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

56 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
side; adjacent place
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *旁* | 旁* | *旁
one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as , etc)
HSK 5
aside / to the side of
HSK 7-9
spectator / non-participant
HSK 7-9
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to observe with an indifferent attitude; to be a bystander (usually referring to someone who could get involved but chooses not to)
collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines)
dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion / dissident group
observer / spectator
to sit in on (proceedings) / to be present at a meeting as an observer / to audit (a class)
other people / bystanders / onlookers / outsiders
both sides; either side
roadside
aside (theater) / voice-over / background narration
auditor (student)
to comprehend (new things) by analogy
to make insinuations / to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)
to be duty bound / to be one's unshirkable responsibility
(idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved
an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
side door
lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other
circumstantial evidence
(anatomy) parathyroid gland
to act as though there were nobody else present / unselfconscious / fig. without regard for others
Bourbon
phonetic component of Chinese character
paranasal sinus
Punjab state of India / Punjab province of Pakistan
component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part)
nearby regions
semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component in )
variant of 彷徨
Pond's (brand of skin care products)
completely focused / free of distractions
to bypass
alongside / nearby
Punjab state in northwest India bordering Pakistan
character serving as sound value of another character / phonetic
name of "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 訁|讠
name of the lateral "knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in , , 別|别 etc
coronary bypass operation
coronary bypass operation
name of "cliff" radical in simplified Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27)
(colloquial) grapheme (variant form of Kangxi radical 66, )
to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)
see 膕旁腱肌|腘旁腱肌 / hamstring (anatomy)
Punjab province of Pakistan
erhua variant of 旁邊|旁边
to be inattentive / to be distracted by sth
lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion) / fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on
lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear / fig. to completely disregard
name of the lateral "knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in , , 別|别 etc
hamstring (anatomy) / see also 膕繩肌|腘绳肌
helm (of a ship)
Jiepang (Chinese location-based social networking service for mobile devices, in operation 2010-2016)


Tip: Do you know some useful Chinese websites? Send the links to me through the contact page, thanks!
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies