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English <> Mandarin Chinese
& Charcter Pronunciation, Annotation Tools, etc.
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

English <> Cantonese Chinese
& Charcter Pronunciation, Annotation Tools, etc.
(Text, Images & Audio/Sound)

English <> Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Wu Chinese & Hakka Chinese
& Charcter Pronunciation, Annotation Tools, etc.
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

English <> Mandarin Chinese, Wu Chinese & Shanghai Chinese (Shanghainese) Dictionaries
& English <> Mandarin Chinese & Shanghai (Shanghainese) Dictionaries
(Text, Images & Audio/Sound)

English <> Mandarin Chinese and English to other Languages

Mandarin Chinese <> Arabic, Catalan, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Swedish, etc.

English <> Mandarin Chinese Medical Dictionaries

Mandarin Chinese Dictionaries ~ Taiwanese Mandarin Dictionaries

Wu Chinese Dictionaries

Min Chinese & Min Nan Chinese Dictionaries

Teochew Chinese Dictionaries & Lessons (Chaozhou, Diojiu)

English <> Mandarin Chinese & English to other Languages:
Word, Text & Website (URL's) Translation

Mandarin Chinese Word, Phrase & Text-to-Speech (TTS)
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants ~ Kangxi Character Dictionary

Comparative Database of Chinese Dialects
(Beijing, Jinan, Xi'an, Taiyuan, Hankou, Chengdu, Yangzhou,
Suzhou, Wenzhou, Changsha, Shuangfeng, Nanchang, Meixian,
Guangzhou, Xiamen, Chaozhou, Fuzhou, Shanghai, Zhongyuan yinyun)

Etymological Dictionary of Common Chinese Characters
with Mandarin & Middle Chinese Pronunciation

Old Chinese Phonology

CANTONESE CHINESE COURSES, LESSONS, ETC.

FIRST YEAR CANTONESE CHINESE
Courses, Lessons, etc.
including Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Grammar, Keyboards, etc.
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED CANTONESE CHINESE
Courses, Lessons, etc.
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

MANDARIN CHINESE COURSES, LESSONS, ETC.

BASIC MANDARIN CHINESE
Courses, Lessons, etc. including Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Grammar,
Basic Chinese Character Strokes, Chinese Keyboard,
Chinese Numbers, Your Name in Chinese, etc.
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

MANDARIN CHINESE CHARACTER TESTS

FIRST YEAR MANDARIN CHINESE
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

First Year Courses ~ First Year Lessons & Conversation Lessons

Chinese Keyboards

First Year Grammar Courses & Lessons ~ First Year Pronunciation, Tone, Phonetics Courses & Lessons

First Year Chinese Characters Courses & Lessons ~ First Year Vocabulary Tests

First Year Reading Courses & Lessons ~ First Year Sentence Patterns Courses & Lessons

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED MANDARIN CHINESE
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

Intermediate & Advanced Mandarin Chinese Courses

Chinese Idioms ~ Interediate Chinese Pronunciation, Tone, Phonetics Courses & Lessons

Intermediate Chinese Characters Courses

CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

CHINESE LITERATURE & CHINESE POETRY
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

CHINESE PROVERBS

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English ~ Indigenous Languages ~ Sign Language & Braille

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English <> Mandarin Chinese Language Dictionaries with Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound

"CHINESE-ENGLISH" "ENGLISH-CHINESE" (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - MDBG (xuezhongwen.net) Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary
"...Definitions in English; Mandarin pinyin; Traditional Chinese & Traditional Chinese Simplified variant..."
Click on Traditional Chinese Character and it will show
"...(1) How to write the Mandarin Chinese Character
(2) Character pronunciation Mandarin pinyin tones; Yale tones; Jyutping tones..."
MDBG also includes
"...Mandarin Chinese Character Dictionary;
Mandarin Chinese Radical - Mandarin Chinese Strokes;
Translate Mandarin Chinese;
Type Mandarin Chinese;
Mandarin Chinese Tools; etc..."
For more information see MDBG

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Chinese-Tools, JAZAR (UK) Ltd Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary & Audio Pronunciation for each Chinese Word (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Chinese-Tools also includes
"...Mandarin Chinese Courses;
Mandarin Chinese Calligraphy;
Mandarin Chinese Name Translation;
Mandarin Chinese Editor;
Mandarin Chinese Annotation Tool;
Mandarin Chinese Converters for Pinyin; etc..."
Includes Audio Pronunciation for each Mandarin Chinese Word.
For more information see JAZAR (UK) Ltd

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" - Popup Chinese, Language Systems, Ltd. Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary allows you to search by
"...English, Simplified, Traditional, Pinyin Mandarin Chinese, by Radical or by Stroke Count..."
Popup Chinese also include
"...Basic, First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Lessons..."
For more information see Popup Chinese

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Author: Richmond (Rick) Harbaugh, Business Economics and Public Policy, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Published by Zhongwen.com, distributed by Yale University Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Zhongwen also includes
"...Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation;
Mandarin Chinese Radical - Mandarin Chinese Stroke Count;
Mandarin Chinese Literature;
Mandarin Chinese Poetry;
Mandarin Chinese Specialized Vocabulary; etc..."

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" - nciku.com Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary also includes
"...Mandarin Chinese Conversation Lesson;
Mandarin Chinese Theme Words; etc..."

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - YellowBridge Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
YellowBridge Dictionary includes
"...Traditional & Pinyin, Character Detail, Character Etymology, Stoke Order..."
YellowBridge also includes
"...Mandarin Chinese Text Annotator;
Online Mandarin Chinese Reading Center;
Introduction to Pinyin;
Zhuyin to Pinyin Converter;
Mandarin Chinese Radicals; etc..."
For more information see YellowBridge

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - E. E. Peterson, On-line Chinese Tools, mandarintools.com Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary - Traditional, Simplified & Pinyin (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
On-line Chinese Tool also includes
"...Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation;
Mandarin Chinese Character Strokes;
Mandarin Chinese Flashcards;
Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Converter;
Mandarin Chinese Culture;
Western-Chinese Calendar Converter;
Mandarin Chinese Measurements;
Mandarin Chinese Numbers; etc..."
For more information see On-line Chinese Tools

English <> Cantonese Chinese Dictionaries

"ENGLISH-CANTONESE CHINESE" "CANTONESE CHINESE-ENGLISH" (QUICKTIME) - A. Sheik Multimedia English <> Cantonese Chinese Dictionary (Text, Images, & Audio/Sound).
Learn Cantonese also includes
"...Cantonese Chinese Courses (Introduction & 1st Year);
Cantonese Chinese Sentences with English Translation;
Cantonese Chinese Poetry; etc..."
For more information see Learn Cantonese or Adam Sheik's Home Page

"ENGLISH-CANTONESE CHINESE" "CANTONESE CHINESE-ENGLISH" (WAV.) - Lin Yutang, Humanities Computing and Methodology Programme, Research Institute for the Humanities (RIH), Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Multimedia English <> Cantonese Chinese Dictionary - A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). For more information see Electronic References or Humanum

Examples of "A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect" Categories include

