Purpose
WantWords (formerly WanCiWang) is a reverse dictionary system. Its core purpose is to help users find words by describing meanings, rather than looking up definitions by words. It supports Chinese queries and Chinese-English cross-language queries, meaning users can use Chinese descriptions to find English words, or English descriptions to find Chinese words. This tool is produced by the Natural Language Processing Laboratory of Tsinghua University and is implemented based on artificial intelligence and natural language processing algorithms.
Main Capabilities
- Reverse word lookup: Retrieve corresponding words by entering a description of the meaning.
- Cross-language queries: Support Chinese and Chinese-English cross-language queries, including an English reverse dictionary and an English-Chinese reverse dictionary.
- Material library: A new feature launched in response to demand. Its core function is to enter words or phrases to find example sentences. It can find high-quality official document example sentences from authoritative sources such as People's Daily and "Xuexi Qiangguo", and it also includes a collection of high-quality official document antithetical couplets and parallel sentences.
How to Use
Visit the official website wantwords.net to use it. In the reverse dictionary, enter text describing the meaning to look up words. The material library feature finds example sentences by entering words or phrases.
Related Products
The team's new product "YuJing" has been officially released. It is positioned as a personalized information assistant, with the goal of making users 10 times more efficient. Features include: subscribing to topics of interest (for example, "the latest AI products") and tracking related articles from specified websites and official accounts; AI aggregation and summarization features, allowing users to view the hot topics they care about in 1 minute and finish reading a 10,000-word long article in 5 minutes. The YuJing APP is currently completely free and can be downloaded by scanning the QR code or searching for "YuJing" in major app stores.
Applicable Scenarios
Suitable for writing, translation, language learning, and other scenarios that require finding appropriate words according to semantics; the material library is suitable for finding authoritative example sentences, antithetical couplets, and parallel sentences during official document writing. YuJing is suitable for users who need to efficiently obtain and aggregate information.
Limitations
The materials do not provide information about WantWords' charges, pricing, specific platform support, performance data, etc. The specific platform support and future charging policies of the YuJing APP are not provided for now.
