• Guides, Indexes and Links
• Chinese Programs
• Dictionaries
• Study Chinese characters
• Vocabulary
• Pronunciation
• Grammar
• Organizations that Provide Standardized Tests of Chinese
• Chinese-Language Radio Broadcasts
• Online Tutorials, Courses and Programs

• Software Programs
• Chinese for Kids
• Chinese Culture: Art, Literature, etc.
• Chinese Newspapers and Magazines
• Research on China
• Asian Studies
• Chinese Literature
• Chinese Books
• Chinese Riddles
• Chinese Movies Every Week

• Chinese Language-related information
  http://www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/chinese.html
  a comprehensive subject guide to Chinese-language-related resources on the internet
• Chinese Home Page
  http://www.uni.edu/becker/chinese.html
  a complete reference to China/Chinese-related websites
• Chinese language
  http://bubl.ac.uk/link/c/chineselanguage.htm
  a catalogue of internet resources
• http://www.gy.com/www/chlist.htm
  a web of webs
• Chinese language and writing
  http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinlng2.html
  includes the history of the Sino Tibetan family of languages
• Chinese language and linguistics
  http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/deall/chan.9/c-links3.htm
  annotated links compiled by Marjorie Chan to more than two hundred China and Chinese language and linguistics-related web sites
• Chinese Language Study
  http://www.nerdworld.com/nw1800.html
  large index of Chinese language study related internet resources
• Chinese Software Web Sites
  http://www.cd.ucdavis.edu/chinese/chinese.html
  a list of Web sites for Chinese software and other Chinese-language topics
• Teaching and Learning Chinese
  http://topaz.kenyon.edu/projects/chinese/
  a collection of resources for teaching and learning Chinese
• WWW Chinese Language Teaching Resources
  http://www.ntnu.edu.tw/tcsl/Chinese/Resource/Wwwwccai.htm
  Online language resources compiled by the National Taiwan Normal University
• http://www.uni.edu/becker/chinese2.html
  Here you will find lots of sites that can be helpful for you for learning more about China and the Chinese language and culture.
• Online Chinese resources
  http://www.lsa.umich.edu/asian/chinese/online/index3.html
  U. of Michigan's links to resources to aid in the learning of the Chinese language and culture.

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• Scholarships for Study of Chinese Abroad
  http://www.wfu.edu/~moran/schol.html
  
• Chinese Programs
  http://www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/courses.html
  links to Web sites with information on Chinese language study courses offered by various institutions

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• Online Chinese dictionaries
  http://www.chinalanguage.com/Language/Dictionaries/index.html
  22 dictionaries are listed.
• http://www.ok88.com/go/svc/ecdict.html
  Type a word in English, you will get its Chinese equivalent.
• http://zhongwen.com/zi.htm
  
• Chinese-English dictionary
  http://www.mandarintools.com/
  
• Top Chinese dictionaries
  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/11520/zipubooks/102-3394847-7978527
  
• Online Chinese-English, English-Chinese Dictionary
  http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~rwony/cdict/
  searchable two-way dictionary by Richard Wang

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• Chinese Character Pronunciations
  http://www.ocrat.com/ocrat/reaf/
• Simplified characters
  http://zhongwen.com/jian.htm
  Click on any character to see its simplified form (and its definition and etymology).
• http://www.ocrat.com/ocrat/chargif/
  Input (copy-and-paste) any Chinese text and obtain the transliterated pronunciation of each Chinese character. Follow links to online Chinese magazines and use this application to lookup pronunciations of unfamiliar words.
  
• Character flash cards
  http://www.mandarintools.com/
• http://www.wfu.edu/~moran/flshcrds.html
  printable flashcards for learning characters
• http://www.foolsworkshop.com/fw.html
  flashcard wizard
• A is for Love
  http://www.chinapage.com/flash/love.html
  This is a set of Flash Cards for learning Chinese. The face card shows a Chinese word. Click on the word will flip the card over, where the pronunciation and meaning are given.
• Bell Labs Mandarin Text-to-Speech Synthesis
  http://www.bell-labs.com/project/tts/mandarin.html
  (traditional characters)
  http://www.bell-labs.com/project/tts/mandarin-gb.html
  (simplified characters)
  Type Chinese characters or pinyin, sound will be generated automatically.
• Chinese & Characters
  http://www.tradewatch.com:80/nite/main.htm
  CD series that use animation to teach children and non-Chinese speaking people
• http://www.chinese-outpost.com/charrahc/char.asp
  basic strokes of Chinese characters, stroke order principles , number of strokes, construction principles, traditional vs. simplified characters, radicals and dictionaries, character "styles”.
• Chinese Character Flashcards
  http://www.erols.com/eepeter/flashcard.html
  a Java applet to assist in the learning of Chinese characters
• Chinese Character Genealogy
  http://www.pitt.edu/~harbough/z/zipu.html
  Online dictionary by Rick Harbough
• Chinese Character Genealogy
  http://www.zhongwen.com
  An etymological Chinese-English dictionary
• Chinese Character Tutor
  http://www.worldlanguage.com/chintut.htm
  a Chinese dictionary and learning tool that includes 100 predefined lessons
• Chinese Character Tutor V4. 0
  http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/fergab/
  An online dictionary and learning tool with audio and testing facility
• Chinese Dragon Writer
  http://www.jics.com/LNGCHI.htm
  provides easy English to Chinese phrase translation input
• Chinese Radical Exam
  http://execpc.com/~mbosley/
  a study aid and test for beginners, covering 108 of the most common radicals that are also characters in their own right
• Fascinating Chinese Characters
  http://www.china-guide.com/characte.htm#Characters
  CD program teaching how to write Chinese characters
• Flashcards
  http://www.wfu.edu/~moran/flashcards.html
  with a week by week schedule
• Character and Pinyin Conversion
  http://www.mandarintools.com/addpyfile.html
  http://www.lightverse.com/chinesepinyin/
  http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~chinese/annotate.html

