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Learn Chinese

Learning Mandarin is getting more popular since China has opened up. It takes time and perseverance to master the Chinese language. Try the different sources to help you along the way with your Chinese studies.

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General Chinese Lessons

Lessons to start learning basic Chinese. Take it one step at a time.

21 Lessons Basic Mandarin21 basic lessons. Includes a set of dictionaries, English-Chinese, French-Chinese, Spanish-Chinese.

22 lessons OxfordMultimedia Elementary - intermediate level Course. 22 lessons in simplified characters.

BBC Real ChineseIntroduction to Mandarin Chinese in 10 short parts. Includes video.

China8Learn Chinese and discover China with Mandarin lessons, flashcardsetc.

College Chinese LanguageA variety of Mandarin lessons, including phrases of the day and the stories of idioms.

Pinyin PracticePractice your Pinyin skills by listening to the tones.

Chinese Writing

Writing Chinese characters is a process of doing it again and again. Start with one character a day.

3000 most common charactersThe most common Chinese characters in order of frequency.

Basic Writing RulesBasic Rules for Writing Chinese Characters.

Calligraphy SheetsSheets to print in order to exercise your character writing.

Character Frequency ListA list of 9933 unique modern Chinese characters ordered by frequency.

Characters LessonsChinese writing lessons. Characters are animated and it includes pronunciation. USC Chinese Department.

Chinese Character FinderCharacters organized according to their visual form.

Learn to WriteLearn to write Chinese characters by following the animated characters.

PinyinGuide to the writing of mandarin chinese in romanization (pinyin).

Pinyin/Zhuyin ConverterA help to read Chinese characters. Paste them into the box an you can view their Mandarin pronunciation, as pinyin or zhuyin.

Stroke Order ExercisePractice your stroke order. Click one of the Chinese characters and it will be clear.

Traditional to SimplifiedConvert Simplified Chinese characters to Traditional Chinese characters and vice versa.

Learn Chinese Podcasts

Chinese podcasts to study mandarin. Play them on your mp3 player and learn.

Chinese Learn OnlineTeaching Mandarin Chinese to beginners through free podcast lessons, released 3 times a week.

ChinesePodLearn Chinese with Podcasts. Includes a learning centre and pdf transcripts of the audio.

Easy Mandarin PodcastsLearn Mandarin listening to Serge's Podcasts. Includes transcripts & worksheets.

Chinese Listening

Stories and tone drills. Listen online.

Audio ChineseLearn how to greet, shop and travel. Includes sentences with pinyin and audio files.

Chinese Proverbs & OriginsListen to the stories behind these fables and see the story unfold.

Chinese Travelers PhrasesLessons for travelers to learn Chinese phrases and pronunciations

Mandarin Tone DrillCheck your knowledge of the tones used in Chinese. Click and choose the right tone.

Pinyin SoundsClick the pinyin and hear the tones.

Snow WhiteMultimedia story of Snow White, narrated in Chinese.

Chinese Reading

Read a little bit of Chinese. Newsinchinese is especially a good way.

Chinese Reading ClassBeginning and intermediate level reading lessons. Includes audio.

Chinese Reading World25 Beginning Level Readings including audio.

Test your ChinesePractical Chinese Reader Self-Test. 29 Lessons.

Chinese Flashcards

A good assisitance for learning is the use of Chinese flashcards. They help you memorize new and old characters.

A Is For Love FlashcardsSet of Flash Cards for learning Chinese.

Flashcard ExchangeA growing set of flashcards for learning Mandarin.

Traditional Chinese FlashcardNearly 3300 Traditional Chinese charactter flashcards you can download (.pdf) and print.

YellowbridgeOnline Chinese Flashcards. Different levels.

Chinese Idioms

Idioms consist of 4 characters, yet have a meaning of many words and are ingrained with Chinese culture.

Chinese Idiom DatabaseChinese idiom database, where users may search for or add idioms.

One a Day IdiomsDaily a new idiom including pinyin and translation.

Study Chinese Online

Chinese SavvyChinese learning courses plus a People's dictionary as well as a speech generator.

Learn to Count in Chinese

Chinese Numbers & CountingLearn to count in Mandarin.

Counting to a QuadrillionMultimedia lessons to learn to count and multiply in Chinese.

Miscll. Chinese Lessons

Chinese Family RelationshipChinese family titles divided up by generation.

Common Mistakes7 examples of common mistakes in using Chinese.

Lesson Chinese GeographyClickable map of China to learn provinces and capitals.

Military EnglishUseful words in case you ever want to join the Chinese army.

Chinese Grammar

Essential GrammarLearn essential Chinese grammar, including examples.

Cantonese Lessons

Cantonese at ChinesePodForum for learning Cantonese.

Cantonese Help SheetsWritten Chinese characters help sheets with cantonese pronunciation. Includes character of the day.

Crashcourse CantoneseA short crash course for learning Cantonese.

Learn CantoneseCantonese word lists ordered by subject. Includes a pronunciation guide.

Shangainese Lessons

Shanghainese SoundboardSoundboard to illustrate the differences between Mandarin Chinese and Shanghainese.

Chinese Language Forums

Share your questions and answers with other students of Chinese.

Chinese Forumsonline community of people with an interest in Chinese language and culture.

Chinese Mobile Lessons

Study Chinese on your mobile phone.

Mobile Chinese FlashcardsChinese flashcards for mobile phones. Phone needs to support Chinese characters, and also be able to run Mobile Java (j2me) applications.

Chinese Fun

Chinese - Real or NotLittle quiz to guess whether theorgin of a Chinese character is accurate or not.

Chinese Loan WordsList of Chinese words that have a foreign origin. For example toffee and yuppie.

EngrishFun about Chinglish. English words wrongly translated from Chinese.

Hanzi SmatterMisuse of Chinese characters in Western culture, especially in tattoos

Chinese Lyrics

Translations of Chinese lyrics.

Asian Music WorldChinese lyrics and their pinyin and English translation.

Lyrics in Chinese & EnglishNice collection of songs in Chinese and English.

Ting DongChinese and Japanese song lyrics and translations.

Related pages

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Chinese Browser Add ons

Add ons for Firefox and Internet Explorer. These add ons annotate Chinese text. Very useful.

ChinesePera-kunFirefox extension. Annotates Chinese text.

DictCNSimple firefox plugin that annotates Chinese characters.

HanzibarAdd on for Internet explorer and Firefox. Free trial version is available. Annotates Chinese text.

Chinese Computing

How to read in your Western-language version of Microsoft or Mac.

Chinese on the MacUsing the Chinese language on the Mac OS.

Chinese Text ComputingHow to display and edit Chinese on English Windows systems.

Pinyin ZhouRead and write Chinese in your Western-language version of Microsoft Windows XP and Vista.

Chinese Learning Software

Free downloadable software to use on your desktop.

Chinese PracticeFree program to help you learn Chinese language. Offers text-to-speech synthesis and/or recorded voice, editing lessons, talking Chinese dictionary and Chinese text reader.

My Chinese FlashcardsView, hear, and learn the 1000 most used Chinese characters with this software.

WaKan ToolTool for students of Japanese or Chinese. It features a character dictionary, a word dictionary, a text editor, a vocabulary management utility.