Chinese Dictionaries

Here are the online Chinese Dictionaries I recommend. The 1st and and 2nd are with Pinyin & Zhuyin(bopomofo) input system, also simplified and traditional Chinese. You can use Chinese to search English and vice versa.

1. ChineseTools.eu:

• simple and tidy results
• Using colors to mark tones

2. Mandarin Spot：

• tidy layout
• more collocations

3. 萌典：

• basically traditional Chinese only, suits people who can read characters (Simplified Chinese see the last point) 
• search tool accepts "PinYin and Character", but no ZhuYin or English input
• demonstrating the origin, the stroke order and the calligraphy of characters
• supports APP on iOS/Android
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English/Chinese Dictionary APPs on iOS/Android

1. PLECO (free) for other devices see their website

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• Handy on your mobile devices
• Both simplified and traditional
• Pinyin / Characters / English input
• With pronunciation