Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT

Welcome to the MDBG free online English to Chinese dictionary, the no. 1 Chinese study aid! This website offers more than just a Chinese to English and English to Chinese dictionary, it offers various tools such as: flashcards, quizzes, text annotation, Chinese text input, written Chinese and more. The MDBG dictionary is used in many schools and universities all over the world, discover why! Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!

Chinese dictionary for Windows 10

MDBG Chinese Reader is the perfect dictionary application for Microsoft Windows. Translate Chinese text and Lookup Mandarin pinyin for Chinese words easily. Just glide your mouse over the Chinese text and a pop-up window shows English translations and Mandarin pronunciations. Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!


handwriting
Auto complete input: off | on

71 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
summer / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
summer
HSK 4
four seasons, namely: spring , summer , autumn and winter
HSK 7-9
summer vacation / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
a; an; one / the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伏* | 伏* | *伏
to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夏* | 夏* | *夏
summer
mountain resort / Qing imperial summer residence at Chengde, a world heritage site
hot spell during autumn / Indian summer
the hottest part of summer sets in
early summer
midsummer / second month of summer
East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer)
to be on summer vacation
summer camp
HSK 7-9
Tower of Buddhist Incense in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园, Beijing
Xiazhi or Summer Solstice, 10th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st June-6th July
ignorant / doubt stemming from ignorance / (a summer insect has no word for ice, Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *暑* | 暑* | *暑
heat / hot weather / summer heat
Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
summer flood
unlined trousers / summer trousers
the four seasons / spring, summer, autumn and winter
summer cold
sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
bathrobe / yukata, lightweight informal kimono worn in summer
summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL: 張|张, 領|领
to be away for the summer holidays / to spend a holiday at a summer resort / to prevent sunstroke
HSK 7-9
summer vacation time
HSK 7-9
to treat winter diseases in the summer (TCM)
Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-20th May
hot (summer) day
hot (summer) weather
summer radish (the small red kind)
to beat the summer heat
to go on summer vacation
summer / summer weather
the Summer Olympic Games; the Summer Olympics
Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园, Beijing
hot summer / scorching summer
to beat the summer heat
to spend a summer holiday / to beat the summer heat
summer radish (the small red kind)
summer radish (the small red kind)
winter and summer
solstice / the winter solstice 冬至 and summer solstice 夏至
lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc)
to beat the summer heat
midsummer / the height of summer
the summer solstice
the summer solstice
to spend the summer / to take a summer vacation
jinbei, traditional Japanese two-piece clothing worn in the summer
a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
damp heat / summer fever (TCM)
final month of summer (i.e. sixth month of lunar calendar)
the first month of summer (i.e. the fourth lunisolar month)
summer school
Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi / Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot
Norbulingka (Tibetan: precious garden), summer residence of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园
Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
summer promotion (sale)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雩* | 雩* | *雩
summer sacrifice for rain
a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
Longevity Hill in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园, Beijing
Summer Palace in Beijing
summer-warm disease (TCM)
10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn
(summer) heat
the four seasons, namely: spring , summer , autumn and winter


Tip: Looking for an offline dictionary? Try MDBG Chinese Reader for Windows or MDBG Chinese-English dictionary for macOS!
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies