LANGUAGE & TRANSLATION CENTER CHINESE

MANDARIN CHINESE, CANTONESE CHINESE, HAKKA CHINESE,

CHINESE DIALECTS (BEIJING, JINAN, XI’AN, TAIYUAN, HANKOU, CHENGDU, ETC.)

CHINESE – 中文

MANDARIN CHINESE, CANTONESE CHINESE, HAKKA CHINESE,

CHINESE DIALECTS (BEIJING, JINAN, XI’AN, TAIYUAN, HANKOU, CHENGDU, ETC.)

English <> Mandarin Chinese (国语-英語)
and Mandarin Chinese with Character Pronunciation, Annotation Tools, etc.
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionaries,
Classical Chinese Dictionaries, Guangyun Dictionary, Kangxi Dictionary, etc.

English <> Cantonese Chinese (廣東話-英語)
& Charcter Pronunciation, Annotation Tools, etc.
(Text, Images & Audio/Sound)

English <> Mandarin Chinese Medical Terms (英語-漢語醫學術語)

Mandarin Chinese Dictionaries (漢語詞典)

Wu Chinese Dictionaries (吳漢語詞典)

Min’Nam Chinese Dictionaries & Taiwanese-Hakka-Mandarin Dictionary
(Alternate Names: Minnan, Amoy, Taiwanese Hokkien)

Hakka Chinese Dictionaries (客家中國)

Teochew Dictionaries (A Dialect of Min Nam) (潮州中文)

Mandarin Chinese Text-to-Speech (TTS) (漢語文語轉換),
Cantonese Chinese Text-to-Speech (TTS) (粵語中文文本到語音)
Taiwanese Chinese Text-to-Speech (TTS) (台灣中文文本到語音)
Chinese Speech Synthesizer – Chinese Speech Synthesis
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants ~
Kangxi Character Dictionary

Comparative Database of Chinese Dialects
(Beijing, Jinan, Xi’an, Taiyuan, Hankou, Chengdu, Yangzhou,
Suzhou, Wenzhou, Changsha, Shuangfeng, Nanchang, Meixian,
Guangzhou, Xiamen, Chaozhou, Fuzhou, Shanghai, Zhongyuan yinyun)

Old Chinese Phonology

CANTONESE CHINESE COURSES, LESSONS, ETC.

FIRST YEAR CANTONESE CHINESE
Courses, Lessons, etc.
including Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Grammar, Keyboards, etc.
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED CANTONESE CHINESE
Courses, Lessons, etc.
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

HAKKA, MIN NAM, TEOCHEW, WU COURSES, LESSONS, ETC.

Hakka ~
Min Nam ~
Teochew (Dialect of Min-Nam) ~
Wu

MANDARIN CHINESE COURSES, LESSONS, ETC.

BASIC MANDARIN CHINESE
Courses, Lessons, etc. including Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Grammar,
Basic Chinese Character Strokes, Chinese Keyboard,
Chinese Numbers, Your Name in Chinese, etc.
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

MANDARIN CHINESE CHARACTER TESTS

FIRST YEAR MANDARIN CHINESE
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

First Year Courses ~
First Year Lessons & Conversation Lessons

Chinese Keyboards

First Year Grammar Courses & Lessons ~
First Year Pronunciation, Tone, Phonetics Courses & Lessons

First Year Chinese Characters Courses & Lessons ~
First Year Vocabulary Tests

First Year Reading Courses & Lessons

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED MANDARIN CHINESE
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

Intermediate & Advanced Mandarin Chinese Courses

Chinese Idioms ~
Interediate Chinese Pronunciation, Tone, Phonetics Courses & Lessons

Intermediate Chinese Characters Courses

CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

CHINESE LITERATURE & CHINESE POETRY
(Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound)

CHINESE PROVERBS

Languages: A-G ~
Languages: H-R ~
Languages: S-Z

English ~
Sign Language & Braille

Indigenous Languages of U.S. & Canada ~
Indigenous Languages of Australia

Indigenous Languages of Mexico, Central America & South America

Writing Systems, Body Language,
Languages (Sounds) of Birds, Fish, Frogs, Insects, Seals, Whales, etc.

Linguistics, Language Journals, Fonts, Keyboard, Resources

Language Center

CHINESE LANGUAGE – HAN CHINESE LANGUAGE

Figures Below Based on:
2012 Population of the People’s Republic of China: Over “1.4” Billion; Approximately 91% Speak Chinese (Han Chinese) (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics)

MANDARIN CHINESE

• Official Language of the People’s Republic of China

Approximately 71% Speakers of Chinese Speak Mandarin Chinese (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics)

• • .

Official Language of Taiwan (R.O.C.).

One of Four Official Languages of Singapore.

Also Spoken in over “100” Countries.

Over
“890” Million (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics) Mandarin Chinese Speakers in China.

Over
“4.6” Million (National Statistics, R.O.C. (Taiwan) Mandarin Chinese Speakers in Taiwan.

Over
“1.2” Million (Department of Statistics, Singapore) Mandarin Chinese Speakers in Singapore.

Over
“600,000” (Statistics Indonesia – Badan Pusat Statistik) Mandarin Chinese Speakers in Indonesia.

Over
“380,000” (U.S. Detailed Language Tables – Conducted 2006-2008 – Released 2010 – Spoke a Language (Mandarin Chinese) other than English at Home) Mandarin Chinese Speakers in the U.S.

