Chinese links
Chinese script |
Free Chinese fonts |
Writing Chinese |
Chinese Radio |
Chinese Newspapers |
Chinese Dictionaries |
Chinese Translation |
Chinese Courses |
Chinese Names |
Chinese Calligraphy |
Chinese Computing |
Chinese Literature |
Chinese Philosophy |
Chinese Forums |
China and Chinese culture |
Language courses for various languages in Chinese |
Miscellaneous
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Chinese script
中国文字研究与应用中心
(Center for the Study of Chinese Characters and Their Applications)http://www.ideograms.org
A history of written Chinesehttp://www.pinyin.info/readings/texts/visible/
Chinese manuscripts - Chinese palaeography and epigraphyhttp://shahon.org
Information about and articles on Chinese characters and the Chinese script:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_character http://www.chinaorbit.com/china-culture/chinese-characters.html https://ltl-school.com/chinese-alphabet/#chapter-9
Pinyin/Zhuyin Converter - converts Chinese characters to pinyin or zhuyinhttp://www.pin1yin1.com
Pinyin Joe's Chinese Computing Help Desk - information and utilities for typing hanzi and pinyin:
http://pinyinjoe.com
Type Chinese onlinehttp://www.i2pinyin.com
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_ChineseTraditional.html http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_ChineseSimplified.html http://www.clearchinese.com/resources/fonts.htm http://www.ibiblio.org/chinesehistory/contents/08fea/c02.html
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Animated Chinese charactershttp://ocrat.com/ocrat/chargif/ http://www.bishun.info http://www.chinesedictionary.org
Videos showing you how to write Chinese characters stroke by strokehttp://www.chineselearner.com/writing/symbol/
Skritter - Learn Chinese Charactershttp://www.skritter.com
Remembr.it Chinese Character Coursehttp://remembr.it/chinese-characters
Remembr.it Chinese Vocabulary Coursehttp://remembr.it/chinese
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Online Chinese radio
Radio in Mandarinhttp://www.cri.com.cn http://fm974.tom.com http://www.radioshanghai.com http://www.cbs.org.tw http://www.bcc.com.tw http://www.vot.com.tw
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mandarin/ http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/
BCC (中國廣播電台) - in Mandarin, Taiwanese and Hakkahttp://www.bcc.com.tw
RTHK (香港電台) - in Cantonesehttp://www.rthk.org.hk
BBC World Service - in Mandarin and Cantonesehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/chinese/
Radio Free Asia - in Mandarin and Cantonesehttp://www.rfa.org/english/
Melody Studio - Mandarin, Taiwanese and Cantonese musichttp://www.melodystudio.com/
London Chinese Radio - in Mandarin and Cantonesehttp://www.londonhuayu.co.uk
Online Chinese newspapers
China
People's Daily (人民日报)http://www.peopledaily.com.cn
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Ming Pao News (明報新聞網)http://www.mingpaonews.com
Apple Daily (蘋果日報)http://www.appledaily.com
Singapore
Lianhe Zaobao (联合早报)http://www.zaobao.com
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Online Chinese dictionaries
Chinese Character dictionaries
http://www.chinalanguage.com/dictionaries/?pageID=Home http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages/sinotibe.html http://www.mandarintools.com/chardict.html http://zhongwen.com http://www.uname.cn/dict/ http://www.kanjinetworks.com
Photo dictionary of rare Chinese characters (with explanations in Japanese)http://homepage2.nifty.com/Gat_Tin/kanji/kaindex.htm
Mandarin dictionaries
http://ce.linedict.com http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php http://www.chinese-dictionary.org http://www.clearchinese.com/chinese-english-dictionary.htm http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Lindict/ http://www.websaru.com http://moosenose.com/speakingpinyin.htm https://www.moedict.tw http://sinographs.kanjinetworks.com http://www.chine-informations.com/mandarin/dictionnaire/ http://www.zhonga.org https://handedict.zydeo.net/ https://app.ninchanese.com/search
MandarinSpot - Chinese-English Dictionary and Annotation toolhttp://mandarinspot.com
Chinese Electronic talking dictionarieshttp://www.ectaco.com
Chinese language resources - information, dictionaries, etchttp://www.chinalanguage.com http://www.easechinese.com
Online Cantonese dictionaryhttp://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/scripts/wordsearch.php http://cn.voicedic.com http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-can/
Online Shanghainese/Wu dictionarieshttp://wu-chinese.com/minidict/search.php
Online Taiwanese dictionarieshttp://twblg.dict.edu.tw/holodict_new/ http://210.240.194.97/TG/jitian/tgjt.asp http://210.240.194.97/q/q.asp http://www.edutech.org.tw/dict/Harnji-gwsuu0.htm http://taigi.fhl.net/dict/ http://www.taiwanesedictionary.org https://www.moedict.tw
Online Hakka dictionaries
https://www.moedict.tw
Online Chinese translation
Online translation from English into Chinese (Simplified & Traditional)
of websites and text: http://www.readworld.com/tran