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• A Chinese-English Database
  http://zinnia.umfacad.maine.edu/~mshea/China/database.html
  Chinese-English vocabulary database
  
• New Words
  http://www.sinologic.com/language.html
  Here are some cool and useful words that are being used everyday in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Some of them have been coined only recently. These and many more words of similar nature will be incorporated into the upcoming CD-ROM version of HyperChina.
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• http://www.chinese-outpost.com/pronnorp/pron.asp
  methods of "romanizing" Chinese, initials and finals, tone shifts , recommended films for listening
• Pinyin Practice
  http://www.uiowa.edu/~chinese/pinyin/index.html
  Welcome to the world of Pinyin and Chinese sounds. Before you begin to work on the exercises contained in this site check out some sites that explain the fundamentals of the Pinyin system. Take advantage of the many examples given. When you have a basic understanding of Pinyin, return here to try these activities.
• Pinyin Font Converter
  http://www.foolsworkshop.com/pfc.html
  In order to input romanized Chinese in Pinyin using the 4 tones of Mandarin Chinese, special fonts are used to mark vowels with tones. A variety of these fonts are available online. The Pinyin Font Converter converts texts between some of the most popular Pinyin fonts that are available for Windows and Macintosh.
  
• Chinese Pronunciation Guide
  http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~clp/China/guide.htm
  Includes a tool, pinyin sheets and courses.
  
• http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~pinyin/
  useful site for students to improve their pronunciation and tones
• Speech Wizard
  http://www.catalog.com/inforg01/software.htm
  English and Chinese text-to-speech system that lets you listen to the reading of English and Chinese words, sentences or even an entire text through your multimedia speakers.                                                                                                                                   Back to the top

• http://www.chinese-outpost.com/grammarg/gram.asp
  verbs and word order, expressing "tense" in Chinese, particles, measure words, question formats
• Sources of Chinese-Language Text Files
  http://www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/text.html
  is a source of documents written in Chinese, mostly of Chinese literature
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• US Department of Education
• Cantonese from CAL
• Mandarin from CAL
• Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (Chinese Proficiency Examination )
• Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK)
  China's HSK homepage (GB/Eng). The HSK, or Chinese Proficiency Test, is "a standardized test at the state level designed and developed by the HSK Center of Beijing Language and Culture University to measure the Chinese proficiency of foreigners, overseas Chinese and students from Chinese national minorities.
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• http://www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/radio.html
  This page collects, in one place, information on radio or other broadcasts in Mandarin, Cantonese, and other Chinese languages. The emphasis is on broadcasts that are globally available, either via shortwave radio, cable, or in recorded form over the Internet.
• http://broadcast-live.com/chinese.html
  At this site, you can watch Chinese television and listen to radio broadcasts in the Chinese language. A wide selection of streaming audio and video broadcasts is available from Canada, France, Germany, Singapore, Britain, China and the USA in both Mandarin and Cantonese. Transmissions are provided in RealAudio formats.
• Central Chinese Television (in Chinese)
• China Radio International
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• Chinese Multimedia Tutorial
  http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Humanities/.C-tut/C-tut.html
  A tutorial on greetings, expressing thanks and food terms, including characters and sounds.
• Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online
  http://philo.ucdavis.edu/CHINESE/ccol.htm
  a 15-unit course on everyday topics
• Cyber Chinese
  http://www.nmc.csulb.edu/nmcpages/...e_Language_f/Chinese_Language.html
  a series of interactive lessons covering the complete first-year curriculum, with video, sound and text
• Internet-based Chinese Teaching & Learning
  http://chinese.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/index.htm
  La Trobe University's 8-level online Chinese language courses.
• Learn Chinese
  http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/ctutor.html
  An audio tutorial of survival Chinese.
• My Favorite Multimedia Inside Chinese Language Lab
  http://peijean.ficnet.net.tw/
  Page Lin's site for online pronounciation lessons using real-time sounds
• Teaching and Learning Chinese
  http://topaz.kenyon.edu/projects/chinese/
  Xie Tianwei's Web site for online language resources
• http://www.certifiedchinesetranslation.com/learn/online.html
  Large index of links for learning, studying, or practicing Chinese online. Links include pronunciation, conversation, grammar and characters, literature, dictionaries, software, and more.
• http://www.speakingchinese.com/en/en_index.asp
  By studying at Speaking-Chinese.com, you are together with the best teachers of rich experiences in teaching Chinese to International students. They are professional, innovative and easy-going.
• http://www.wellgot.ca/lessons/preface-e.htm
  13 lessons
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• EICQ (狂飆譯族) –Automatic Chinese-English English-Chinese translation software http://www.lotony.com
• Chinese Star
  http://www.Suntendy.com/cstar/default.htm
• NJStar
  http://www.njstar.com
• RichWin 4.2 Plus for Windows
  http://www.richwinUSA.com
• Rising Sun
  http://www.accent.net/risingsun/
• Twinbridge
  http://www.twinbridge.com/
• Chinese Bookstores
  Cheng & Tsui
  http://www.cheng-tsui.com
• China Books and Periodicals
  http://www.chinabooks.com
• Chinese Book and Supply Company
  http://www.chinesebookco.com
• Asia for Kids
  http://www.afk.com
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The following is a good website with language learning resources for kids.
It's really intended for ESL (English as a Second Language), but a lot of
the items they carry would be good for learning/practicing Chinese, as well:

• http://www.intac.com/~booklink
• In particular, see language learning games here:
  http://www.intac.com/~booklink/eslgames.htm
• And picture dictionaries here:
  http://www.intac.com/~booklink/pictdict.htm
  They have the "New Oxford Picture Dictionary" and the "Renyi Picture
  Dictionary" in Chinese-English, among other things.
• You can get a good laugh from this little thingie:
  http://www.nick.com/games/game.jhtml?game-name=click_toe
  Just click on a flag and you will hear how Ow, My Foot! is said in the language that flag stands for. Pay attention to the Chinese expression and learn it! When you click on the flag, check out the scene outside the window too.

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• Chinese Text Initiative (University of Virgia)
• Chinese Art and Culture
• Beijing Art Museum
• China the Beautiful
• Chinese Learner's Alternative Page
• Chinese Art
• National Palace Museum - Taiwan
• Traditional Chinese Culture in Taiwan
• Chinese culture information net
• Minority Nationalities in China (in Chinese)
• Western-Chinese Calendar Converter
  http://www.mandarintools.com/
• Get a name in Chinese
  http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html
  Get your own Chinese name based on your English name and find out your sign in the Chinese Zodiac! Simply type in your first and last name, select what kind of characteristics you want to be expressed in the name, select your gender, enter your birth date and press "Get a Name!".
• Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization
  http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv
  Designed to be used by students and teachers in college of high school classes. Covers ten categories, such as geography, Buddhism, calligraphy, military technology, etc., all selected because of the value of visual images in teaching about them. Includes a timeline and teacher’s guide.
• Reference Works for Chinese Studies
  http://staff.hum.ku.dk/littrup/index.htm
  An annotated bibliography of dictionaries, indices, concordances, etc., covering all aspects of Chinese studies. Requires Chinese software to view characters in titles.
  
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•  People's Daily (in Chinese)

•  Xinhua News Agency

• China Daily (in English)

• Watch CCTV Online

• Chinese News (in Chinese)

• China Times News (in Chinese)

• China News Digest

• Global Chinese Electronic Daily News

•  Hua Xia Wen Zhai (in Chinese)

• Beijing Spring (in Chinese)

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Research on China

• Encyclopedia: Britannica

• Xinzhi Zaixian New Knowledge Online (in Chinese)

•  National Library of China

•  National Central Library (in Chinese)

• Academia Sinica (in Chinese)

• Beida zhongguo xueshu cheng Beijing University - China academic town (in Chinese)

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• Internet Guide for China Studies

• Association of Asian Studies

• Bibliography of Asian Studies

The following site (The Internet History Sourcebooks) has collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts on Asian studies presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. It provides links to actual articles and resources.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall

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Chinese Literature

Chinese Poems with English Translation
http://www.chinapage.com/poetry.html

Classic Chinese Literature

http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Novels/novels.htm,

Names and descriptions in English of great Chinese classic novels

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http://www.bookhome.net/gudian/

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Chinese Riddles

• http://feature.yam.com/lantern/riddle.htm

• http://ecard.youline.com/cht/yuanxiao.asp

• http://www.kstcvhs.ttct.edu.tw/cc/fyy/kslove/riddles.htm

• http://kids.yam.com/act/dragon/moon15.htm

• http://nt4.tgp.ks.edu.tw/country/88thtm/tm92.htm

• http://163.17.222.3/cpth1602/chinese/learn109.htm

• http://www.chinesewaytoo.org/waytogo/idea/fest_latern/latern_song.htm

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Chinese Movies Every Week

China Century Entertainment, based in New York City, shows a Chinese movie every week. For movie schedule and additional information, please check its website: http://www.prcmovie.com or call 888-887-6682.

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