• • Number of Speakers of Chinese in U.S. Special Note

• • Total Number of Speakers who Spoke Chinese other than English at Home in the U.S.:

“2,455,583” (U.S. Detailed Language Tables – Conducted 2006-2008 – Released 2010)

• • Total Number of Speakers who Spoke Chinese other than English at Home in the U.S. but did not specifiy either, Mandarin, Cantonese, etc.:

“1,554,505” (U.S. Detailed Language Tables – Conducted 2006-2008 – Released 2010)

Writing System:

• • Han Script (Simplified Variant),

• • Han Script (Traditional Variant),

• Bopomofo Script.

CANTONESE – YUE CHINESE

• Spoken in China: Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong Province & Southern China.

• Also Spoken in Singapore, Malaysia, U.S., Canada, etc.

• Over

“70” Million (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics)

• Cantonese Chinese (Yew Chinese) Speakers in China.

• Over

“1” Million (Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia – Department of Statistics, Malaysia)

• Cantonese Chinese (Yew Chinese) Speakers in Malaysia.

• Over

“120,000” (Department of Statistics, Singapore)

• Cantonese Chinese (Yew Chinese) Speakers in Singapore.

• Over

“430,000” (U.S. Detailed Language Tables – Conducted 2006-2008 – Released 2010 – Spoke a Language (Cantonese Chinese – Yew Chinese) other than English at Home)

• Cantonese Chinese (Yew Chinese) Speakers in the U.S.

Writing System: Han Script (Simplified Variant) & Han Script (Traditional Variant).

MIN NAN CHINESE

• Spoken in China.

• Also Spoken in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia (Peninsular), Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand,

• Over

“40” Million (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics)

• Min Nam Chinese Speakers in China.

• Over

“15” Million (National Statistics, R.O.C. (Taiwan)

• Min Nam Chinese (Taiwanese Dialect) Speakers in Taiwan.

• Over

“2.7” Million (Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia – Department of Statistics, Malaysia)

• Min Nam Chinese Speakers in Malaysia.

• Over

“700,000” Million (Statistics Indonesia – Badan Pusat Statistik)

• Min Nam Chinese Speakers in Indonesia.

• Over

“600,000” (National Statistics Office)

• Min Nam Chinese Speakers in the Philippines.

Writing System: Han Script (Simplified Variant), Han Script (Traditional Variant), & Latin Script (Taiwan).

WU CHINESE

• Spoken in China.

• Over

“85” Million (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics)

• Wu Chinese Speakers in China.

• Over

“2,000” (U.S. Detailed Language Tables – Conducted 2006-2008 – Released 2010 – Spoke a Language (Wu Chinese) other than English at Home)

• Wu Chinese Speakers in the U.S.

Writing System: Han Script (Simplified Variant) & Han Script (Traditional Variant).

JINYU CHINESE: Over
“50” Million (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics) Jinyu Chinese Speakers in China.

XIANG CHINESE: Over
“45” Million (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics) Xiang Chinese Speakers in China.

GAN CHINESE: Over
“30” Million (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics) Gan Chinese Speakers in China.

HAKKA CHINESE: Over
“33” Million (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics) Hakka Chinese Speakers in China.

HUIZHOU CHINESE: Over
“5” Million (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics) Huizhou Chinese Speakers in China.

MIN BEI CHINESE: Over
“12” Million (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics) Min Bei Chinese Speakers in China.

MIN DONG CHINESE: Over
“11” Million (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics) Min Dong Chinese Speakers in China.

MIN ZHONG CHINESE: Over
“3” Million (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics) Min Zhong Chinese Speakers in China.

PU-XIAN CHINESE: Over
“3” Million (中华人民共和国国家统计局 – National Bureau of Statistics) Pu-xian Chinese Speakers in China.

English <> Mandarin Chinese and Mandarin Chinese with Character Pronunciation, Annotation Tools, etc. – Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound

“ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE” “国语-英語” (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) – Chinese-Tools, Chinese-Tools
Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary & Audio Pronunciation for each Chinese Word (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).

• • English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – English Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – English Mandarin Chinese Translation

Chinese-Tools also includes

• • “…Mandarin Chinese Courses;

• • Mandarin Chinese Calligraphy;

• • Mandarin Chinese Name Translation;

• • Mandarin Chinese Editor;

• • Mandarin Chinese Annotation Tool;

• • Mandarin Chinese Converters for Pinyin; etc…”

• • Includes Audio Pronunciation for each Mandarin Chinese Word.

“ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE” “国语-英語” (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) – Author: Richmond (Rick) Harbaugh,
Business Economics and Public Policy,
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University.
Published by Zhongwen.com, distributed by Yale University
Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).

• • English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – English Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – English Mandarin Chinese Translation

Zhongwen also includes

• • “…Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation;

• • Mandarin Chinese Radical – Mandarin Chinese Stroke Count;

• • Mandarin Chinese Literature;

• • Mandarin Chinese Poetry;

• • Mandarin Chinese Specialized Vocabulary; etc…”

“ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE” “国语-英語” (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) – YellowBridge
Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).

• • English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – English Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – English Mandarin Chinese Translation

YellowBridge Dictionary includes

• • “…Traditional & Pinyin, Character Detail, Character Etymology, Stoke Order…”

YellowBridge also includes

• • “…Mandarin Chinese Text Annotator;

• • Online Mandarin Chinese Reading Center;

• • Introduction to Pinyin;

• • Zhuyin to Pinyin Converter;

• • Mandarin Chinese Radicals; etc…”

For more information see

YellowBridge

“ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE” “国语-英語” (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) – E. E. Peterson,
On-line Chinese Tools, mandarintools.com
Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – Traditional, Simplified & Pinyin (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).

