National Academy for Educational Research
The National Academy for Educational Research in Taiwan makes available six online dictionaries of traditional Chinese: A Concise Chinese Character Dictionary (國語小字典) New Chinese Dictionary (revised edition) (重編國語辭典修訂本) Shorter Chinese Dictionary (國語辭典簡編本) Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (異體字字典) Chinese Idiom Dictionary (成語典) English-Chinese Bilingual Dictionary & Database for Proper Names and Academic Terms (雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網)...
Contemporary Chinese Dictionary
现代汉语词典 (Xiandai Hanyu Cidian/Contemporary Chinese Dictionary) Contemporary Chinese Dictionary, now in its 6th edition in 2012, is a Chinese language dictionary compiled by the Institute of Linguistics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and published by the Commercial Press. Different from Xinhua Zidian, which mainly contains entries of characters, the entries in Contemporary...
Character Dictionary
新华字典 (Xinhua Zidian/Xinhua Character Dictionary) Xinhua Zidian, or Xinhua Character Dictionary is a long-time best seller dictionary of simplified Chinese, which is compiled by the Institute of Linguistics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and published by the Commercial Press. The latest version is the 11th edition published in 2011. A dozen free...
MDBG Dictionary
The MDBG Dictionary is an online dictionary which offers a word dictionary, a character dictionary, and a translation tool (machine translation!). The word dictionary allows you to query in a variety of ways. Here is are some examples from the site: hello, nihao, ni3hao3, 你好, rest*, zei*, *zei*, *茶, 英*公司, chinese *文, “to rest”,...
Pleco
Pleco is designed to help learn vocabulary. It functions as a dictionary and a translator. Pleco also allows users to look up a Chinese word by scanning an image and by drawing on the screen. More than a dozen dictionaries are embedded in the software. Some of the dictionary resources are free of charge,...