This is a simple Node console app that converts the CC-CEDICT Chinese-English dictionary format file into a JSON file that can be used to easily create a MongoDB database, or for any other purpose.
CC-CEDICT is a dictionary project that provides English definitions and Pinyin pronunciations for Chinese words and phrases.
You can download CC-CEDICT's data here. The format of the data is described here.
- Download and install Node.js
- Clone the repository:
git clone git@github.com:kevinkyang/CEDICT2JSON.git - Download CC-CEDICT data file, and extract it into the CEDICT2JSON directory
- Run the program:
- In the console, run:
node cedict2json.js- This assumes that the CC-CEDICT file has the default filename,
cedict_ts.u8 - The resulting JSON is written to
cedict.json
- This assumes that the CC-CEDICT file has the default filename,
- Options:
- Specify a different cedict input file:
node cedict2json.js inputFilename - Specify a different output file:
node cedict2json.js inputFilename outputFilename - Specify JSON pretty-print (the file is more readable, at a cost of a larger file):
node cedict2json.js inputFilename outputFilename -p
- Specify a different cedict input file:
- In the console, run:
This program is licensed under the MIT License. For more info, see the LICENSE file.
CC-CEDICT is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. You must give proper attribution and license any changes or improvements to the data under the same license.