Cantonese Chinese Tables of Radicals

Cantonese Chinese Characters According to Number of Strokes

Cantonese Chinese Characters According to Frequency Rank

CHINESE CHARACTER DATABASE: WITH WORD-FORMATIONS PHONOLOGICALLY DISAMBIGUATED ACCORDING TO THE CANTONESE DIALECT (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Humanities Computing and Methodology Programme, Research Institute for the Humanities (RIH), Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Multimedia Cantonese Chinese Character Database (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Chinese Character Database
"...This fully revised and expanded database covering the complete Big5 Chinese character set is now the most comprehensive syllabary of the Cantonese dialect on the Internet..."
"...Besides pronunciations, typical word-forms or vocabularies are provided for every character in this database. These word-forms are grouped with respect to the proper pronunciation(s) of the respective head characters so that users can disambiguate polyphonic characters that are phonologically ambiguous. In cases where common vocabularies are not readily available, brief remarks or explanations will be given..."
It supports up to seven transciption (romanization) schemes of the Cantonese dialect. Users can switch from one scheme to the other wherever necessary..."
Cantonese Chinese Character Database includes
"...Cantonese Finals;
Cantonese Syllables;
Cantonese Chinese Radical Index;
Cantonese Chinese Character Tables; etc..."
For more information see Electronic References or Humanum

English <> Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Wu Chinese & Hakka Chinese Dictionaries

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE, CANTONESE CHINESE, WU CHINESE & HAKKA CHINESE" "CANTONESE CHINESE, MANDARIN CHINESE, WU CHINESE & HAKKA CHINESE-ENGLISH" (QUICKTIME) - T. Chin, Chineselanguage.org Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Wu Chinese, Hakka Chinese Dictionary (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
English <> Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Wu Chinese, Hakka Chinese Dictionary
"...A Chinese-English dictionary of Chinese characters based on major modern and classical lexicographical sources. Includes pronunciations for Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, and other Chinese languages in mostly used phonetic systems...."
"...Allows characters to be found by English, Mandarin, Cantonese or Hakka pronunciation, radical and stroke count, four corner, and other indexing systems..."
For more information see Chineselanguage.org

English <> Mandarin Chinese, Wu Chinese & Shanghai Chinese (Shanghainese) Dictionaries
& English <> Mandarin Chinese & Shanghai Chinese (Shanghainese)

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN-WU-SHANGHAI (SHANGHAINESE)" "SHANGHAI (SHANGHAINESE)-WU-MANDARIN-ENGLISH" - Nolsen Dedon, Ltd., Xinyi District of Taipei, Taiwan English <> Mandarin <> Wu <> Shanghai (Shanghainese) Dictionary (Text & Images). For more information see Wu Dictionary Reference or Nolsen Dedon, Ltd.

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN-SHANGHAI (SHANGHAINESE)" "SHANGHAI (SHANGHAINESE)-MANDARIN-ENGLISH" - Author: D. Chung, Chunhong Gu Chung, Sunnyvale, California Multimedia English <> Mandarin <> Shanghai (Shanghainese) Dictionary (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
English <> Mandarin <> Shanghai (Shanghainese) Dictionary also includes
"...Shanghai dialect Initial Consonant & Vowel (Simple/Compound) Audio Pronunciation;

English <> Mandarin Chinese and English to other Languages

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" AND CHINESE, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, POLISH, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN & SPANISH - Collins, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, U.K & using Lexibase Technology, Softissimo, Paris, France Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary & English to other Languages (Text & Images).
Also includes Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus.
For more information see Softissimo or Collins

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" AND CHINESE, ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, MALAY & VIETNAMESE - The Papillon Project, Mathieu Mangeot, NII & Gilles Sérasset, GETA-CLIPS Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary & English to other Languages (Text & Images).

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" AND ARABIC, BULGARIAN, CHINESE, CZECH, ENGLISH, ESTONIAN, FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, NEDERLANDS, NORWEGIAN, POLISH, PORTUGUESE, ROMANIAN, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, SWEDISH & TURKISH - Alexandria Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary & English to other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Memodata

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" AND ENGLISH <> ALBANIAN, ARABIC, BULGARIAN, CHINESE TRADITIONAL, CROATIAN, CZECH, DUTCH, ESTONIAN, FINNISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, HEBREW, HUNGARIAN, INDONESIAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, LATVIAN, LITHUANIAN, PERSIAN (FARSI), POLISH, PORTUGUESE, ROMANIAN, RUSSIAN, SERBIAN, SLOVAK, SPANISH, SWEDISH, TAGALOG, THAI, TURKISH, UKRAINIAN, VIETNAMESE & YIDDISH - Ectaco Corporate Center, N.Y. Multimedia English <> Chinese Dictionary & English to other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Online Dictionaries; Ectaco U.K. or Ectaco U.S.

Mandarin Chinese to other Languages

"MANDARIN CHINESE <> CATALAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, POLISH, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN & SPANISH" - JAZAR (UK) Ltd Multimedia Mandarin Chinese <> Catalan, English, French, German, Italian Polish, Portuguese, Russian & Spanish with Audio Pronunciation for each Chinese Word (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). For more information see Chinese-Tools or JAZAR (UK) Ltd

"MANDARIN CHINESE-GERMAN (DEUTSCH)" "GERMAN (DEUTSCH)-MANDARIN CHINESE" - Chinaboard.de, Chinesisch-Deutsche Gesellschaft e.V. Homburg, Germany Multimedia German <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
German <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary also includes
"...Mandarin Chinese Character Dictionary;
Mandarin Chinese Writing Exercises; etc..."

"MANDARIN CHINESE <> ARABIC, BULGARIAN, CZECH, ENGLISH, ESTONIAN, FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, NEDERLANDS, NORWEGIAN, POLISH, PORTUGUESE, ROMANIAN, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, SWEDISH & TURKISH" - Alexandria Multimedia Mandarin Chinese to Other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Memodata

English <> Mandarin Chinese Medical Dictionaries

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" MEDICAL DICTIONARY - Wong Kia Boon, Esaurus.org, Singapore Multimedia English <> Chinese Mandarin Medical Dictionary (Text & Images).
English <> Mandarin Chinese Medical Dictionary
"...seeks to translate medical terms to the Chinese versions most widely accepted by healthcare professionals in PRC, based chiefly on an up-to-date review of published medical literature in mainland China..."
English <> Mandarin Chinese Medical Dictionary also includes
"...English <> Mandarin Chinese Generic Drug Names..."

Mandarin Chinese Dictionaries

MANDARIN CHINESE DICTIONARY - JAZAR (UK) Ltd Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (Text & Images).
Mandarin Chinese Dictionary includes
"...more than 90,000 entries...all the definitions are given in Mandarin Chinese..."
For more information see Dictionaries; Chinese-Tools or JAZAR (UK) Ltd

Taiwanese Mandarin Dictionaries

TAIWANESE MANDARIN DICTIONARY - Peh-oe-ji Tai-gu-bu bang-cham (Written Taiwanese Southern-Min), Taiwan Multimedia Taiwanese Mandarin Dictionary (Text & Images). For more information see Ungian Homepage or Peh-oe-ji Tai-gu-bu bang-cham (Written Taiwanese Southern-Min)

Wu Chinese Dictionaries

WU CHINESE DICTIONARY - Wu Chinese Association Multimedia Wu Chinese Dictionary (Text & Images) For more information see the Wu Chinese Association

Min Chinese & Min Nan Chinese Dictionaries

Spoken in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China

DICTIONARY OF QUANZHOU SPEECH - Hosted by: Department of Computer Science, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA Multimedia Dictionary of Quanzhou Speech (Text & Images).

