

person

13个gè

this, that

14和hé

harmony, peace

15说shuō

to speak, to say

16要yào

essential, necessary

17好hǎo

good

18一yī

one

19也yě

also, too

20会huì

to assemble, to meet

21都dōu

all, each, entirely, whole

22对duì

correct, right

23上shàng

above, on top, superior

24到dào

to go to, to arrive

25来lái

to arrive, to come, to return

26很hěn

very, quite, much

27还hái

also, besides

28去qù

to go away, to leave, to depart

29她tā

she, her

30着zhe

to make a move, to take action

31想xiǎng

to believe, to wish for

32给gěi

to give, to lend

33能néng

can, may

34啊a

ah, exclamatory particle

35那nà

that, that one, those

36把bǎ

to grasp, to hold

37看kàn

to look, to see

38做zuò

to work, to make

39让ràng

to allow, to permit, to yield

40被bèi

bedding

41但dàn

only

42为wèi

to do, to act

43吧bā

emphatic final particle

44点diǎn

dot, point, speck

45得dé

to obtain, to get, to acquire

46过guò

pass

47没méi

not, none, gone

48大dà

big

49下xià

below, underneath

50从cóng

from, by, since, whence, through

51中zhōng

middle

52而ér

and, and then, and yet

53里lǐ

unit of distance equal to 0.5km

54真zhēn

real, actual, true, genuine

55用yòng

to use, to employ, to apply

56年nián

year

57多duō

much, many, multi-

58两liǎng

two, both, pair, couple

59天tiān

sky

60吗ma

final interrogative particle

61等děng

rank, grade

62出chū

to go out, to send out

63太tài

very, too much

64最zuì

most, extremely, exceedingly

65又yòu

and, also, again, in addition

66再zài

again, twice, re-

67可kě

may, can, -able

68呢né, ne

wool

69只zhī

only, merely, just

70次cì

order, sequence

71小xiǎo

small

72将jiāng

the future, what will be

73走zǒu

to walk, to run, to flee

74事shì

affair, matter, business

75它tā

it

76后hòu

after

77时shí

time, season

78该gāi

should, ought to, must

79家jiā

home

80更gèng

more, further

81前qián

in front, forward

82爱ài

to love

83地de

earth, ground, soil

84才cái

ability, talent, gift

85跟gēn

heel

86吃chī

to eat

87谁shuí

who? whom? whose? anyone?

88与yǔ

and

89并bìng

to combine, to annex

90新xīn

new, recent, fresh, modern

91像xiàng

picture, image, figure

92找zhǎo

to search for, to look for, to find

93打dǎ

to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike

94快kuài

speedy, rapid, quick

95比bǐ

to compare, liken

96当dāng

appropriate, timely

97话huà

talk, speech

98所suǒ

place, location

99之zhī

marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase

100月yuè

moon

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This dictionary is organized as a connected learning system. Character pages teach the complete object; pinyin pages organize sound families; radical pages support dictionary lookup; component pages explain recurring meaning and pronunciation clues.

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