languages on the web: chinese

Language Related Resources | General Culture Items | University Resources | Dictionaries

Online Tests | Podcasts & Videocasts | News & Media

Language:

• Clavis Sinica - Chinese Voices Project
• Chinese Language: Myth and Facts - Demystifying the Chinese Language
• Chinese Text Sampler - Readings in Chinese Literature, History and Popular Culture
• Chinese Language Resources
• E. L. Easton's Languages Online - Chinese - Great Study Resource
• Chinese-Tools.com
• Chinese Idioms Daily
• Chinese Mp3 - (Chinese with a Rythm)
• Learning Chinese Online
• Free Language Courses
• Chinese Mandarin Wikibook
• Chinese Language Exchange Project
• Min Multimedia - (Vocabularly Builder)
• China Daily Language Tips
• SinoLogic Resources
• Learn Chinese Through Music
• Chinese Lessons - (Mandarin and Cantonese)
• CRIEnglish - (Mandarin & English News & Chinese Lessons)
• Children's Books Online - (Mandarin or Several Other Languages)
• Deutsche Well - (Listening Resources)

General

• Chinese Language Council International - committed to making the Chinese language and culture teaching resources and services available to the world
• WCETV Home Web Page - Good place for information
• The Chinese Outpost
• Chinese-Forums
• China Books
• Lost Laowei - The No-Nonsense China Expat and Traveler Community
• China Portal - Chinese language, characters, zodiac signs, history . . .
• PBS China Inside
• PBS Chinatown
• Chinasprout - Chinese Cultural & Education Products
• PBS Independent Lens - How Is Your Fish Today?

University Language Resources

• Grammar at Rutgers
• Harvard University Chinese Language Program
• Chinese-Tools.com
• Columbia University - Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced Audio
• Harvard University - Advanced Level Chinese Teaching Materials
• University of Southern California - Learn to write Chinese characters
• Hawaii University - Chinese Vocabularly Builder
• University of Cambridge - Prepatory Materials for China
• Indiana University at Bloomington - Chinese Audio Online
• Chinese Text Initiative - University of Virginia Library
• Chinese Reading World - University of Virginia
• Learn Chinese - Audio Tutorials
• University of Northern Iowa

Dictionaries

• Chinese-Tools - (Use Mouse to Draw Characters Dictionary)
• Chinese Usage Dictionary
• Chinese Character Genealogy. Web-Based Etymological Dictionary for Learning Chinese.
• Chinese Dictionary
• Quick Mandarin - (Visual Dictionary)

Culture

• China The Beautiful. - A great resource for: Classical Chinese Art, Calligraphy, Poetry, History, literature, Painting and Philosophy.
• Shufa West - (Chinese Audio & Calligraphy)
• Chinese Classics in Chinese
• Lu Xun - Most Famous Modern Chinese Writer

Test Your Ability

• Chinese Savvy - (Test Your Mandarin Ability)
• Chinese Character Test

Podcasts and Videocasts

• Chinesepod - Best Chinese Learning Podcast on the Internet
• Linese - (Learning Chinese Podcast and Videocast)
• iMandarinpod Podcast
• Princess Remi Prodcast
• Shanghai Chinese - (Videocasts about Shanghai in Mandarin)
• Think and Talk Like Chinese Podcast
• Learn the Lingo - (Traveler's Language)
• Learn Chinesepod Podcast
• Learning Mandarin Podcast
• Let's Speak Chinese Podcast
• Chinese As a Second Language Podcast
• Chinese Learn Online Podcast
• Chinese Lessons with Serge Melynk
• Chinese 101 Podcast
• E Chinese Learning Podcast
• Essential Chinese Podcast
• Free Chinese Lessons Podcast
• Chinese Survival Phrases
• World Languages Podcasting - (Mandarin)
• iWuShu Martial Arts Podcast - (English and Mandarin)
• MyMandarin

News and Media

• Radio Canada International
• OuOu - (Chinese Videos and News)
• Chinese News with Video
• Voice of America in Mandarin
• Radio Free Asia in Mandarin
• PhoenixTV & Radio
• Taiwan Public Television Service Online
• YouKou Videocast
• ChinaOnTV - (Mandarin w/ English Subtitles)
• TuDou Videocast
• TVU Networks - (Chinese Television Programming)
• FreeXinWen - (Voice of America Videos with accompanying Text)
• China News Digest - (In Chinese & English)