• • English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – English Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – English Mandarin Chinese Translation

On-line Mandarin Chinese Tools also include

• • “…Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation;

• • Mandarin Chinese Character Strokes;

• • Mandarin Chinese Flashcards;

• • Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Converter;

• • Mandarin Chinese Culture;

• • Western-Chinese Calendar Converter;

• • Mandarin Chinese Measurements;

• • Mandarin Chinese Numbers; etc…”

For more information see

On-line Chinese Tools

“CHINESE-ENGLISH” “国语-英語” (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) – MDBG (xuezhongwen.net)
Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
For more information see

MDBG

English <> Mandarin Chinese and Mandarin Chinese to other Languages

English <> Mandarin Chinese and Mandarin Chinese to other Languages – Audio Pronunciation for each Chinese Word

“ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE” “国语-英語” AND MANDARIN CHINESE TO OTHER LANGUAGES – Chinese-Tools
Multimedia Mandarin Chinese <> English Dictionary and Mandarin Chinese to other Languages with Audio Pronunciation for each Chinese Word, English Word & German Word (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

• • Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – Mandarin Chinese Translation

• • Mandarin Chinese <> English Dictionary – English Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – English Mandarin Chinese Translation

• • and Mandarin Chinese to other Languages

For more information see

Dictionaries or

Chinese-Tools

“ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE” “国语-英語” AND “GERMAN-MANDARIN CHINESE” “国语-中国的” – PONS.eu – The Language Portal,
PONS GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
Multimedia English <> Chinese Dictionary & German <> Chinese Dictionary with Audio Pronunciation for each Chinese Word, English Word & German Word (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

• • Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – Mandarin Chinese Translation

• • Mandarin Chinese <> English Dictionary – English Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – English Mandarin Chinese Translation

• • Mandarin Chinese <> German Dictionary – German Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – German Mandarin Chinese Translation

For more information see

PONS.eu – The Language Portal

English <> Mandarin Chinese and Mandarin Chinese to other Languages – Word, Text & Website Translation

“ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE” “国语-英語” AND MANDARIN CHINESE TO OVER “63” OTHER LANGUAGES – Google
Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Word, Text & Website Translation and
Mandarin Chinese Word, Phrase, Website Translation to over “63” other Languages (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Also includes

• • Audio Pronunciation for English & Simplified Mandarin Chinese &

• • Audio Pronunciation for English & Traditional Mandarin Chinese.

For more information see

Google

English <> Mandarin Chinese – Word, Text & Website Translation

“ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE” “国语-英語” – Systran S.A.
Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Word, Text & Website Translation (Text & Images).

• • Mandarin Chinese <> English Word, Text & Website Translation

For more information see

Systran

“ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE” “国语-英語” – Bing Translator,
Microsoft
Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Word, Text & Website Translations (Text & Images).

• • Mandarin Chinese <> English Word, Text & Website Translation

For more information see

Bing

English <> Mandarin Chinese

“ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE” “国语-英語” – Ectaco Corporate Center, N.Y.
Multimedia English <> Chinese Dictionary (Text & Images).
For more information see

• • Mandarin Chinese <> English Dictionary – English Mandarin Chinese Dictionary – English Mandarin Chinese Translation

Online Dictionaries;

Ectaco U.K. or

Ectaco U.S.

English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionaries, Classical Chinese Dictionaries, Guangyun Dictionary, Kangxi Dictionary, etc.

“ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE” “国语-英語” & CLASSICAL CHINESE & KANGXI, ETC. – ZDIC.NET
Multimedia English <> Mandarin Chinese Dictionary,
Classical Chinese Dictionary, Kangxi Dictionary (Text & Images).

In Chinese.

CLASSICAL CHINESE DICTIONARY, MANDARIN CHINESE DICTIONARY, GUANGYUN DICTIONARY AND KANGXI DICTIONARY – Project Coordinator: Donald Sturgeon,
Chinese Text Project
Multimedia Classical Chinese Dictionary including Guangyun Dictionary and Kangxi Dictionary (Text & Images).

Classical Chinese Dictionary including Guangyun Dictionary and Kangxi Dictionary

• • “…Look up a character using the main

• • dictionary page, then click on the links listed

• • under “Dictionary references” to jump to the corresponding pages in

• • these resources…”

• • Also includes Pronunciation Lookup & Radical Lookup.

For more information see

Chinese Text Project

INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL CHINESE – Chinese Notes
Multimedia First Year Classical Chinese Lessons (Text & Images).

Introduction to Classical Chinese

• • “…A gentle introduction for learners with minimal background in modern Chinese or even none at all, this article outlines development and history of the language, grammar,…”

For more information see

Chinese Notes

English <> Cantonese Chinese Dictionaries

“ENGLISH-CANTONESE CHINESE” “廣東話-英語” (QUICKTIME) – A. Sheik
Multimedia English <> Cantonese Chinese Dictionary (Text, Images, & Audio/Sound).

