Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning Chinese
(This site is constantly updated. Please visit often.)
Guides, Indexes and Links
Chinese Programs

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Dictionaries

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Study Chinese characters

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Vocabulary
  • 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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Pronunciation
  • 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
Grammar
Organizations that Provide Standardized Tests of Chinese
  • 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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Chinese-Language Radio Broadcasts
  • 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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Online Tutorials, Courses and Programs
Software Programs
Chinese for Kids

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:

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Chinese Culture: Art, Literature, etc.
Chinese Newspapers and Magazines

Research on China
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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Chinese Books

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

At this site, you can download a great number of Chinese books                     Back to the top
 

Chinese Riddles

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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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