Teochew Chinese Dictionaries & Lessons (Chaozhou, Diojiu)

Spoken in the Chaoshan Region, Guangdong Province, China

DIOJIU DICTIONARY (TEOCHEW DICTIONARY) - Gaginag Organization Multimedia Diojiu Dictionary - Teochew Dictionary (Text & Images). For more information see Gaginag

TEOCHEW LESSONS - Thomas Tsoi Multimedia Teochew Lessons (Text & Images).
Examples of Teochew Lessons include
"...Teochew Phonology;
Teochew Tones;
Teochew Vocabulary; etc..."
For more information see Thomas Tsoi's Home Page

English <> Mandarin Chinese Word, Text & Website (URL's) Translation

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" AND CHINESE, DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN & SPANISH AND FRENCH <> DUTCH, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE & SPANISH - Babel Fish, Yahoo Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Word, Chinese Text & Chinese Website Translation & Other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Yahoo

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" AND CHINESE, ENGLISH, DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, KOREAN, JAPANESE, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN & SPANISH - Lexico Publishing Group, LLC Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Word, Chinese Text & Chinese Website Translation & Other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Dictionary.com

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" AND CHINESE, ENGLISH, DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, NORWEGIAN, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN, & SPANISH - SDL International Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Word, Chinese Text & Chinese Website Translation & Other Languages (Text & Images).

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" AND ARABIC, CHINESE, DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, SWEDISH; AND FRENCH <> DUTCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE & SPANISH - Systran S.A. Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Word, Chinese Text & Chinese Website Translation & Other sLanguages (Text & Images). For more information see Systran

"MANDARIN CHINESE TO ENGLISH" AND ENGLISH <> JAPANESE, JAPANESE TO GERMAN - POPjisyo.com, Michael Foster Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Word, Chinese Text & Chinese Website Translation & Other Languages (Text & Images).

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" AND ARABIC, CHINESE, DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN & SPANISH AND FRENCH <> DUTCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE & SPANISH - Applied Language Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Word, Chinese Text & Chinese Website Translation & Other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Applied Language

Also includes

Email Translation

Language Identifier

"ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE" "MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH" AND MANDARIN CHINESE & ENGLISH TO OVER "36" OTHER LANUAGES - Google Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Word, Text & Website Translation and English & Mandarin Chinese to over "36" other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Google

Mandarin Chinese Word, Phrase & Text Pronunciation (Text-to-Speech) with Text, Images & Audio/Sound

WORD OR TEXT-TO-SPEECH: "CHINESE" AND WORD OR TEXT-TO-SPEECH FOR "CHINESE, ENGLISH, KOREAN, JAPANESE & PORTUGUESE" - Beijing InfoQuick SinoVoice Speech Technology Corp. (SinoVoice), Beijing, China Multimedia Chinese Text-To-Speech (TTS) & Other Languages (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). For more information see SinoVoice

WORD OR TEXT-TO-SPEECH: "MANDARIN CHINESE" - MALE AND/OR FEMALE VOICES AND WORD OR TEXT-TO-SPEECH FOR "BASQUE, CATALAN, CHINESE, CZECH, DANISH, DUTCH, ENGLISH, FRENCH, GALICIAN, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, NORWEGIAN, POLISH, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, SWEDISH, TURKISH & VALENCIAN - Oddcast Inc. Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Text-To-Speech (TTS) & Other Languages (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). For more information see Text-to-Speech (TTS) or Oddcast Inc.

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants

DICTIONARY OF CHINESE CHARACTER VARIANTS - Department of Chinese, National Taiwan Normal University, and the Ministry of Education, Taiwan Government Multimedia Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (Text & Images).
In Chinese.
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants
"...contains over 100,000 character variants..."

Kangxi Character Dictionary

KANGXI CHARACTER DICTIONARY - Kangxizidian, First published in 1716, Based on a reprint of the Tongwen Shuju Edition (1895-97) Multimedia Kangxi Character Dictionary (Text & Images).
In Chinese.
Kangxi Character Dictionary
"...includes 47.000+ Characters in the Dictionary..."

Comparative Database of Chinese Dialects

A COMPARATIVE DATABASE OF CHINESE DIALECTS - William S. Wang and Chin-Chuan Cheng, City University of Hong Kong & the University of California, Berkeley, Modified for HTML presentation & StarLing database server by S. Starostin, CGI scripts by Y. Bronnikov and hosted by The Tower of Babel Multimedia Comparative Chinese Dialects Database (Text & Images).
Comparative Chinese Dialects include:
"...Beijing, Jinan, Xi'an, Taiyuan, Hankou, Chengdu, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Wenzhou, Changsha, Shuangfeng, Nanchang, Meixian, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Chaozhou, Fuzhou, Shanghai, Zhongyuan yinyun..."
For more information see Etymological Databases; Evolution of Human Language Project or the The Tower of Babel Home Page

Etymological Dictionary of Common Chinese Characters with Mandarin & Middle Chinese Pronunciation

AN ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF COMMON CHINESE CHARACTERS - B. Baxter, Center for Chinese Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan Multimedia Etymological Dictionary of Common Chinese Characters with Mandarin & Middle Chinese Pronunciation - PDF (Text & Images).
An Etymological Dictionary of Common Chinese Characters
"...contains entries for something over 5,000 common Chinese characters. Each entry gives the standard Mandarin pronunciation in pinyin romanization... a character in its traditional, simplified, and (in most cases) Japanese forms, and its pronunciation in Middle Chinese..."
For more information see Bill Baxter’s Home Page; Center for Chinese Studies; Asian Languages and Cultures or the Department of Linguistics

Old Chinese Phonology

A HANDBOOK OF OLD CHINESE PHONOLOGY - B. Baxter, Center for Chinese Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan Multimedia Old Chinese Phonology Book - 905 Pages (Text & Images).
Examples of A Handbook of Old Chinese Phonology Chapters include
"...The Middle Chinese Phonological System;
Rhymes as Evidence in Historical Phonology;
Traditional Research on Old Chinese Rhyming;
The Old Chinese Syllable: An Overview;
The Old Chinese syllable: Medials and Main Vowels;
New Rhyme Categories for Old Chinese; etc..."
For more information see Bill Baxter’s Home Page; Center for Chinese Studies; Asian Languages and Cultures or the Department of Linguistics

CANTONESE CHINESE COURSES, LESSONS, ETC.

FIRST YEAR CANTONESE CHINESE

First Year Cantonese Chinese Courses, Lessons, etc.
Cantonese Chinese Vocabulary Lessons; Cantonese Chinese Grammar Lessons, Cantonese Chinese Reading Lessons,
Chinese Character Strokes Lessons, Online Chinese Keyboards, etc.

Interactive Chinese Keyboard

CHINESE KEYBOARD - Gate2Home.com Multimedia Online Chinese Keyboard (Text & Images).
Chinese Keyboard allows
"...you to type in your language, and to view your language's keyboard layout on-screen in a virtual Semi-Real keyboard. It also allows you to simply type in a different language without messing with the operating system settings..."
Chinese Keyboards Keyboards include
"...Chinese Bopomofo IME Keyboard & Chinese Chajei IME Keyboard..."
For more information see Gate2Home.com

First Year Cantonese Chinese Courses & Textbooks

Cantonese Chinese Courses with Text, Images & Audio/Sound

LEARN CANTONESE (QUICKTIME) - A. Sheik, U.K. Multimedia First Year Cantonese Chinese Course (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Cantonese Chinese Course
Cantonese Chinese Vocabulary Lessons Subject Categories include
"...Cantonese Chinese Numbers;
Cantonese Chinese Dates; Animals; Body; Buildings; Cooking;
Eating Out; Greetings; Holidays; Machines; Sport; etc..."
Cantonese Chinese Characters and Compound Words;
Cantonese Chinese Numerical classifiers;
Cantonese Particles; Chinese Idioms;
Master List of Chinese Characters;
Chinese Word Parser;
Chinese Tones and Jyutping;
Cantonese Quizes & Tests; etc..."
For more information see Adam Sheik's Home Page

Cantonese Chinese Grammar Courses & Textbooks

BASIC CANTONESE: A GRAMMAR AND WORKBOOK - Authors: Vinginia Yip & Stephen Mathews, Publisher: Routledge, 1994, Hosted by Google Books Multimedia Cantonese Grammar Textbooks - 171 Pages (Text & Images).
Examples of Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook Chapters include
"...Cantonese Vowels and Diphthongs;
Cantonese Tone;
Cantonese Pronouns;
Cantonese Noun Classifiers;
Cantonese Adjectives;
Cantonese Negation;
Cantonese Verbs of Motion;
Cantonese Verbs of Giving;
Sentence Particles;
Cantonese Numbers, Dates & Times; etc..."

