Links
Associations
Chinese Language Teachers Association:
Useful links for beginning and intermediate level students
Chinese–English, English–Chinese dictionaries:
- http://www.nciku.com/
- http://www.zhongwen.com/
- http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php
- http://cdict.info/ (Chinese–English–Japanese)
- http://www.chinese-tools.com/
To convert Chinese characters between Traditional and Simplified:
- http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/converter-simptrad.html (Simplified to Traditional)
- http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/converter-tradsimp.html (Traditional to Simplified)
Chinese character stroke order animations:
- http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/character-stroke-order.php?searchChinese=1&zi=%E5%9C%8B
- http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/azi/page1.htm (Chinese characters in alphabetical order)
- http://www.visualmandarin.com/tools/chinese-stroke-order/
To write pinyin with tone marks:
To convert Chinese characters to pinyin:
- Go to www.baidu.com, and search 汉字转拼音, several online apps will appear, choose the one which has ‘Zhuǎn’ on top of the logo.
To annotate texts:
Gateway to Chinese – interactive exercises:
This site offers a collection of free interactive language-learning resources for beginners. Students have the option to practice pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening, and reading skills at their own convenience.
Useful links for advanced level students
To read about current events in the Chinese media:
- Sinanet http://www.sinanet.com/
- Economic Times http://www.caijing.com.cn/
- Reference News ck.jun360.com
- Southern Metropolitan Daily epaper.oeeee.com
To search the internet in Chinese:
- Baidu http://www.baidu.com/
To find etymology of a Chinese character:
- http://www.chineseetymology.org (iphone and android apps available for free download)
To find examples of words or grammar patterns:
- http://ccl.pku.edu.cn:8080/ccl_corpus/index.jsp?dir=xiandai (Corpora of Modern Chinese, Peking University Center for Chinese Linguistics. Corpora size: 477 million Chinese characters)
- http://www.blcu.edu.cn/yys/6_beijing/6_beijing_chaxun.asp (Corpora of vernacular Pekingese, Beijing Language University Center of Linguistics. Transcripts of interviews with 100 local people in the 1980s)
To practice reading:
- http://www.chinesereadingworld.org/ (graded reading materials across various genres from the University of Iowa)
Routledge Chinese Language Learning Companion Websites
Colloquial Chinese 2
http://www.routledgelanguages.com/sites/chinese/main.htm
Speed up your Chinese
Yufa! A Practical Guide to Mandarin Chinese Grammar
http://cw.tandf.co.uk/languages/yufa
The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course: Crossing Cultural Boundaries
http://duke.edu/web/chinesesoc/
The Routledge Intermediate Chinese Reader