Cedict Dictionary

Getting started with the Cedcit Dictionary here.

Getting started

To start use the Cedict dictionary library you need to install the package with npm or yarn at your root project :

npm install @tykok/cedict-dictionary

yarn add @tykok/cedict-dictionary

Cedict

To use the Cedict class, you simply need to import it from @tykok/cedict-dictionary.

import Cedict from '@tykok/cedict-dictionary'

Next, you can use some function like getByTraditional() for example. With that method you can retrieve a traditional character.

For example with :

console.log(Cedict.getByTraditional('上天入地'))

You will get :

    { 
        traditional: "上天入地", 
        simplified: "上天入地", 
        pinyin: "shang4", 
        english: "lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)/fig. to go to great lengths/to search heaven and earth/" 
    }

You have others methods like :

• getByEnglish()
• getByPinyin()
• getBySimplified()

All this methods are static, and you can use it directly with the Cedict class.

ChineseWord

ChineseWord is the type returned by all methods in Cedict class.

⚠️ Be care, all this methods can return undefined value too.

This class have 4 string properties are :

• traditional : The traditional chinese character.
• simplified : The simplified chinese character.
• pinyin : The representation of the intonation of the word in Chinese.
• english : Are the traduction of the current chinese word.