• • English <> Cantonese Chinese Dictionary – English Cantonese Chinese Dictionary – English Cantonese Chinese Translation

Learn Cantonese also includes

• • “…Cantonese Chinese Courses (Introduction & 1st Year);

• • Cantonese Chinese Sentences with English Translation;

• • Cantonese Chinese Poetry; etc…”

For more information see

Learn Cantonese

“ENGLISH-CANTONESE CHINESE” “廣東話-英語” (WAV.) – Lin Yutang,
Humanities Computing and Methodology Programme,
Research Institute for the Humanities (RIH),
Faculty of Arts,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Multimedia English <> Cantonese Chinese Dictionary – A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

• • English <> Cantonese Chinese Dictionary – English Cantonese Chinese Dictionary – English Cantonese Chinese Translation

For more information see

Electronic References or

Humanum

• • Examples of “A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect” Categories include

Cantonese Chinese Tables of Radicals

Cantonese Chinese Characters According to Number of Strokes

Cantonese Chinese Characters According to Frequency Rank

CHINESE CHARACTER DATABASE: WITH WORD-FORMATIONS
PHONOLOGICALLY DISAMBIGUATED ACCORDING TO THE CANTONESE DIALECT (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) – Humanities Computing and
Methodology Programme, Research Institute for the Humanities (RIH), Faculty of Arts,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Multimedia Cantonese Chinese Character Database (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Chinese Character Database

• • “…This fully revised and expanded database covering the complete

• • Big5 Chinese character set is now the most comprehensive syllabary of the

• • Cantonese dialect on the Internet…”

• • “…Besides pronunciations, typical word-forms or vocabularies are provided for

• • every character in this database. These word-forms are grouped with respect to the

• • proper pronunciation(s) of the respective head characters so that users can

• • disambiguate polyphonic characters that are phonologically ambiguous. In cases

• • where common vocabularies are not readily available, brief remarks or

• • explanations will be given…”

• • It supports up to seven transciption (romanization) schemes of the Cantonese dialect. Users

• • can switch from one scheme to the other wherever necessary…”

Cantonese Chinese Character Database includes

• • “…Cantonese Finals;

• • Cantonese Syllables;

• • Cantonese Chinese Radical Index;

• • Cantonese Chinese Character Tables; etc…”

For more information see

Electronic References or

Humanum

English <> Mandarin Chinese Medical Dictionaries

“ENGLISH-MANDARIN CHINESE” “MANDARIN CHINESE-ENGLISH” MEDICAL DICTIONARY – Wong Kia Boon,
Esaurus.org, Singapore
Multimedia English <> Chinese Mandarin Medical Dictionary (Text & Images).

English <> Mandarin Chinese Medical Dictionary

• • “…seeks to translate medical terms to the Chinese versions most

• • widely accepted by healthcare professionals in PRC, based chiefly

• • on an up-to-date review of published medical literature in mainland China…”

English <> Mandarin Chinese Medical Dictionary also includes

• • “…English <> Mandarin Chinese Generic Drug Names…”

Mandarin Chinese Dictionaries – 漢語詞典

REVISED MANDARIN CHINESE DICTIONARY – Ministry of Education,
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Multimedia “Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary” (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

“Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary”

• • “…began compiling in 1987 and was completed in 1994…”

• • “…contains words and expressions from medieval to modern times. Traditional

• • pronunciation is placed alongside modern pronunciation, with references to literature.

• • It provides complete historical materials and has over 167,000 entries…”

• • “…The dictionary’s electronic edition offers the functions of an encyclopedia with

• • a copious vocabulary, search for famous sentences of poems, and textual research…”

For more information see

Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary Home Page in English;

Language Resources;

Ministry of Education – English or the

Ministry of Education

CONCISE MANDARIN CHINESE DICTIONARY – Ministry of Education,
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Multimedia Concise Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

“Concise Mandarin Chinese Dictionary”

• • “…contains 45,000 entries of characters and terms and

• • over 1,000 pictures, with pronunciation of

• • all 45,000 characters and terms recorded…”

• • “…Therefore, it is also a huge Chinese voice database. In addition to ordinary words

• • and phrases, idioms, tag lines, quasi set phrases, proverbs, loanwords, and

• • technical terms are collected…”

For more information see the

Concised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary Home Page in English;

Language Resources;

Ministry of Education – English or the

Ministry of Education

MANDARIN CHINESE DICTIONARY – Chinese-Tools
Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (Text & Images).

Mandarin Chinese Dictionary includes

• • “…more than 90,000 entries…all the definitions are

• • given in Mandarin Chinese…”

For more information see

Dictionaries;

Chinese-Tools

Dictionary of Chinese Idioms

DICTIONARY OF CHINESE IDOMS – CHINESE SEARCH & ENGLISH SEARCH – Ministry of Education,
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Multimedia Dictionary of Chinese Idioms (Text & Images).

Dictionary of Chinese Idioms

• • “…Total database frequency architecture and statistics amount to over 30 kinds of books and 48,276 entries…”

• • “…the book contains more than 28,000 entries of idioms…”

• • “…Each entry includes expatiation, original text of allusion, annotation,

• • description of allusion, reference, usage (including present-day illustrative sentences),

• • identification, and reference terms…”

• • “…Creative ways to search English words, providing foreigners with a

• • convenient way to learn Chinese…”

For more information see

Dictionary of Chinese Idioms Home Page in English;

Language Resources;

Ministry of Education – English or the

Ministry of Education

Wu Chinese Dictionary – 吳漢語詞典

WU CHINESE DICTIONARY – Wu Chinese Association
Multimedia Wu Chinese Dictionary (Text & Images)
For more information see the

Wu Chinese Association

Min’Nam Chinese Dictionaries & Taiwanese-Hakka-Mandarin Dictionary – (Minnan, Amoy, Taiwanese Hokkien)

Min’Nam Chinese Dictionary

MIN’NAM DICTIONARY – 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 – Ministry of Education,
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Multimedia Min’Nam Dictonary (Text & Images).

