cmdict ·

cmdict not only is an English-to-Chinese dictionary application with a command-line interface, but also provide out-of-box features like extracting highlighted words from a PDF file. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Additionally, it can be used as a Python package.

How to install

The easiest way is to use Homebrew:

brew install pastydev/cmdict/cmdict

To install it from PyPI:

pip install cmdict

How to use

$ cmdict --help
Usage: cmdict [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  Command line interface.

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  download  Download necessary database before using cmdict.
  extract   Extract highlighted words with specified color in a PDF file.
  scan      Scan all words in a txt file and return search results.
  search    Type in one English word and echo its Chinese translation.

To echo Chinese translation for one or multiple English words.

$ cmdict search apple
--------
apple

    phonetic: 'æpl
    definition:
        - n. fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
        - n. native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
    trans:
        - n. 苹果, 家伙
        - [医] 苹果
    collins: 3
    oxford: 1
    bnc: 2446
    frq: 2695

$ cmdict search apple banana

To extract highlighted words in blue of sample.pdf:

$ cmdict extract sample.pdf --color blue
--------
apple

    phonetic: 'æpl
    definition:
        - n. fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
        - n. native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
    trans:
        - n. 苹果, 家伙
        - [医] 苹果
    collins: 3
    oxford: 1
    bnc: 2446
    frq: 2695

Data support

• skywind3000/ECDICT: a free English to Chinese dictionary database (英中双解词典数据库).

$ cmdict download
--------
Downloading the dictionary...
100%|████████████████████████| 217M/217M [00:29<00:00, 666MiB/s]

cmdict is ready to use!

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