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zimai: A Chinese Dictionary Built Around Connections

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A searchable Chinese dictionary linking words and characters with readings, usage, character components, and classical texts.

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For: Chinese learners and readers exploring character relationships
Worth noticing: The homepage lists 8,243 characters and 125,400 words, with both traditional and simplified forms represented.

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The interface accepts Chinese, tone-marked pinyin, English, and Jyutping searches, and offers radical browsing alongside dictionary entries. Entry views are organized around definitions and usage, character components, Mandarin tones, contextual sentences, connected words, and classical-text readings. The homepage also exposes character and word indexes and labels a set of 32 research dossiers; visible examples include traditional and simplified variants.

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