First Year Cantonese Chinese Lessons

Cantonese Chinese Lessons with Text, Images & Audio/Sound

CANTONESE CHINESE LESSONS - Chinese-Lessons.com Multimedia First Year Cantonese Chinese Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
First Year Cantonese Chinese Lessons Subject Categories include
"...Cantonese Chinese Sounds and Tones;
Cantonese Chinese Grammar Lessons;
Cantonese Chinese Language Skills;
Cantonese Chinese Vocabulary Lessons; etc..."
For more information see Chinese-Lessons.com

CANTONESE CHINESE LESSONS - LearnChineseEZ.com Multimedia Cantonese Chinese Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Cantonese Chinese Audio Lessons include
"...Cantonese Chinese Vocabulary;
Cantonese Chinese Phrases..."
For more information see LearnChineseEZ

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED CANTONESE CHINESE

Intermediate & Advanced Cantonese Courses, Textbooks & Lessons

CANTONESE: A COMPREHENSIVE GRAMMAR - Authors: Stephen Mathews and Virginia Yip; Publisher: Routledge, 1994; Hosted by Google Books Multimedia Cantonese Grammar Textbook - 429 Pages (Text & Images).
Examples of Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar Textbook Chapters include
"...Cantonese Phonology: The Cantonese Sound System;
Cantonese Word Structure: Morphology and Word Formation;
Syntactic Categories: Parts of Speech in Cantonese;
Cantonese Sentence Structure: Word Order and Topicalization;
Cantonese Pronouns;
Cantonese Verbs;
Cantonese Adverbial Construction;
Cantonese Existential Sentences; etc..."

Cantonese Chinese Character Database

CHINESE CHARACTER DATABASE: WITH WORD-FORMATIONS PHONOLOGICALLY DISAMBIGUATED ACCORDING TO THE CANTONESE DIALECT (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Humanities Computing and Methodology Programme, Research Institute for the Humanities (RIH), Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Multimedia Chinese Character Database (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Cantonese Chinese Character Database
"...This fully revised and expanded database covering the complete Big5 Chinese character set is now the most comprehensive syllabary of the Cantonese dialect on the Internet..."
"...Besides pronunciations, typical word-forms or vocabularies are provided for every character in this database. These word-forms are grouped with respect to the proper pronunciation(s) of the respective head characters so that users can disambiguate polyphonic characters that are phonologically ambiguous. In cases where common vocabularies are not readily available, brief remarks or explanations will be given..."
It supports up to seven transciption (romanization) schemes of the Cantonese dialect. Users can switch from one scheme to the other wherever necessary..."
Chinese Character Database includes
"...Cantonese Finals; Cantonese Syllables; Radical Index; Character Tables; etc..."
For more information see Electronic References or Humanum

MANDARIN CHINESE LANGUAGE COURSES, LESSONS, ETC.

BASIC MANDARIN CHINESE

Basic Chinese Courses, Lessons, etc.
Chinese Vocabulary Lessons; Chinese Grammar Lessons, Chinese Reading Lessons, Chinese Phrases;
Chinese Character Strokes Lessons, Online Chinese Keyboard, Chinese Numbers, Your Names in Chinese, etc.

Basic Mandarin Chinese Courses & Lessons with Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound

Basic Mandarin Chinese Lessons & Courses with Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound

CHINESE (REAL PLAYER) - Speak Chinese, China Internet Information Center, Beijing, China Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Lessons (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Available in English, French, German, Spanish, etc.
Chinese Lessons include:
"...Over "50" Speak Mandarin Chinese Lessons;
Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Lessons;
Mandarin Chinese Lessons on Popular Phrases;
Mandarin Chinese Strokes of Chinese Characters Lessons;
Mandarin Chinese Poetry Lessons;
Lessons on Reading Chinese Menus;
Olympic Chinese Phrasebook; etc..."
For more information see China Internet Information Center

CHINESE: LEARN MANDARIN (FLASH) - Birtish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), U.K. Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
"...A lively introduction to Mandarin Chinese..."
Basic Mandarin Chinese Lessons incude
"...Introducing Yourself in Chinese & English;
Family Introductions in Chinese & English;
Finding & Booking a Hotel in Chinese & English; etc..."
For more information see Other Languages Online; Languages Online; BBC Learning or the BBC

Basic Mandarin Chinese Lessons with Text, Images & Audio/Sound

INTRODUCTION TO "CHINESE (MANDARIN)" VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Project Coordinator: T. Blackmon, LanguageGuide.org Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Lessons
"...place cursor over any of the images and hear their names pronounced and see them spelled out..."
Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Lessons include
"...Chinese Words & Phrases for Greetings;
Chinese Words & Phrases for Numbers;
Chinese Words & Phrases for Time;
Chinese Words & Phrases for Womens & Mens Clothing;
Chinese Words & Phrases for Farm Animals, Birds & Pets;
Chinese Words & Phrases for Plants;
Chinese Words & Phrases for Furniture; etc..."
For more information see LanguageGuide

CHINESE: LEARN MANDARIN CHINTESE (FLASH) - LearnChineseEZ.com Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Mandarin Chinese Lessons include
Mandarin Chinese Audio Lessons (15 Lessons);
Cantonese Chinese Audio Lessons (15 Lessons);
Visual Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Audio Sessons
"...Household; Objects; People; Numbers & Colors;
Clothing; Transportation; Nature; Body; Animals; Places; Foods; etc..."
Learn 4000 Traditional Chinese Characters;
4000 Simplified Chinese Characters; etc.

CHINESE 101: AUDIO TUTORIAL OF SURVIAL CHINESE (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - H. Yuan & R. Guo, Department of Library Public Services & Virtual Library Coordinator of the University Libraries & Museum, Western Kentucky University Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Mandarin Chinese Lessons include
"...Mandarin Chinese Greetings;
Mandarin Chinese Shopping Vocabulary & Phrases;
Mandarin Chinese Dining Vocabulary & Phrases;
Mandarin Chinese Traveling Vocabulary & Phrases; etc..."
For more information see Haiwang Yuan's Home Page

Chinese Character Strokes Lessons with Text, Images, Animations & Audio/Sound

ANIMATED CHINESE CHARACTERS - Ocrat, and hosted by Steven Kryskalla at lost-theory Multimedia Animated Chinese Characters Lessons (Text & Images).
Animated Chinese Characters Lessons
"...Learn how to write Chinese by watching animations that draw Chinese characters stroke by stroke (in simplified form as used in mainland China)..."
"...You can also see the animated stroke orders by searching for characters by copying and pasting Simplified Chinese text..."