Min’Nam Dictionary

• • “…contains 16,000 most frequently used words and monosyllable characters,

• • complete with the Taiwan Romanization Phonetic Alphabet. Its most distinctive

• • feature is that it allows people having no knowledge of the Min’nan language

• • to find out the meaning of Min’nan words simply by entering their

• • Chinese counterparts…”

For more information see

Min’nan Dictionary Front Page;

Min’nan Language;

Language Resources;

Ministry of Education – English or the

Ministry of Education

Taiwanese (Taiwanese Hokkien) <> Hakka <> Mandarin – Taiwanese Dictionary

“TAIWANESE (TAIWANESE HOKKIEN)-HAKKA-MANDARIN” “MANDARIN-HAKKA-TAIWANESE (TAIWANESE HOKKIEN)” – 臺灣本土語言互譯及語音合成系統 – Natural Language Processing Language (NLPL),
Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering,
National Taiwan University
Multimedia Taiwanese (Taiwanese Hokkien) <> Hakka <> Mandarin – Taiwanese Dictionary (Text & Images).

Taiwanese (Taiwanese Hokkien): a Dialect of Min Nam.

For more information see

網站首頁 or the

National Taiwan University

Hakka Chinese (客家中國) Dictionaries

DICTIONARY OF HAKKA WORDS FREQUENTLY USED IN TAIWAN – Ministry of Education,
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Multimedia Hakka Chinese Dictionary “Dictionary of Hakka Words Frequently Used in Taiwan” (Text & Images).
For more information see

Language Resources;

Ministry of Education – English or the

Ministry of Education

HAKKA CHINESE DICTIONARY – Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Mutimedia Hakka Chinese Dictionary (Text & Images).
For more information see

Min & Hakka Language Archives or

Academia Sinica

Teochew Chinese (潮州中文) Dictionaries & Lessons (Chaozhou, Diojiu)

Spoken in the Chaoshan Region, Guangdong Province, China

TEOCHEW LESSONS – Thomas Tsoi
Multimedia Teochew Lessons (Text & Images).

Examples of Teochew Lessons include

• • “…Teochew Phonology;

• • Teochew Tones;

• • Teochew Vocabulary; etc…”

For more information see

Thomas Tsoi’s Home Page

CHAOZHOU DIALECT – C. Parinyavottichai;
Hosted by: ScholarSpace;
University of Hawaii
Multimedia Chaozhou Dialect Word List (Text & Images).
For more information see

Chanyaporn Parinyavottichai’s Home Page at ScholarSpace;

Chaozhou Dialect at ScholarSpace;

Language Documentation at ScholarSpace;

Department of Linguistics unique collections at ScholarSpace;

ScholarSpace or the

University of Hawaii

Chinese Text-to-Speech (TTS) – 中文文本到語音

Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese & Taiwanese Chinese Text-to-Speech

WORD OR TEXT-TO-SPEECH: “MANDARIN CHINESE (国语)” – MALE AND/OR FEMALE VOICES – Nuance Communications, Inc.
Multimedia English Text-To-Speech (TTS) & Other Languages (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Text to Speech Demo’s (TTS Demo’s) – Enter Text

• • • • “…Mandarin Chinese Text to Speech (TTS) – 漢語文語轉換

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Speech Synthesizer – 漢語語音合成器

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Speech Synthesis – 漢語語音合成

• • • • Cantonese Chinese Text to Speech – 粵語中文文本到語音

• • • • Cantonese Chinese Speech Synthesizer – 廣東話語音合成器

• • • • Cantonese Chinese Speech Synthesis – 廣東話語音合成

• • • • Taiwanese Chinese Text to Speech – 台灣中文文本到語音

• • • • Taiwanese Chinese Speech Synthesizer – 台灣的中文語音合成器

• • • • Taiwanese Chinese Speech Synthesis – 台灣中文語音合成

For more information see

Products or

Nuance Communications

WORD OR TEXT-TO-SPEECH: “MANDARIN CHINESE, CANTONESE CHINESE & TAIWANESE CHINESE” –
MALE AND/OR FEMALE VOICES – Oddcast Inc.
Multimedia Chinese Text-To-Speech (TTS) & Other Languages (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Text to Speech Demo’s (TTS Demo’s) – Enter Text

• • • • “…

• • • • Chinese Text to Speech – 中文文本到語音

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Text to Speech (TTS) – 漢語文語轉換

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Speech Synthesizer – 漢語語音合成器

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Speech Synthesis – 漢語語音合成

• • • • Cantonese Chinese Text to Speech – 粵語中文文本到語音

• • • • Cantonese Chinese Speech Synthesizer – 廣東話語音合成器

• • • • Cantonese Chinese Speech Synthesis – 廣東話語音合成

• • • • Taiwanese Chinese Text to Speech – 台灣中文文本到語音

• • • • Taiwanese Chinese Speech Synthesizer – 台灣的中文語音合成器

• • • • Taiwanese Chinese Speech Synthesis – 台灣中文語音合成

• • • • and other Languages Text to Speech Demo’s…”

For more information see

Text-to-Speech (TTS);

Technology or

Oddcast Inc.

