Chinese Learning Resources

Chinese Toolbox is designed to keep you reading, but no single program needs to do everything. These established resources are useful when you want another dictionary, deeper character information, or more Chinese texts to explore.

Dictionaries and character references

• MDBG Chinese DictionaryA browser-based Chinese–English dictionary built around the community-maintained CC-CEDICT data.
• CC-CEDICTThe open Chinese–English dictionary project whose data has long supported Chinese Toolbox and many other learning tools.
• Taiwan Ministry of Education Revised Mandarin DictionaryAn authoritative Traditional Chinese reference with searches by Chinese, Bopomofo, and Hanyu Pinyin.
• PlecoA comprehensive mobile Chinese dictionary and reference application for iOS and Android.

Chinese reading

• Chinese Text ProjectAn open-access digital library of pre-modern Chinese texts for readers and researchers.

How this list is maintained

These are independent resources, not paid placements. Older software-directory links have been removed because many no longer represented a current or reliable way to obtain Chinese Toolbox.