Chinese learning

• Dictionaries:
• Chinese Picture Dictionary of Yale University

-- online Chinese picture dictionary including several hundred pictures based on familiar settings of daily life. Recommend for both beginners and intermediate-level learners.

• xuezhongwen.net

-- online Chinese dictionary supporting Chinese, pinyin, English definition, and radical/strokes search for both simplified and tradictional Chinese. It can help to segment and annotate a Chinese phrase or sentence. Recommend for both beginners and advanced learners.

• zhongwen.com

-- online Chinese character dictionary supporting English and pinyin search for both simplified and traditional Chinese. Recommend for both intermediate-level and advanced learners.

• Online courses:
  • www.hanyu.com.cn

  -- free online Chinese courses for beginners, need registration to visit the free courses.

  • CTCFL of University of Oxford

  -- 22 lessons in simplified characters at elementary-intermediate level.

• General:
• chinese-tools.com

-- a general Chinese learning web site including 40 free online mandarin courses, chinese calligraphy studio, chinese name translation, chinese editor, chinese annotation tool, chinese dictionary, converters for pinyin, unicode, traditional and simplified chinese, tools to build chinese websites, etc...

• Character writing:
• Write Chinese @ mymandarin.com

-- teaching how to write Chinese characters by flash slide shows. Recommend for beginners and intermediate-level learners.

• Pronouncing:
• Voice Web @ sinovoice.com.cn

-- online Chinese character/short-sentence pronouncing. Recommend for beginners and advanced learners.

• Links:
• Learning Chinese Online

-- a lot of Chinese learning resources including introduction, culture, grammar, reading, listening, dictionary, etc. Beware of getting lost in the big lists. Recommend for both beginners and advanced learners.