CFDICT is a free downloadable Chinese to English database dictionary with pronunciation in pinyin for the Chinese characters.
CFDICT is based on the CC-CEDICT project started in 1997 by Paul Denisowski himself inspired by the Japanese project - English EDICT.
In 2009 "Chine Informations" began to build this database.
This project is distributed under a "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported".
The basic format of the XML encoded file of CFDICT is :
<word>
<id>unique ID </id>
<upd>Unix time of last edition</upd>
<trad>Traditionnal Chinese</traditional>
<simp>Simplified Chinese</simp>
<py>pin1 yin1</py>
<trans>
<fr><![CDATA[[French equivalent 1]]></fr>
<fr><![CDATA[[French equivalent 2]]></fr>
...
</trans>
</word>
...
The basic format of the UTF-8 encoded file of CFDICT is :
Traditional Simplified [Pin1 Yin1] /French equivalent 1/French equivalent 2/