Chinese characters
Character Mine - program for learning Chinese vocabhttp://www.charactermine.com
Chinese character magnetshttp://www.ideolingo.com/
Online Cantonese lessons
http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/ http://cantonese.ca http://www.learnchineseez.com/lessons/cantonese/ http://www.cantoneseclass101.com http://popupcantonese.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCHbzMoZ_n0 http://polymath.org/cantonese.php
Learn Cantonese with Glossika
Information about Cantonese |
Phrases |
Numbers |
Family words |
Time expressions |
Tower of Babel |
Learning materials
Online Mandarin lessons
http://www.certifiedchinesetranslation.com/learn/online.html http://www.languageguide.org/mandarin/ http://www.chinese-lessons.com http://www.chinese-outpost.com/language/ http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/chinese http://learnchinese.elanguageschool.net http://www.clearchinese.com/learn-chinese/ http://www.effectivelanguage.com/mandarin.html http://www.clearchinese.com http://parlezchinois.free.fr http://www.echineselearning.com http://www.chinese-course.com http://www.chinese-course.org http://www.luomapinyin.com http://www.mychineselessons.com http://www.chineselearningcenter.com http://www.learnchineseez.com http://www.zhongwenred.com http://www.mandarinclickbyclick.com/free-mandarin-lessons.php http://www.echineselanguagelearning.com http://www.graspchinese.com http://langhub.com http://www.chinesetime.cn http://www.mandarinlearn.com http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com http://www.yeschinese.org http://chineseandbeyond.com http://www.123speakchinese.com http://www.chinesewithmike.com http://www.ichinesepodcast.com http://www.chinese-skill.com/cs.html http://howtospeakonline.com http://gopopon.com https://ninchanese.com/
Rocket Chinese |
Learn Chinese from Movies |
Learn Chinese Online with AI Chinese
Learn Mandarin Chinese with Glossika
Find Chinese Tutors, Teachers and Lesson Help
Games to learn Chinese (Mandarin) vocabularyhttp://www.gameslearnchinese.com
Chinese (Mandarin) grammarhttp://chinesegrammar.info http://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Main_Page http://www.chinese-grammar.com/ https://ninchanese.com/chinese-grammar-lessons/
Mandarin phrases (some with audio)http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/ http://www.languageguide.org/mandarin/ http://www.slanguage.com/fun_chinese_mand.html http://www.linguanaut.com/english_chinese.htm http://www.asianhorizons.co.uk/chinese-phrases/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL6C66s10Xirrh1wX1ymtjA
Thinking Chinese - an insiders' look at modern Chinahttp://thinkingchinese.com
Learn Mandarin pronunciationhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/allset-learning-pinyin/id483673874?ls=1&mt=8
Learn Chinese resourceshttp://www.hillslearning.com/resources/learn-chinese/
Learn Chinese from movieshttp://www.learn-chinese-from-movies.com
Popup Chinese - lessons, tools and other resources for learnershttp://popupchinese.com
Kids Chinese Podcast - designed for kids from 5 years old up and adult Chinese
learners to learn Mandarin Chinese:
http://kidschinesepodcast.com
Online resources for learning Mandarinhttp://www.chinesetools.eu
How to Learn Chinese – The FREE Ebookhttp://www.livethelanguage.cn/how-to-learn-chinese
Blogs about learning Mandarin Chinese and living in Chinahttp://www.hackingchinese.com/ http://www.sinosplice.com/ http://chinesehacks.com/ http://eastasiastudent.net/ http://ilearnmandarin.blogspot.com/ http://zhongruige.wordpress.com/ http://sarajaaksola.com/ http://chinese-breeze.com/ http://www.digmandarin.com/ https://www.tutormandarin.net/en/chinese-blog/
Information about Mandarin |
Phrases |
Numbers |
Family words |
Time |
Tongue twisters |
Video lessons |
Tower of Babel |
Articles |
Links |
Learning materials
Online Shanghainese lessons
http://www.fyan8.com/shanghai/ https://www.memrise.com/course/256754/shanghainese-with-audio/ https://mangolanguages.com/available-languages/learn-shanghainese/ https://chinesepod.com/library/courses/shanghainese/13
Information about Shanghainese |
Phrases |
Numbers |
Learning materials
Online Taiwanese lessons
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL41797BA5E0DBB4FD&feature=plcp http://taiwanesevocabulary.wordpress.com/ http://www.taiwanese-oki.idv.tw/ http://taiwanesegrammar.wordpress.com/ http://learntaiwanese.taioaan.org
Learn Taiwanese (Hokkien) with Glossika
Information about Taiwanese |
Phrases |
Numbers |
Family words |
Time expressions |
Tower of Babel |
Learning materials
Other learning resources
Information about China, including language lessonshttp://www.travelchineseonline.com
ChineseBug - flashcard program for learning Mandarinhttp://chinesebug.com
Chinese Writing Master - software that helps you learn how to write Chinese charactershttp://www.cchar.com
Chinese Language Resources - web-based tools plus a text and audio libraryhttp://www.clavisinica.com/resources.html
Chinese Tools - online tools to learn chinese or build chinese websites.
