Chinese Online Dictionaries & Related Resources
Online Dictionaries
- Han yu da ci dian 汉语大词典
- LINE dict. (formerly nciku)
- MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary
- yellowbridge (Modern)
- Han Dian 漢典 - dictionary for classical Chinese
- Zhongwen.com - Chinese Characters
Pinyin Tools
- MandarinSpot Annotator
Automatically adds pinyin with tones to Chinese text. Can also annotate into other transliteration schemes, including Wade-Giles, Bopomofo, etc. - Library of Congress Chinese Romanization: for searching for Chinese texts in CLIO or Worldcat, be sure and familiarize yourself with the Library of Congress rules for pinyin.