China Orb, online Chinese to English dictionary with nearly 1 million entries and plenty of excellent examples. The pin yin and pronunciation sound of Chinese wrods are provided. China Orb includes a lot of Chinese professional terms in many industries such as Medicine, Chemistry, Mechanism, Electricity, Computer, Economy, Law, Architecture. If you can not find satisfying translation elsewhere,try China Orb Chinese to English dictionary.

China Orb, online English to Chinese dictionary with more than 1 million entries and plenty of excellent examples. China Orb includes a lot of English professional terms in many industries such as Medicine, Chemistry, Mechanism, Electricity, Computer, Economy, Law, Architecture. If you can not find satisfying translation elsewhere,try China Orb English to Chinese dictionary.

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How to use Chinese-English dictionary?

The usage of the dictionary is straightforward.

However you may find following tips are helpful:
  • For pinyin ü, to search for it, use v. For example: lv3.
  • When searching by Pinyin, if you don't know tone numbers, replace the tone number with _. For example, if you want to search "dian4 shi4 ji1" (television 电视机), you can search it by dian_ shi_ ji_.
  • Only Hanyu pinyin works, Wade-Giles and Yale will not work.
  • The dictionary is not a translator. It will not translate sentences.
  • Make sure your query is spelt correctly.
  • There is no profanity in the dictionary.
How to map Pinyin tone number to tone?

Following is the mapping of Pin Yin tone number and Pyin Yin mark.

Tone Tone number Mark
1st
 1 mā
2nd
 2 má
3rd
 3 mă
4th
 4 mà
Neutral
 5 ma