Includes annotation tools, dictionaries, and converters for pinyin, unicode,
traditional and simplified chinese:
http://www.chinese-tools.com
Early Learning - Chinese: Free printable bilingual (English- Mandarin Chinese) materials and tips for
parents, homeschoolers, caregivers, daycare/child-care providers, babysitters,
or anyone who works with young children who are learning chinese/englishhttp://www.earlylearning-chinese.com
Learning Chocolate (巧克力学堂) - free vocabulary games for students to learn Chinese vocabulary online:
http://www.learningchocolate.com/?st_lang=zh-hans
Learn Hakka with Glossika
Learn Chinese OK! Links to free online resources for learning Chinesehttp://www.learnchineseok.com
A collection of Chinese-related linkshttp://www.uni.edu/becker/chinese2.html
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Chinese names
Your name in Chinesehttp://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html http://www.qualitylanguage.com/name_translator.htm http://www.transname.com http://www.cafepress.com/chinesenames/ http://www.chinese-tools.com/names http://www.chinesenames.org http://www.chine-informations.com/fun/chinois/ http://www.cnx-translation.com/your-name-in-chinese.php
Chinese Seals
Chinese calligraphy, translation and design - get your name in beautiful Chinese
calligraphy:
http://www.transname.com
Chinese calligraphy
http://www.chinapage.com/callig1.html http://www.rice-paper.com/uses/calligraphy.html
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Chinese computing
The Complete Guide to Chinese Computinghttp://www.chinesecomputing.com/
Chinese input methods and programshttp://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Chinese-input-methods-for-computer http://www.inputking.com http://www.simo.us
Wenlin Software for Learning Chinesehttp://www.wenlin.com
Taiwanese and Hakka input methodshttp://taigi.fhl.net/TaigiIME/
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中国现代文学馆 (Online museum of contemporary Chinese literature)http://www.wxg.org.cn
The Daodejing (Tao-te-ching) by Laozi (Lao-tzu) in Chinese and Englishhttp://www.chinapage.com/laotze.html
Chinese Text Project - texts of ancient Chinese philosophy onlinehttp://chinese.dsturgeon.net
http://www.chinese-forums.com http://www.omnitalk.com
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Information about China and Chinese culture
Interesting Chinese - information about Chinese language, history and culturehttp://www.interestingchinese.com
Mysterious China - information about Chinese history, culture, food, etc.http://www.mysteriouschina.com
Chinese culture - information about Chinese culture and festivalshttp://www.gatewaychina.net/chinese.htm
China Travel Tourism - information about travel and scenic spots in Chinahttp://www.chinatraveltourism.com
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Language courses for various languages in Chinese
阿拉伯语课 (Arabic Lessons)http://duanyu.org/arabic.php
丹麦语文课 (Danish Lessons)http://duanyu.org/danish.php
荷兰语课 (Dutch Lessons)http://duanyu.org/dutch.php
英语课 (English Lessons)http://duanyu.org/english.php
芬兰语课 (Finnish Lessons)http://duanyu.org/finnish.php
法语课 (French Lessons)http://duanyu.org/french.php
德语课 (German Lessons)http://duanyu.org/german.php
希腊语课 (Greek Lessons)http://duanyu.org/greek.php
意大利语课 (Italian Lessons)http://duanyu.org/italian.php
挪威语课 (Norwegian Lessons)http://duanyu.org/norwegian.php
俄语课 (Russian Lessons)http://duanyu.org/russian.php
西班牙语课 (Spanish Lessons)http://duanyu.org/spanish.php
泰语课 (Thai Lessons)http://duanyu.org/thai.php
土耳其语课 (Turkish Lessons)http://duanyu.org/turkish.php
越南语课 (Vietnamese Lessons)http://duanyu.org/vietnamese.php
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Miscellaneous
Chinese character sudokuhttp://pinyinsudoku.blogspot.com
CUCAS - China's University and College Admission Systemhttp://www.cucas.edu.cn
Information about China, and resources for learning Chinesehttp://www.chinese-tools.com
Free Chinese New Year E-cardshttp://www.chinesenewyearecards.com http://www.123greetings.com/events/chinese_new_year/
Information about other scripts used in China (in Chinese)http://yeats1103.pixnet.net/blog/post/22314508 http://big5.huaxia.com/zhwh/wmty/2009/02/1303845.html
Recommended books
Books about Chinese characters and calligraphy Classical Chinese,
Mandarin, Shanghainese, Hokkien, Taiwanese and Cantonese
Dungan ,
Cantonese ,
Fuzhounese ,
Gan ,
Hakka ,
Mandarin ,
Puxian ,
Shanghainese ,
Taiwanese ,
Teochew ,
Wenzhounese ,
Xiang
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Links pages
Links for individual languages
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