Interactive Chinese Keyboard

CHINESE KEYBOARD - Gate2Home.com Multimedia Online Chinese Keyboard (Text & Images).
Chinese Keyboard allows
"...you to type in your language, and to view your language's keyboard layout on-screen in a virtual Semi-Real keyboard. It also allows you to simply type in a different language without messing with the operating system settings..."
Chinese Keyboards Keyboards include
"...Chinese Bopomofo IME Keyboard & Chinese Chajei IME Keyboard..."
For more information see Gate2Home.com

English <> Chinese Number Conversion

"ENGLISH-CHINESE" "CHINESE-ENGLISH" NUMBER CONVERSION CALCULATOR - E. E. Peterson, On-line Chinese Tools
English to Chinese Number Conversion Calculator output values include:
"...Traditional, Simplified, Pinyin, Formal Traditional or Formal Simplified.."
Chinese to English Number Conversion Calculator output values include:
"...Arabic Numbers, Arabic Numbers with Commas or English Words..."
Also includes a "A Brief Description of the Chinese Number System".
For more information see On-line Chinese Tools

Your Name in Chinese

YOUR NAME IN CHINESE - Author: Richmond (Rick) Harbaugh, Business Economics and Public Policy, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Published by Zhongwen.com, distributed by Yale University For more information see Zhongwen

YOUR NAME IN CHINESE - E. E. Peterson, On-line Chinese Tools For more information see On-line Chinese Tools

YOUR NAME IN CHINESE - ChineseLanguage.org For more information see ChineseLanguage

CHINESE CHARACTER TESTS

Chinese Character Tests

CHINESE CHARACTER TEST - Clavis Sinica Multimedia Chinese Character Test (Text & Images).
Chinese Character Test
"...uses a statistical algorithm to help you estimate the number of characters you already know, making it easy to track your progress in learning the language..."
Chinese Character Test includes
"...Beginners, Intermediate & Advanced..."
For more information see Chinese Character Test Home Page or Clavis Sinica

FIRST YEAR MANDARIN CHINESE

First Year Mandarin Chinese Courses & Lessons
Chinese Vocabulary Lessons; Chinese Grammar Lessons, Chinese Reading Lessons, Chinese Phrases,
Chinese Pronunciation Lessons, Chinese Phonetics Lesons, Chinese Tone Lessons,
Chinese Character Strokes Lessons, Chinese Sentence Patterns Lessons, Chinese Exercises,
Online Chinese Keyboard, Chinese Numbers, Your Names in Chinese, etc.

First Year Mandarin Chinese Courses with Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound

CHINESE 101 (REAL PLAYER) - T. Xie, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, California State University Long Beach Multimedia First Year Mandarin Chinese Course (Text, Images, Video/Movies & Audio/Sound)
Mandarin Chinese Course
Study Guides includes over "15" Lessons including
"...Lesson 1: Phonological system of the Chinese language; Introduction to Chinese characters; etc.;
Lessons 4 thru 10: Learn to write the character; read the syllables of learned sounds with correct tones; practice writing; etc.;
Lesson 14: Listen and understand Chinese; etc..."
Practical Chinese Reader Text Recording and Video Clips ("30" Lessons);
Practical Chinese Reader Self-Test ("29" Lessons including Grammar); etc.
For more information see Tim Xie's Home Page or the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies

CHINESE 102 (QUICKTIME) - T. Xie, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, California State University Long Beach Multimedia First Year Mandarin Chinese Course (Text, Images, Video/Movies & Audio/Sound)
Mandarin Chinese Course
Examples of Study Guides Lessons include
"...Lesson 16 Part 1: Learn the color words in Chinese & Learn some prepositions; etc.;
Lesson 20 Part I: Introduce the year, month, week, day and birthday in Chinese; etc.;
Lesson 22 Part I: Learn the position words in Chinese; etc.; etc..."
Practical Chinese Reader Text Recording and Video Clips ("30" Lessons);
Practical Chinese Reader Self-Test ("29" Lessons including Grammar); etc.
For more information see Tim Xie's Home Page or the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies

CHINESE (QUICKTIME) - Center for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (CTCFL), University of Oxford, U.K. Multimedia First Year Mandarin Chinese Course (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Mandarin Chinese Course
"...This supplementary Chinese course of 22 lessons in simplified characters at elementary-intermediate level is suitable for students who have already learned Chinese for at least 3 months..."
Mandarin Chinese Lessons include
Pinyin Pronunciation Lesson
"...Vowels; Consonants; Groups; Rules for written form; Tones; etc..."
Practical Chinese Reader Texts & Exercises with Sound Files
"...Click on a sentence to hear the sentence spoken and place the mouse on a sentence to view the translation in English (includes "48" Lessons);
Practical Chinese Reader Listen and Speak (includes "11" Lessons);
Listening Exercises at Elementary Level (includes "40" Lessons);
Information on the Radicals of Chinese Characters;
How to Write Chinese Characters
"...Includes Animation, Pronunciation, Direction, Radicals, Grid & Stroke Order for each Chinese Character..."
Basic Spoken Chinese; etc.
For more information see the Center for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (CTCFL)

CHINESE COURSE (QUICKTIME) - Robert Irving, Chinese Studies, School of Languages, Cultures & Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Australia Multimedia First Year Mandarin Chinese Course & Lessons (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Click on "Enter" & then Click onthe "Begineers" for 1st Year.
Mandarin Chinese Course
Semester 1: Examples from "8" Modules (2 Activities each) include
"...Practice distinguishing the sounds of individual syllables and how they are represented in pinyin romanisation;
Test your pinyin accuracy and keyboard skills in the generation of Chinese characters; etc..."
Semester 2: Examples from "8" Modules (2 Activities each) include
"...Listen to the passage as many times as you like and then identify whether each statement is true or false;
Fill in the gaps with appropriate words or sentences using the Chinese IME; etc..."

For more information see Chinese Resources; Chinese Studies; Languages, Cultures & Linguistics or the Faculty of Arts

Mandarin Chinese Lessons & Conversation Lesson to go with Courses

MANDARIN CHINESE CONVERSATION - nciku.com Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Conversation (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Audio Conversation Lessons include
"...over "600" Mandarin Chinese Audio Conversation Lessons in English & Mandarin Chinese..."
For more information see nciku.com

CHINESE LESSON - CHINESE VOICES PROJECT (MP3) - Clavis Sinica Multimedia Chinese Lessons - Chinese Voices Project (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Chinese Lessons - Chinese Voices Project
"...a collection of mini-essays with mp3 audio for students of Chinese language and culture..."
Chinese Lessons - Chinese Voices Project Subject Categories include
"...Arts & Culture Audio Lessons;
City Life Audio Lessons;
Consumer Culture Audio Lessons;
Social Issues Audio Lessons;
Family & Friends Audio Lessons;
Places Audio Lessons;
Work & Money Audio Lessons; etc..."
For more information see Chinese Character Test Home Page or Clavis Sinica

CHINESE: LEARN MANDARIN CHINTESE (FLASH) - LearnChineseEZ.com Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Mandarin Chinese Lessons include
Mandarin Chinese Audio Lessons (15 Lessons);
Cantonese Chinese Audio Lessons (15 Lessons);
Visual Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Audio Sessons
"...Household; Objects; People; Numbers & Colors;
Clothing; Transportation; Nature; Body; Animals; Places; Foods; etc..."
Learn 4000 Traditional Chinese Characters;
4000 Simplified Chinese Characters; etc.

CHINESE 101: AUDIO TUTORIAL OF SURVIAL CHINESE (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - H. Yuan & R. Guo, Department of Library Public Services & Virtual Library Coordinator of the University Libraries & Museum, Western Kentucky University Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Mandarin Chinese Lessons include
"...Mandarin Chinese Greetings;
Mandarin Chinese Shopping Vocabulary & Phrases;
Mandarin Chinese Dining Vocabulary & Phrases;
Mandarin Chinese Traveling Vocabulary & Phrases; etc..."
For more information see Haiwang Yuan's Home Page

MANDARIN CHINESE LESSONS - ZapChinese.com Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Lessons (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Mandarin Chinese Lessons include
"...Mandarin Chinese Characters (Strokes & Radicals);
"...Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary;
Basic Mandarin Chinese Grammar with Vocabuary; etc..."

