- Chinese Character Stroke Order Animation and Dictionary
You can look up characters, Chinese sentences or phrases by Pinyin, character radical, English definition, English phrase, English sentence fragment, character itself, Chinese phrase or Chinese sentence fragment. You can also import Chinese text to the animator and then click the characters on the Imported Characters pop-up to study them one by one. After the animation, you can click the Print button on the toolbar to generate character writing worksheets with stroke sequences for offline practice.
1. By Pinyin
To look up a character by Pinyin, enter a Pinyin string, such as wo3 and zhong1, and click the Search button. Use v for ü, for example lv3 for lǚ. Also, the tone numbers, 1,2,3 or 4, are required and they must be at the end of the Pinyin string.
Tip: Wildcard Search You can use a wildcard in your search query when you're unable to find the character you are looking for. Use an asterisk to indicate a wildcard in your search query; the system will then match one or more phrases. For example, the search query jiao4 * (Note that there is a space between the Pinyin and asterisk) returns results containing all of the example phrases containing characters with the pronunciation of jiao4. You can use more than one asterisk in a single search, such as bei3 * xue2 * . You can even mix English with Pinyin in the search query, such as Beijing * da4 xue2 * to search universities in Beijing. After you find the character in the phrases or sentences, you can click the character to view the stroke order animation and other information. The Pinyin in the phrases are hyperlinks. You can click them to listen the pronunnciation. Please note that wildcard searches only work for whole words or Pinyin. Currently, the system doesn't support searches in which an asterisk indicates a fraction or extension of a word. Bei * University will not match Beiing University 2. By Radicals
To look up a character by character radicals, simply click the radical look-up button, which has a magnifier icon, on the toolbar. Radicals are ordered by stroke counts. Once the radical look-up table shows up, click the radical of the character that you are looking for. The system will display the corresponding characters, ordered by stroke counts.
3. By English
To search a character by English, simply type an English definition, such as love and desk, and click the Search button.
Tip: if you cannot find the corresponding Chinese characters, which is common if a single character cannot describe the meaning of the English word, use the powerful Wildcard Search. Say, you are looking for the corresponding characters for computer, you can enter computer * and then hit the Search button (Note that there is a space between the word and asterisk). All the computer related Chinese phrases or sentences will show up.
4. By English Phrases
To search the corresponding Chinese phrases or sentences for an English phrase, enter a phrase, for examples, Chinese food, chicken soup, good luck, etc. and then Click the Search button.
5. By English Sentence Fragments
This is similar to the search by English phrases. Simply enter a sentence fragment, such as, prefer to, might as well, my Chinese teacher, am going to, He is a big boy now etc. The system looks up the Chinese-English dictionary and sentence repository to find corresponding Chinese words and sentences.
6. By Characters
To search English definition and stroke order information for a Chinese character, you can enter a Chinese character to the search box using your favorite Chinese character Input Method Editor(IME), and then hit the Search button. Alternatively, you can copy and paste a Chinese character from other sources, such as files or web pages, and then click the Search button.
7. By Phrases
If you are looking for the example usages of a phrase or idiom, for an example, 动物园(zoo), you can copy and paste (or enter using a IME) the phrase or idiom to the search box and hit the Search button. The search results, if any, will display on the example sentences area.
8. By Sentence Patterns Or Any Sentence Fragments
If you are looking for the example usages of sentence structures or patterns, such as 与其...不如 (instead of..., might as well...), you can copy and paste the patterns into the search box and then hit the search button. Again, the example usages, if any in the system, will show up on the example sentence area. In fact, you can search any entire sentences as well.
9. Import Chinese Text
To load Chinese phrases or words to the stroke animator, copy and paste the Chinese text from files or web sites to the following box, and then hit the Import button. Once the Chinese text is imported, you can watch the writing animations for all the characters and generate writing worksheets for offline practice.
You can look up characters, Chinese sentences or phrases by Pinyin, character radical, English definition, English phrase, English sentence fragment, character itself, Chinese phrase or Chinese sentence fragment. You can also import Chinese text to the animator and then click the characters on the Imported Characters pop-up to study them one by one. After the animation, you can click the Print button on the toolbar to generate character writing worksheets with stroke sequences for offline practice.
1. By Pinyin
To look up a character by Pinyin, enter a Pinyin string, such as wo3 and zhong1, and click the Search button. Use v for ü, for example lv3 for lǚ. Also, the tone numbers, 1,2,3 or 4, are required and they must be at the end of the Pinyin string.
Tip: Wildcard Search You can use a wildcard in your search query when you're unable to find the character you are looking for. Use an asterisk to indicate a wildcard in your search query; the system will then match one or more phrases. For example, the search query jiao4 * (Note that there is a space between the Pinyin and asterisk) returns results containing all of the example phrases containing characters with the pronunciation of jiao4. You can use more than one asterisk in a single search, such as bei3 * xue2 * . You can even mix English with Pinyin in the search query, such as Beijing * da4 xue2 * to search universities in Beijing. After you find the character in the phrases or sentences, you can click the character to view the stroke order animation and other information. The Pinyin in the phrases are hyperlinks. You can click them to listen the pronunnciation. Please note that wildcard searches only work for whole words or Pinyin. Currently, the system doesn't support searches in which an asterisk indicates a fraction or extension of a word. Bei * University will not match Beiing University 2. By Radicals
To look up a character by character radicals, simply click the radical look-up button, which has a magnifier icon, on the toolbar. Radicals are ordered by stroke counts. Once the radical look-up table shows up, click the radical of the character that you are looking for. The system will display the corresponding characters, ordered by stroke counts.
3. By English
To search a character by English, simply type an English definition, such as love and desk, and click the Search button.
Tip: if you cannot find the corresponding Chinese characters, which is common if a single character cannot describe the meaning of the English word, use the powerful Wildcard Search. Say, you are looking for the corresponding characters for computer, you can enter computer * and then hit the Search button (Note that there is a space between the word and asterisk). All the computer related Chinese phrases or sentences will show up.
4. By English Phrases
To search the corresponding Chinese phrases or sentences for an English phrase, enter a phrase, for examples, Chinese food, chicken soup, good luck, etc. and then Click the Search button.
5. By English Sentence Fragments
This is similar to the search by English phrases. Simply enter a sentence fragment, such as, prefer to, might as well, my Chinese teacher, am going to, He is a big boy now etc. The system looks up the Chinese-English dictionary and sentence repository to find corresponding Chinese words and sentences.
6. By Characters
To search English definition and stroke order information for a Chinese character, you can enter a Chinese character to the search box using your favorite Chinese character Input Method Editor(IME), and then hit the Search button. Alternatively, you can copy and paste a Chinese character from other sources, such as files or web pages, and then click the Search button.
7. By Phrases
If you are looking for the example usages of a phrase or idiom, for an example, 动物园(zoo), you can copy and paste (or enter using a IME) the phrase or idiom to the search box and hit the Search button. The search results, if any, will display on the example sentences area.
8. By Sentence Patterns Or Any Sentence Fragments
If you are looking for the example usages of sentence structures or patterns, such as 与其...不如 (instead of..., might as well...), you can copy and paste the patterns into the search box and then hit the search button. Again, the example usages, if any in the system, will show up on the example sentence area. In fact, you can search any entire sentences as well.
9. Import Chinese Text
To load Chinese phrases or words to the stroke animator, copy and paste the Chinese text from files or web sites to the following box, and then hit the Import button. Once the Chinese text is imported, you can watch the writing animations for all the characters and generate writing worksheets for offline practice.
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