Mandarin Chinese Text-to-Speech

WORD OR TEXT-TO-SPEECH: “MANDARIN CHINESE (国语)” – KanHan Technologies Limited,
Hong Kong
Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Text-To-Speech (TTS) & Other Languages (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Text to Speech Demo’s (TTS Demo’s) – Enter Text

• • • • “…Mandarin Chinese Text to Speech (TTS) – 漢語文語轉換

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Speech Synthesizer – 漢語語音合成器

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Speech Synthesis – 漢語語音合成…”

For more information see

Putonghu or

KanHan Technologies Limited

WORD OR TEXT-TO-SPEECH: “MANDARIN CHINESE (国语)” – MALE VOICES – Smart Link Corporation
Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Text-To-Speech (TTS) & Other Languages (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Text to Speech Demo’s (TTS Demo’s) – Enter Text

• • • • “…Mandarin Chinese Text to Speech (TTS) – 漢語文語轉換

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Speech Synthesizer – 漢語語音合成器

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Speech Synthesis – 漢語語音合成…”

For more information see

Smart Link Corporation

WORD OR TEXT-TO-SPEECH: “MANDARIN CHINESE (国语)” – SINOVOIC – jTTS6.0 – Beijing InfoQuick
SinoVoice Speech Technology Corp. (SinoVoice),
Beijing, China
Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Text-To-Speech (TTS) & Other Languages (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Text to Speech Demo’s (TTS Demo’s) – Enter Text

• • • • “…Mandarin Chinese Text to Speech (TTS) – 漢語文語轉換

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Speech Synthesizer – 漢語語音合成器

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Speech Synthesis – 漢語語音合成…”

For more information see

SinoVoice

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants

DICTIONARY OF CHINESE CHARACTER VARIANTS – Department of Chinese,
National Taiwan Normal University,
and the Ministry of Education,
Taiwan Government
Multimedia Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (Text & Images).

In Chinese.

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants

• • • • “…contains over 100,000 character variants…”

• • • • “…The world’s largest compilation of Chinese characters and Chinese orthography…”

Kangxi Character Dictionary

KANGXI CHARACTER DICTIONARY – Kangxizidian,
First published in 1716,
Based on a reprint of the Tongwen Shuju Edition (1895-97)
Multimedia Kangxi Character Dictionary (Text & Images).

In Chinese.

Kangxi Character Dictionary

• • • • “…includes 47.000+ Characters in the Dictionary…”

Comparative Database of Chinese Dialects

A COMPARATIVE DATABASE OF CHINESE DIALECTS – William S. Wang and
Chin-Chuan Cheng, City University of Hong Kong & the
University of California, Berkeley, Modified for HTML presentation &
StarLing database server by S. Starostin, CGI scripts by Y. Bronnikov and
hosted by The Tower of Babel
Multimedia Comparative Chinese Dialects Database (Text & Images).

Comparative Chinese Dialects include:

• • • • “…Beijing Chinese, Jinan Chinese, Xi’an Chinese, Taiyuan Chinese, Hankou Chinese, Chengdu Chinese,

• • • • Yangzhou Chinese, Suzhou Chinese, Wenzhou Chinese, Changsha Chinese, Shuangfeng Chinese, Nanchang Chinese,

• • • • Meixian Chinese, Guangzhou Chinese, Xiamen Chinese, Chaozhou Chinese, Fuzhou Chinese, Shanghai Chinese, Zhongyuan yinyun Chinese…”

For more information see

Etymological Databases;

Global Lexicostatistical Database or the

The Tower of Babel

Old Chinese Phonology

A HANDBOOK OF OLD CHINESE PHONOLOGY – B. Baxter,
Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies,
Asian Languages and Cultures,
Department of Linguistics,
University of Michigan
Multimedia Old Chinese Phonology Book – 905 Pages (Text & Images).

Examples of A Handbook of Old Chinese Phonology Chapters include

• • • • “…The Middle Chinese Phonological System;

• • • • Rhymes as Evidence in Historical Phonology;

• • • • Traditional Research on Old Chinese Rhyming;

• • • • The Old Chinese Syllable: An Overview;

• • • • The Old Chinese syllable: Medials and Main Vowels;

• • • • New Rhyme Categories for Old Chinese; etc…”

For more information see

Bill Baxter’s Home Page;

Bill Baxter’s Faculty Home Page;

Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies;

Asian Languages and Cultures or the

Department of Linguistics

FIRST YEAR CANTONESE CHINESE

• • First Year Cantonese Chinese Courses, Lessons, etc.

• • Cantonese Chinese Vocabulary Lessons; Cantonese Chinese Grammar Lessons, Cantonese Chinese Reading Lessons,

• • Chinese Character Strokes Lessons, Online Chinese Keyboards, etc.

Chinese Keyboards

CHINESE KEYBOARD BY REDICALS – Lexilogos.com, Xavier Nègre,
France
Multimedia Chinese Keyboard by Radicals (Text & Images).
For more information see

Keyboard Index or

Lexilogos

CHINESE KEYBOARD – Gate2Home.com
Multimedia Online Chinese Keyboard (Text & Images).

Chinese Keyboard allows

• • • • “…you to type in your language, and to view your language’s keyboard layout

• • • • on-screen in a virtual Semi-Real keyboard. It also allows you to simply

• • • • type in a different language without messing with the

• • • • operating system settings…”

Chinese Keyboards include

• • • • “…Chinese Bopomofo IME Keyboard & Chinese Chajei IME Keyboard…”

For more information see

Gate2Home.com

First Year Cantonese Chinese Courses & Textbooks

Cantonese Chinese Courses with Text, Images & Audio/Sound

LEARN CANTONESE (QUICKTIME) – A. Sheik, U.K.
Multimedia First Year Cantonese Chinese Course (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Cantonese Chinese Course

• • • • Cantonese Chinese Vocabulary Lessons Subject Categories include
        • “…Cantonese Chinese Numbers;

• • • • • Cantonese Chinese Dates; Animals; Body; Buildings; Cooking;

• • • • • Eating Out; Greetings; Holidays; Machines; Sport; etc…”

Cantonese Chinese Characters and Compound Words;

Cantonese Chinese Numerical classifiers;

Cantonese Particles; Chinese Idioms;

Master List of Chinese Characters;

Chinese Word Parser;

Chinese Tones and Jyutping;

Cantonese Quizes & Tests; etc…”

CANTONESE VACABULARY COURSE (WAV OR MP3) – – Speakers from
Canton & Hong Kong China;
The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive,
University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA)
Multimedia Cantonese Vocabulary Audio Course (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Cantonese Vocabulary Audio Course Lessons (Words & Phrases)

• • • • Click on a “Word List” and then Click on a corresponding “Audio File (WAV or MP3)”.