MANDARIN CHINESE LESSONS - Chinese-Lessons.com Mandarin Chinese Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Mandarin Chinese Lessons Subject Categories include
"...Mandarin Chinese Sounds and Tones;
Mandarin Chinese Grammar Lessons;
Mandarin Chinese Language Skills;
Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Lessons; etc..."
For more information see Chinese-Lessons.com

Interactive Chinese Keyboard

CHINESE KEYBOARD - Gate2Home.com Multimedia Online Chinese Keyboard (Text & Images).
Chinese Keyboard allows
"...you to type in your language, and to view your language's keyboard layout on-screen in a virtual Semi-Real keyboard. It also allows you to simply type in a different language without messing with the operating system settings..."
Chinese Keyboards Keyboards include
"...Chinese Bopomofo IME Keyboard & Chinese Chajei IME Keyboard..."
For more information see Gate2Home.com

Mandarin Chinese Grammar Lessons & Courses

CHINESE GRAMMAR - Richard VanNess Simmons, Department of Asian Languages and Culture, School of Arts & Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersery, New Brunswick, New Jersery Multimedia Chinese Grammar Lessons (Text & Images).
Chinese Grammar Lessons include
"...Chinese Word Classes;
Chinese Nouns;
Chinese Verbs;
Chinese Pronouns;
Chinese Prepositions & Conjunctions;
Chinese Particles;
Chinese Sentence Structures; etc..."
For more information see Richard VanNess Simmon's Home Page or the Department of Asian Languages and Culture

Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation, Tone, Phonetics Lessons with Text, Images & Audio/Sound

Tone in Madarin Chinese

TONE IN MANDARIN CHINESE (QUICKTIME) - L.L. Chen, Chinese Langage Program, Center for the Study of Languages, Rice University Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Tone in Mandarin Chinese
"...All Chinese languages (often referred to as "Chinese dialects") are tone languages..."
"...In a tone language (as opposed to a non-tone language, such as English or Japanese), a difference in tone results in a difference in meaning,..."
"...Tone is a matter of pitch height and pitch shape/contour..."
For more information see Lilly Lee Chen's Home Page; Chinese Langage Program; Courses; Center for the Study of Languages

MANDARIN TONE DRILL (FLASH) - Keith A. Welch, Indiana University
Mandarin Tone Drill
"...Test your recognition of Mandarin tones..."
For more information see Mandarin Learning Tools or ShuFa West - Chinese Calligraphy for the West

DUO-TONE DRILL (FLASH) - Keith A. Welch, Indiana University
Mandarin Duo-Tone Drill
"...Test your recognition of Mandarin tones - each item is a two-character phrase..."
For more information see Mandarin Learning Tools or ShuFa West - Chinese Calligraphy for the West

Madarin Chinese Phonetics

MANDARIN CHINESE PHOETICS (QUICKTIME) - Ocrat, and hosted by Steven Kryskalla at lost-theory. All sound files originally from Dr. John Jinghua Yin, Univeristy of Vermont Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Phonetics Table (Text & Images).
Mandarin Chinese Phonetics Table
"...The sound clips used in the character annotator are also available in a handy Pinyin chart. The chart displays the ~400 Mandarin Chinese syllables, each syllable has sound clips for the four tones as well as the zhuyin/BPMF phonetic spelling..."
For more information see Chinese Character Pronunciation

MANDARIN CHINESE PHONETICS (QUICKTIME) - John Jing-hua Yin, Chinese Language Program, Univeristy of Vermont Multimedia Madarin Chinese Phonetics Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Madarin Chinese Phonetics Lessons include
"...Combinations of initials and those finals that begin with "a," "o," or "e";
Combinations of initials and those finals that begin with "i";
Combinations of initials and those finals that begine with "u"..."
For more information see UVM's Chinese Program Homepage

Madarin Chinese Pronunciation

PRONUNCIATION OF ALL MANDARIN SYLLABLES: PINYIN & WADE-GILES CORRESPONDENCE (QUICKTIME) - L.L. Chen, Chinese Langage Program, Center for the Study of Languages, Rice University Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Pronunciation Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). For more information see Lilly Lee Chen's Home Page; Chinese Langage Program; Courses; Center for the Study of Languages

First Year Chinese Characters Courses & Character Strokes Lessons with Text, Images, Animation & Audio/Sound

Chinese Characters Courses

CHINESE CHARACTERS COURSES (CHINESE 104, 106 & 108) (REAL PLAYER) - Chinese Language Program, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, USC Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Characters Courses (Text, Images, Animations & Audio/Sound).
Mandarin Chinese Characters Courses
"...Each Course includes Promunciation & How to Write Chinese Characters..."
Mandarin Chinese Characters Courses include
Year Mandarin Chinese Characters Course 104 includes
"...Mandarin Chinese Radical Characters; Mandarin Chinese Numerals Characters; & "11" Mandarin Chinese Characters Lessons (Lesson 1-11)..."
Mandarin Chinese Characters Course 106 includes
"..."12" Mandarin Chinese Characters Lessons (Lesson 12-23)..."
Mandarin Chinese Characters Course 108 includes
"..."43" Mandarin Chinese Characters Lessons..."

For more information see Chinese Language Program or the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures

PRACTICE FOR ORDER OF CHINESE CHARACTERS (FLASH) - BlueTec.com, China Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Characters Courses (Text, Images, Animations & Audio/Sound).
Practice for Order of Chinese Characters
"...Click on Chinese Character, a pop-up window will appear showing you the way to Brushpen the Order of Stokes,
Click the speaker for pronounciation of the Character..."
Practice for Order of Chinese Characters includes
Standard Chinese - New Characters in the Standard Chinese Book (Grade 1: Book 1, 2 & 3; Grade 2, Book 1, 2 & 3);
Zhongwen New Characters in the Zhongwen Book (Book 1 thru 12)..."
For more information see Mandarin Teaching Course; BlueTec (In Chinese) or MyMandarin (In English)

Examples of other Lessons from the Mandarin Language Course include

The Table of Stroke's Names for Chinese Characters

Initials & Finals

CHINESE TRADITIONAL & SIMPLIFIED CHINESE CHARACTERS (FLASH) - LearnChineseEZ.com Multimedia Chinese Traditional & Simplified Chinese Characters (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Chinese Characters include
Learn 4000 Traditional Chinese Characters;
Learn 4000 Simplified Chinese Characters..."
For more information see Learn Chinese

Chinese Characters Lessons

ANIMATED CHINESE CHARACTERS (FLASH) - Ocrat, and hosted by Steven Kryskalla at lost-theory Multimedia Animated Chinese Characters Lessons (Text & Images).
Animated Chinese Characters Lessons
"...Learn how to write Chinese by watching animations that draw Chinese characters stroke by stroke (in simplified form as used in mainland China)..."
"...You can also see the animated stroke orders by searching for characters by copying and pasting Simplified Chinese text..."

