Chinese language

External links

Dictionaries

• Free Online Chinese - English Dictionary 1,000,000 English and Chinese words
• Zhongwen.com: Chinese to English dictionary and other resources presented in English; searchable by English meanings; Chinese text displayed as graphics (i.e. does not require any Chinese font)
• MDBG free online Chinese-English dictionary
• Chinese Pinyin English Dictionary
• Chinese Characters Dictionary: supports Japanese, Korean, Cantonese, Hakka etc.
• Chinese - English Dictionary: from Webster's Online Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition
• Chinese - French Dictionary search Chinese, pinyin or French
• CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary Project
• Chinese dictionary Free Chinese-English-Chinese dictionary
• Stardict free (GPL) multilanguage dictionary including simplified/traditional Chinese for Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, etc.) and win32
• English-Chinese Translation Dictionary: Chinese-English-Chinese Online Dictionary (Taiwan-based; simplified characters not recognised)
• CantoDict: Cantonese-English Dictionary Project

Resources for students of Chinese

• Chinese language learning software: Learn Chinese characters and Chinese vocabulary with audio.
• Chinese Forums:Discussion of Chinese language and culture with some very knowledgable participants, mostly intermediate or advanced learners of Chinese but also many native speakers / overseas Chinese.
• The Chinese Outpost:Language learning site centered around an “Introduction to Mandarin Chinese” tutorial that aims to demystify the Chinese Language—in everyday language, not academese—with units focused on Pronunciation, Characters, and Grammar.
• Free Online Chinese Lessons 40 lessons to learn to read, write and speak Chinese. Grammar, vocabulary, characters, examples and exercises.
• Chinese learning Game with Audio and Pics A free program for learning chinese playing.
• Chinese Flash Cards A free program for learning chinese characters
• Learn Chinese material Offers Many Chinese Learning Material
• Free Online Chinese Lessons Offer Online Chinese Study Material
• Free Chinese Lessons Free online series of lessons for beginners
• History of Chinese Writing System An Article about Chinese Writing History
• Discuss Chinese A discussion board for people interested in studying Chinese language.
• Oneaday.org One Chinese idiom a day (simplified and traditional characters) with pinyin transliteration and English translation.
• Chinese Learning Center Private Chinese lessons in major cities.
• Sheik's Cantonese Forum Forums for Cantonese Learner
• Shanghaiexpat.com: Chinese Learning Forum
• Marjorie Chan's ChinaLinks: A large collection of Web resources by a professor of linguistics at Ohio State University
• On-line Chinese Tools: Tools for learning and using Chinese.
• Chinese-Tools.com: Free online chinese tools.
• Rikai.com A web-mediator that adds mouseover pinyin readings and English meanings to Chinese web-pages.
• Chinese Symbols Introduction to Chinese characters
• www.OCRAT.com Chinese-related web pages with a focus on Chinese language learning for English speakers including animations that demonstrate stroke order

Resources on Chinese in general

• Shanghainese (a Wu Chinese dialect): a project to introduce and promote the Shanghai dialect. In the works.
• Chinese Linguistics: Sites on Chinese linguistics
• Sinolect: An introduction and observation to Wu Chinese
• Wu-Chinese.org (江南雅音话吴语): Introduction, statistical data, vocal records, dialectmaps and literature datum of Wu Chinese
• Satellite Tv Programmes in Shanghai(??????): You can find dozens of Satellite Tv Programmes in Shanghai
• *Easy Mandarin: An online community with many learning aids for download.
• Listing of Chinese dialects in Ethnologue
• Chinese translation: The Best Approach for Chinese into English Translation! (article)
• Learn and listen to useful expressions in Chinese Each expression is presented with an audio recording and an illustration

Computer tools for Chinese

• SCIM input method platform Free (GPL) tool for Chinese input via computer. SCIM supports almost all existing Chinese input methods, as well as other languages.

Miscellaneous links

• What?s in a name? In Taiwan, group says a new word is needed for Jews by Dan Bloom, published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, August 26, 2005