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Example queries: hello, nihao, ni3hao3, 你好, rest*, zei*, *zei*, *茶, 英*公司, chinese *文, "to rest", bill -gates

Pinyin words should be entered without spaces, either with or without tone numbers: ni3hao3 or nihao.

The character ü can be entered as v instead.

The asterisk character * can be used as a wildcard to match zero or more characters:

rest* will match any word starting with rest, such as restaurant or restrain

*文 will match any word ending with 文, such as 中文 or 英文

b*g will match any word starting with b and ending with g, such as big or boring

*中国* will match any word containing 中国, such as 传统中国医药 or 中国人民

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"to rest" will only match entries where to and rest directly follow eachother

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bill -gates will only match entries matching bill but without gates

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Mandarin pronunciation:

pin1yin1

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pīn​yīn​

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ㄅㄆㄇㄈ

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āáǎàa

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Yale

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Jyutping

Yale Cantonese:

a5

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áh

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SimplifiedPīnyīnEnglish Definition TraditionalHSK污wū​ *污* | 污* | *污dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth 污wū​ *污* | 污* | *污variant of 污 汙污wū​ *污* | 污* | *污variant of 污 汚

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