WantWords Overview

WantWords Reverse Dictionary, a tool developed by the Natural Language Processing Laboratory (THUNLP) at Tsinghua University’s Department of Computer Science.

WantWords Highlights

Chinese Reverse Dictionary: Users can input a meaning and the system will return related words. Users can filter by part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, idiom, etc.) and sort by relevance, pinyin, total strokes, and other criteria.

English Reverse Dictionary: Offers reverse dictionary functionality for English, allowing users to find corresponding English words or phrases based on their meanings.

Chinese-English Reverse Dictionary: Supports reverse queries between Chinese and English, enabling users to find corresponding English words or phrases by inputting a Chinese meaning.

Idiom Pinyin: Provides pinyin and reverse pinyin search for idioms.