For more information see

The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive

Cantonese Chinese Grammar Courses & Textbooks

BASIC CANTONESE: A GRAMMAR AND WORKBOOK – Authors: Vinginia Yip & Stephen Mathews,
Publisher: Routledge, 1994,
Hosted by Google Books
Multimedia Cantonese Grammar Textbooks – 171 Pages (Text & Images).

Examples of Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook Chapters include

• • • • “…Cantonese Vowels and Diphthongs;

• • • • Cantonese Tone;

• • • • Cantonese Pronouns;

• • • • Cantonese Noun Classifiers;

• • • • Cantonese Adjectives;

• • • • Cantonese Negation;

• • • • Cantonese Verbs of Motion;

• • • • Cantonese Verbs of Giving;

• • • • Sentence Particles;

• • • • Cantonese Numbers, Dates & Times; etc…”

First Year Cantonese Chinese Lessons

Cantonese Chinese Lessons with Text, Images & Audio/Sound

CANTONESE CHINESE LESSONS – Chinese-Lessons.com
Multimedia First Year Cantonese Chinese Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

First Year Cantonese Chinese Lessons Subject Categories include

• • • • “…Cantonese Chinese Sounds and Tones;

• • • • Cantonese Chinese Grammar Lessons;

• • • • Cantonese Chinese Language Skills;

• • • • Cantonese Chinese Vocabulary Lessons; etc…”

For more information see

Chinese-Lessons.com

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED CANTONESE CHINESE

Intermediate & Advanced Cantonese Courses, Textbooks & Lessons

CANTONESE: A COMPREHENSIVE GRAMMAR – Authors: Stephen Mathews and Virginia Yip;
Publisher: Routledge, 1994;
Hosted by Google Books
Multimedia Cantonese Grammar Textbook – 429 Pages (Text & Images).

Examples of Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar Textbook Chapters include

• • • • “…Cantonese Phonology: The Cantonese Sound System;

• • • • Cantonese Word Structure: Morphology and Word Formation;

• • • • Syntactic Categories: Parts of Speech in Cantonese;

• • • • Cantonese Sentence Structure: Word Order and Topicalization;

• • • • Cantonese Pronouns;

• • • • Cantonese Verbs;

• • • • Cantonese Adverbial Construction;

• • • • Cantonese Existential Sentences; etc…”

Cantonese Chinese Character Database

CHINESE CHARACTER DATABASE: WITH WORD-FORMATIONS
PHONOLOGICALLY DISAMBIGUATED ACCORDING TO THE CANTONESE DIALECT (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) – Humanities Computing and
Methodology Programme, Research Institute for the Humanities (RIH), Faculty of Arts,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Multimedia Chinese Character Database (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Cantonese Chinese Character Database

• • • • “…This fully revised and expanded database covering the complete

• • • • Big5 Chinese character set is now the most comprehensive syllabary of the

• • • • Cantonese dialect on the Internet…”

• • • • “…Besides pronunciations, typical word-forms or vocabularies are provided for

• • • • every character in this database. These word-forms are grouped with respect to the

• • • • proper pronunciation(s) of the respective head characters so that users can

• • • • disambiguate polyphonic characters that are phonologically ambiguous. In cases

• • • • where common vocabularies are not readily available, brief remarks or

• • • • explanations will be given…”

• • • • It supports up to seven transciption (romanization) schemes of the Cantonese dialect. Users

• • • • can switch from one scheme to the other wherever necessary…”

Chinese Character Database includes

• • • • “…Cantonese Finals; Cantonese Syllables; Radical Index; Character Tables; etc…”

For more information see

Electronic References or

Humanum

HAKKA CHINESE COURSES, LESSONS, ETC.

First Year Hakka Chinese Courses, Lessons, etc.

HAKKA CHINESE VACABULARY LESSONS (WAV OR MP3) – Speaker from Toinam, Taiwan,
The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive,
University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA)
Multimedia Hakka Chinese Vocabulary Audio Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Hakka Chinese (Southern Taiwan Dialect) Vocabulary Audio Lessons (Words & Phrases)

• • • • Click on a “Word List” and then Click on a corresponding “Audio File (WAV or MP3)”.

For more information see

The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive

MIN-NAM (MINNAN) CHINESE COURSES, LESSONS, ETC.

First Year Min-Nam (Minnan) Chinese Courses, Lessons, etc.

DICTIONARY OF FREQUENTLY-USED TAIWAN MINNAN WORDS – Ministry of Education,
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Multimedia Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan Words (Text & Images).
For more information see

Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan;

Language Resources;

Ministry of Education – English or the

Ministry of Education

MIN NAM CHINESE VACABULARY LESSONS (WAV OR MP3) – Speakers from
Saigon Vietnam, Tainan & XinZhu Taiwan, & Amoy China;
The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive,
University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA)
Multimedia Min Nan Chinese Vocabulary Audio Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Min Nan Chinese (Amoy Dialect; Fukien Dialect; Taiwanese Dialect; Hokkien, Amoy Dialect) Vocabulary Audio Lessons (Words & Phrases)

• • • • Click on a “Word List” and then Click on a corresponding “Audio File (WAV or MP3)”.