First Year Manarin Chinese Vocabulary Tests

ENGLISH TO CHINESE VACABULARY TESTS - Goethe-Verlag GmbH Multimedia First & Second Year English to Chinese Vocabulary Tests. For more information see Goethe-Tests Index; Goethe-Tests or Goethe-Verlag

CHINESE TO ENGLISH VACABULARY TESTS - Goethe-Verlag GmbH Multimedia First & Second Year Chinese to English Vocabulary Tests. For more information see Goethe-Tests Index; Goethe-Tests or Goethe-Verlag

Mandarin Chinese Reading Courses & Lessons

CHINESE ANNOTATION TOOL - JAZAR (UK) Ltd Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Chinese Annotation Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Chinese Annotation Tool
"...makes learning to read Chinese easier by automatically marking up the words in a simplified Chinese text with their pronunciations in pinyin and dictionary definitions..."
For more information see Chinese-Tools or JAZAR (UK) Ltd

READ CHINESE: MANDARIN CHINESE READING LESSONS - National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland Multimedia First Year Mandarin Chinese Reading Lessons (Text & Images). For more information see National Foreign Language Center

THE CHINESE READING WORLD - Chinese Language Faculty, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Reading Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Reading Lessons
"...The beginning level is prepared for students who have learned 300-500 characters and the intermediate level is for students who have learned 500-1000 characters..."
For more information see Chinese Courses or the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Mandarin Chinese Sentence Patterns Lessons

CHINESE SENTENCE PATTERNS - Mary Jacob, Chinese Program, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Division of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies, College of Letters & Sciences, University of California, Davis Multimedia Chinese Sentence Patterns Lessons for First Year Chinese (Text & Images).
Chinese Sentence Patterns includes "11" Lessons including
"...Basic Chinese Sentence Pattern;
Major Chinese Sentence Patterns;
Descriptive Complement;
Sequence of Actions;
Serial Verbs;
Resultative Verb Complements;
Measurement of Action; etc..."
For more information see Beginning Chinese Language; Mary Jacob's Home Page, Chinese Program or the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures

INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED MANDARIN CHINESE

Intermediate & Advanced Mandarin Chinese Courses & Lessons
Chinese Idioms, Chinese Vocabulary Lessons; Chinese Grammar Lessons, Chinese Reading Lessons,
Chinese Listening Lessons, Chinese Phonetics Lesons, Chinese Tone Lessons,
How to Write Chinese Characters - Chinese Character Strokes Lessons, etc.

Intermediate & Advanced Mandarin Chinese Courses

CHINESE (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Global Language Online Support System (GLOSS), Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC), Monterey, California Multimedia Intermediate Chinese Courses & Advanced Chinese Courses (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Click on "Chinese", then "Proficiency Level" and then "Skill/Modality".
All of the GLOSS lessons are categorized into one of three primary competencies:
"...Lexical (Chinese Vocabulary),
Structure (Chinese Grammar),
Discourse (Sevices that Bind Texts, Chinese Conversations, etc.)..."
Intermediate Chinese Lessons (2) includes over "255" Chinese Listening Lessons & Chinese Reading Lessons;
Intermediate Chinese Lessons (2+) includes over "150" Chinese Listening Lessons & Chinese Reading Lessons;
Advanced Chinese Lessons (3) includes over "95" Chinese Listening Lessons & Chinese Reading Lessons.
Advanced Chinese Lessons (3+) includes over "8" Chinese Listening Lessons & Chinese Reading Lessons.
For more information see the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

Chinese Idioms

CHENGYU DICTIONARY - JAZAR (UK) Ltd Multimedia Chengyu Dictionary (Text & Images).
Chengyu Dictionary
"...Dictionary of more than 30 000 Chengyu (chinese proverbial idioms) with calligraphy, pinyin, english translation, chinese explanations, synonyms, antonyms and context examples..."
Chinese idioms
"...are the most characteristic in Chinese words and phrases, which can accurately express a profound meaning with only a few words. This dictionary is specially compiled for the foreign readers who are studying Chinese language. It aims to help them understand and use the common Chinese idioms correctly..."
For more information see Dictionaries; Chinese-Tools or JAZAR (UK) Ltd

Interediate Chinese Pronunciation, Tone, Phonetics Courses & Lessons with Text, Images & Audio/Sound

Tone in Madarin Chinese

TONE IN MANDARIN CHINESE (QUICKTIME) - L.L. Chen, Chinese Langage Program, Center for the Study of Languages, Rice University Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Tone in Mandarin Chinese
"...All Chinese languages (often referred to as "Chinese dialects") are tone languages..."
"...In a tone language (as opposed to a non-tone language, such as English or Japanese), a difference in tone results in a difference in meaning,..."
"...Tone is a matter of pitch height and pitch shape/contour..."
For more information see Lilly Lee Chen's Home Page; Chinese Langage Program; Courses; Center for the Study of Languages

MANDARIN TONE DRILL (FLASH) - Keith A. Welch, Indiana University
Mandarin Tone Drill
"...Test your recognition of Mandarin tones..."
For more information see Mandarin Learning Tools or ShuFa West - Chinese Calligraphy for the West

DUO-TONE DRILL (FLASH) - Keith A. Welch, Indiana University
Mandarin Duo-Tone Drill
"...Test your recognition of Mandarin tones - each item is a two-character phrase..."
For more information see Mandarin Learning Tools or ShuFa West - Chinese Calligraphy for the West

Chinese Phonetics

MANDARIN CHINESE PHOETICS (QUICKTIME) - Ocrat, and hosted by Steven Kryskalla at lost-theory. All sound files originally from Dr. John Jinghua Yin, Univeristy of Vermont Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Phonetics Table (Text & Images).
Mandarin Chinese Phonetics Table
"...The sound clips used in the character annotator are also available in a handy Pinyin chart. The chart displays the ~400 Mandarin Chinese syllables, each syllable has sound clips for the four tones as well as the zhuyin/BPMF phonetic spelling..."
For more information see Chinese Character Pronunciation

MANDARIN CHINESE PHONETICS (QUICKTIME) - John Jing-hua Yin, Chinese Language Program, Univeristy of Vermont Multimedia Madarin Chinese Phonetics Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Madarin Chinese Phonetics Lessons include
"...Combinations of initials and those finals that begin with "a," "o," or "e";
Combinations of initials and those finals that begin with "i";
Combinations of initials and those finals that begine with "u"..."
For more information see UVM's Chinese Program Homepage

Chinese Pronunciation

PRONUNCIATION OF ALL MANDARIN SYLLABLES: PINYIN & WADE-GILES CORRESPONDENCE (QUICKTIME) - L.L. Chen, Chinese Langage Program, Center for the Study of Languages, Rice University Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Pronunciation Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). For more information see Lilly Lee Chen's Home Page; Chinese Langage Program; Courses; Center for the Study of Languages

Intermediate & Advanced Chinese Characters Courses with Text, Images, Animation & Audio/Sound

CHINESE CHARACTERS COURSES (CHINESE 104, 106 & 108) (REAL PLAYER) - Chinese Language Program, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, USC Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Characters Courses (Text, Images, Animations & Audio/Sound).
Mandarin Chinese Characters Courses
"...Each Course includes Promunciation & How to Write Chinese Characters..."
Mandarin Chinese Characters Courses include
Year Mandarin Chinese Characters Course 104 includes
"...Mandarin Chinese Radical Characters; Mandarin Chinese Numerals Characters; & "11" Mandarin Chinese Characters Lessons (Lesson 1-11)..."
Mandarin Chinese Characters Course 106 includes
"..."12" Mandarin Chinese Characters Lessons (Lesson 12-23)..."
Mandarin Chinese Characters Course 108 includes
"..."43" Mandarin Chinese Characters Lessons..."

