Laowai

Laowai · Open data

Open Chinese dictionaries

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CC-CEDICT

Chinese–English

The original CC-CEDICT dictionary, maintained by the community and published by MDBG.

CC-CEDICT · TXT.gz
CC BY-SA 4.0

Chinese–Ukrainian

The current public source refresh contains 122,291 qualified Ukrainian translations. New Laowai contributions are proposed in a separate review branch.

New Ukrainian contribution

As of 29 October 2026, the contribution proposes 3,186 translations: 3,020 for currently held records and 166 alternatives. It does not overwrite the current release.

CFDICT + Laowai

Chinese–French

123,630 articles: 58,130 retained CFDICT translations and 65,500 additional translations independently reviewed by another AI agent.

View on GitHubView the French draft contribution

A draft pull request proposes 427 additional independently AI-reviewed French entries; the proposed compilation would contain 124,057 entries. It has not been merged.

CFDICT / Chine Informations

What “reviewed” means

New translations were written with GPT-6.1 Terra and checked by a different AI agent against the source entry. This is AI review, not new human validation or a measured accuracy score. Retained source text has its own status.

These are dictionary data files for developers and researchers. They contain no personal study data, HSK list memberships, lessons or audio. They are separate from downloadable language packs in the app.

Sources & repositories

Keep the source credits and licence when sharing or adapting. CC-CEDICT uses CC BY-SA 4.0. CFDICT originally uses CC BY-SA 3.0; its source notices are retained in the French compilation, whose adaptations use CC BY-SA 4.0.

Format, method and checksums are documented in each repository.