1.今天是个大晴天。It's a bright sunny day today.
2.趁着晴天,我们出去晒被子吧。Since it's sunny, let's go out and air the quilts.
3.难得遇到这么个晴天,我们索性去爬山。It's rare to get such a sunny day, so we might as well go climbing.
MyCidian is a free, web-based Chinese-English dictionary designed for native English speakers.
MyCidian is heavily inspired by Jisho.org, my favorite Japanese dictionary website. One of my biggest priorities when designing MyCidian was convenience. I wanted looking up a word to be quick, simple, and actually useful for someone who is learning Chinese.
This project is still ongoing and will only get better. It's free and staying that way. Web only, with no app planned. Ad-free for now; if that ever changes, signing in will remove them.
Built by Zeb Barrett
Ask any questions you may have! Send advice, recommendations, or criticism as well. Nothing helps more than eyes from another angle!
Check the FAQ first — your question may already be answered there.
MyCidian is built on several openly licensed datasets. Every one currently in use is credited below, by name, with the licence it ships under.
See About for how MyCidian is built, or ask a question if something here needs a correction.
Blank grids for practicing Chinese character strokes by hand — print a sheet and write till your hand falls off
Quadrant guides for proportion. The standard.
20 mm boxes — largest
田字格 sheet, 20 mm boxes (PDF)18 mm boxes
田字格 sheet, 18 mm boxes (PDF)17 mm boxes — most per page
田字格 sheet, 17 mm boxes (PDF)Adds diagonals, for placing slanted strokes.
20 mm boxes — largest
米字格 sheet, 20 mm boxes (PDF)18 mm boxes
米字格 sheet, 18 mm boxes (PDF)17 mm boxes — most per page
米字格 sheet, 17 mm boxes (PDF)All sheets are A4. Printing on Letter paper? Select "Fit to page" in your print dialog so the grid isn't cropped.
Saved on this device only. Clearing site data removes it.
No saved words yet. Press the star beside any word to add it here.
Saved on this device only. Clearing site data removes it.
No lookups yet. Words you look up appear here.
Registration is invite-only while the site is in development, so you'll need a signup code. Email sign-up is coming soon.
New accounts are closed right now. If you already have one, sign in above.
There's no password reset, so a forgotten password means the account can't be recovered. Keep a copy of your words.