For more information see Chinese Language Program or the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures

PRACTICE FOR ORDER OF CHINESE CHARACTERS (FLASH) - BlueTec.com, China Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Characters Courses (Text, Images, Animations & Audio/Sound).
Practice for Order of Chinese Characters
"...Click on Chinese Character, a pop-up window will appear showing you the way to Brushpen the Order of Stokes,
Click the speaker for pronounciation of the Character..."
Practice for Order of Chinese Characters includes
Standard Chinese - New Characters in the Standard Chinese Book (Grade 1: Book 1, 2 & 3; Grade 2, Book 1, 2 & 3);
Zhongwen New Characters in the Zhongwen Book (Book 1 thru 12)..."
For more information see Mandarin Teaching Course; BlueTec (In Chinese) or MyMandarin (In English)

Examples of other Lessons from the Mandarin Teaching Course include

The Table of Stroke's Names for Chinese Characters

Initials & Finals

CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY

Chinese Calligraphy Dictionaries

LANTING XU DICTIONARY - Keith A. Welch Multimedia Lanting Xu Dictionary (Text & Images).
Lanting Xu Dictionary
"...Place your mouse pointer over a character to see its block (Song tie) script equivalent..."
For more information see ShuFa West - Chinese Calligraphy for the West

Chinese Calligraphy Exibitions

CHINE, L'EMPIRE DU TRAIT - CHINA, EMPIRE OF THE BRUSH STROKE (QUICKTIME) - Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France Multimedia Chinese Calligraphy Exibition (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Chine, l'Empire du trait - China, Empire of the Brush Stroke includes
"...texts and illustrations from the printed catalog with a number of additional material, i.e. video sequences on the Dunhuang manuscripts and..."
For more information see the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Chinese Calligraphy Masters, Calligraphy of Poems, etc.

CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY OF THE MASTERS - Ming L. Pei Multimedia Chinese Calligraphy of the Masters - Art of Chinese Calligraphy (Text & Images).
Chinese Calligraphy of the Masters includes
"...Masters of Calligraphy;
Calligraphy Styles;
Calligraphy of Poems;
Calligraphy Essays
For more information see China the Beautiful

Chinese Calligraphy Courses & Lessons

CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY LESSONS - Joshua Hough Multimedia Chinese Calligraphy Video Lessons (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Available in English & Chinese.
Chinese Calligraphy Video Lessons
"...designed to guide beginners to learn the basics of Chinese calligraphy..."
For more information see Chinese Calligraphy Customized Scrool & Educational Resources

CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY LESSONS - Chinavoc Multimedia Chinese Calligraphy Lessons (Text & Images).
Chinese Calligraphy
"...is not only a practical technique for writing Chinese characters, but also a unique Oriental art of expression and a branch of learning or discipline as well..."
For more information see Chinavoc

CHINESE LITERATURE & CHINESE POETRY

Chinese Literature & Chinese Poetry

CHINESE LITERATURE, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC. - International Dunhuang Porject (IDP), The National Library of China, Beijing, China Multimedia Chinese Literature, Maps, Paintings, etc. (Text & Images).
International Dunhuang Porject (IDP) of the National Library of China includes Thousands of
"...manuscripts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from Dunhuang and archaeological sites of the Eastern Silk Road..."
For more information see the International Dunhuang Porject

A CHINESE TEXT SAMPLER - D.L. Porter, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Michigan Multimedia Chinese Literature, Poetry, Fables, Parables, etc. (Text & Images).
A Chinese Text Sampler
"...An Annotated Collection of Digitized Chinese Texts for Students of Chinese Language and Culture..."
A Chinese Text Sampler includes
"...Modern Chinese Literature; Classical Chinese Literature;
Chinese Song Lyrics; Chinese Fables, Parables, and Children's Stories; etc..."
For more information see David L. Porter's Home Page or the Department of English Language and Literature

CHINESE POEMS - Chinese-poems.com Multimedia Chinese Poetry (Text & Images). "...This site presents Chinese, pinyin and English texts of poems by some of the greatest Chinese poets..."

CHINESE POETRY - Poem.com, Taiwan Multimedia Chinese Poetry (Text & Images).
Poem.com
"...presents Chinese, pinyin and English texts of poems by some of the greatest Chinese poets. Most of the featured authors are from the Tang dynasty, when culture in China was at its peak, but writers from other periods are also included..."

CHINESE POETRY (REAL PLAYER) - lyrikline.org Multimedia Contemporary Chinese Poetry (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
lyrikline.org
"...is the platform on the internet on which poems are available to listen to, and to read both in their original languages and various translations..."
For more information see the Lyrikline.org

CHINESE READING COURSE - Chinese Language Program, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, USC Multimedia Chinese Literature & Chinese Poetry Lessons (Text & Images).
Chinese Literature & Chinese Poetry Course includes
"...Chinese Humor Stories; Chinese Origins of Idioms; Ancient Chinese Myths;
Chinese Poems; etc..."
For more information see Chinese Language Program or the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures

CHINESE TEXT INITIATIVE - Chinese Language Faculty, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia Multimedia Chinese Literature & Chinese Poetry (Text & Images).
Chinese Literature & Chinese Poetry includes
"...300 Tang Poems; Gu Yao Yan; Shi Jing; Hong Lou Meng; Yu Xuan Ji; etc..."
For more information see Chinese Courses or the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

CHINESE TEXT PROJECT - Donald Sturgeon Multimedia Ancient Chinese Text Project (Text & Images).
Available in Chinese & English.
Chinese Text Project
"...is a web-based e-text system designed to present ancient Chinese texts,..."
"...full-text pre-Qin and Han dynasty classic texts..."
Ancient Text Database Subject Categories include
"...Confucianism Texts;
Mohism Texts;
Daoism Texts;
Legalism Texts;
School of Names Texts;
School of the Military Texts;
Mathematics Texts;
Ancient Classics Texts; etc..."

CLASSICAL CHINESE LITERATURE - Author: Richmond (Rick) Harbaugh, Business Economics and Public Policy, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Published by Zhongwen.com, distributed by Yale University In English & Chinese. Multimedia Classical Chinese Literature (Text & Images).
Classical Chinese Literature
"...This site contains Chinese classics with each character hyperlinked to its definition and etymology..."
Classical Chinese Literature includes
"...Tao Te Ching; The Art of War; Tang Poems; The Analects; Doctrine of the Mean; etc..."
For more information see Rick Harbaugh's Home Page or Zhongwen

CLASSICAL CHINESE NOVELS - Shuku.net Multimedia Classical Chinese Novels (Text & Images).
Classical Chinese Novels contains
"...over "300" Classical Chinese Novels online..."

DIGITAL DICTIONARY OF BUDDHISM - Charles Muller, Faculty of Humanities, Toyo Gakuen University Multimedia Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (Text & Images).
Digital Dictionary of Buddhism includes
Radical; Total Strokes;
East Asian Romanized Readings
"...Pinyin readings index; Wade-Giles readings index; Korean readings index (Ministry of Culture romanization);
Korean readings index (McCune-Reischauer romanization); Japanese readings index (Hepburn); etc..."
Terms; Texts; etc..."

ELECTRONIC INDEX TO THE EARLY SHENBAO (1872-1898) - Institüt fur Sinologie (Institute of Chinese Studies), Universität Heidelberg, Germany Multimedia Electronic Index to the Early Shenbao - 1872-1898 (Text & Images).
Electronic Index to the Early Shenbao
"...designed to provide quick keyword access to the more than 11,000 entries and thus facilitate the use of this important source for the history of late Qing China..."
For more information see the Institüt fur Sinologie

LEXICON OF CONFUCIANISM - Editors: Cheung Chan-fai, Kwan Tze-wan & Ng Yau neng, Humanities Computing and Methodology Programme, Research Institute for the Humanities (RIH), Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Multimedia Lexicon of Confuciaism (Text & Images).
In Chinese.
For more information see Electronic References or Humanum

CHINESE PROVERBS

Chinese Proverbs

CHINESE PROVERBS - Hua-yuan Li Mowry, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program, Dartmouth College Multimedia Chinese Proverbs (Text & Images). For more information see Chinese Texts & Voice; Chinese Resources; Humanities Resources or the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program

CHINESE PROVERBS - H. Yuan, Department of Library Public Services & Virtual Library Coordinator of the University Libraries & Museum, Western Kentucky University Multimedia Chinese Proverbs (Text & Images).
In Chinese & English.
For more information see Haiwang Yuan's Home Page

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