cepy-dict 2025.10.2

A sleepy Chinese-english dictionary library

cepy-dict -- A sleepy Chinese-English dictionary in python

Install

The package is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip:

pip install cepy-dict

Usage

This package provides a Chinese-English dictionary which can be loaded in a textual format with a context manager or as an iterator of entries:

Raw Text -- cepy_dict.raw_file:

A context manager which provides a file handle just like with open() would:

import cepy_dict

with cepy_dict.raw_file() as f:
    f.readlines()

Iterator of entries -- cepy_dict.entries:

import cepy_dict

for entry in cepy_dict.entries():
    entry_text, traditional, simplified, pinyin, definitions = entry

By default both of these functions use the built in dictionary, but both can optionally take an argument path which can be a path to any dictionary in the cc-cedict format.

Advanced Tooling

This package only provides very basic tooling. It's main purpose is to be a pip-installable Chinese-English dictionary. For more advanced tools, see the higher level package cepy-tools.

CC-CEDICT

This package includes CC-CEDICT.

CC-CEDICT is a Chinese-English dictionary licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. It is redistributed in this library under the GPLv3, a compatible license.