For more information see

The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive

RECOMMENDED CHARACTERS FOR THE MINNAN LANGUAGE (GROUP ONE) – Ministry of Education,
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Multimedia Recommended Characters for the Minnan Language (Group One) (Text & Images).
For more information see

Language Resources;

Ministry of Education – English or the

Ministry of Education

RECOMMENDED CHARACTERS FOR THE MINNAN LANGUAGE (GROUP TWO) – Ministry of Education,
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Multimedia Recommended Characters for the Minnan Language (Group Two) (Text & Images).
For more information see

Language Resources;

Ministry of Education – English or the

Ministry of Education

TEOCHEW COURSES, LESSONS, ETC. (A DIALET OF MIN-NAM CHINESE)

First Year Teochew Courses, Lessons, etc.

TEOCHEW LESSONS – Thomas Tsoi
Multimedia Teochew Lessons (Text & Images).

Examples of Teochew Lessons include

• • • • “…Teochew Phonology;

• • • • Teochew Tones;

• • • • Teochew Vocabulary; etc…”

For more information see

Thomas Tsoi’s Home Page

WU CHINESE COURSES, LESSONS, ETC.

First Year Yu Chinese Courses, Lessons, etc.

WU CHINESE VACABULARY LESSONS (WAV OR MP3) – Various Speakers from Shanghai &
Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China;
The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive,
University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA)
Multimedia Wu Chinese Vocabulary Audio Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Wu Chinese (Shanghai Dialect; Wuxi Dialect) Vocabulary Audio Lessons (Words & Phrases)

• • Click on a “Word List” and then Click on a corresponding “Audio File (WAV or MP3)”.

For more information see

The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive

BASIC MANDARIN CHINESE

• • Basic Chinese Courses, Lessons, etc.

• • Chinese Vocabulary Lessons; Chinese Grammar Lessons, Chinese Reading Lessons, Chinese Phrases;

• • Chinese Character Strokes Lessons, Online Chinese Keyboard, Chinese Numbers, Your Names in Chinese, etc.

Basic Mandarin Chinese Courses & Lessons with Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound

Basic Mandarin Chinese Lessons & Courses with Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound

CHINESE (REAL PLAYER) – Speak Chinese, China Internet Information Center,
Beijing, China
Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Lessons (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).

Available in English, French, German, Spanish, etc.

Chinese Lessons include:

• • • • “…Over “50” Speak Mandarin Chinese Lessons;

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Lessons;

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Lessons on Popular Phrases;

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Strokes of Chinese Characters Lessons;

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Poetry Lessons;

• • • • Lessons on Reading Chinese Menus;

• • • • Olympic Chinese Phrasebook; etc…”

For more information see

China Internet Information Center

CHINESE: LEARN MANDARIN (FLASH) – Birtish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), U.K.
Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).

“…A lively introduction to Mandarin Chinese…”

Basic Mandarin Chinese Lessons include

• • • • “…Introducing Yourself in Chinese & English;

• • • • Family Introductions in Chinese & English;

• • • • Finding & Booking a Hotel in Chinese & English; etc…”

For more information see

Languages Online;

BBC Learning or the

BBC

Basic Mandarin Chinese Lessons with Text, Images & Audio/Sound

INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE – LanguageGuide.org
Multimedia Basic/First Year Chinese Vocabulary Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Chinese Lessons

• • • • “…place cursor over any of the images and hear

• • • • their names pronounced and see them spelled out…”

Chinese Vocabulary Lessons (Front Page) include

• • • • “…Chinese words for the Body, etc…”

Chinese Vocabulary Lessons (Archive) include

• • • • “…Chinese words for Time;

• • • • Chinese words for Medicine;

• • • • Chinese words for Men’s and Women’s Clothing;

• • • • Chinese words for Animals, Birds, Insects, etc.;

• • • • Chinese words for Tools;

• • • • Chinese words for Construction;

• • • • Chinese words for Electronics;

• • • • Chinese words for Music;

• • • • Chinese words for Communications; etc…”

For more information see

LanguageGuide

CHINESE: LEARN MANDARIN CHINTESE (FLASH) – LearnChineseEZ.com
Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Mandarin Chinese Lessons include

• • • • Mandarin Chinese Audio Lessons (15 Lessons);

• • • • Cantonese Chinese Audio Lessons (15 Lessons);

• • • • Visual Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Audio Sessons
        • “…Household; Objects; People; Numbers & Colors;

• • • • • Clothing; Transportation; Nature; Body; Animals; Places; Foods; etc…”

Learn 4000 Traditional Chinese Characters;

4000 Simplified Chinese Characters; etc.

Chinese Character Strokes Lessons with Text, Images, Animations & Audio/Sound

ANIMATED CHINESE CHARACTERS – Ocrat, and hosted by
Steven Kryskalla at lost-theory
Multimedia Animated Chinese Characters Lessons (Text & Images).

Animated Chinese Characters Lessons

• • • • “…Learn how to write Chinese by watching animations that draw

• • • • Chinese characters stroke by stroke (in simplified form as used in mainland China)…”

• • • • “…You can also see the animated stroke orders by searching for

• • • • characters by copying and pasting Simplified Chinese text…”

Chinese Keyboards

CHINESE KEYBOARD BY REDICALS – Lexilogos.com, Xavier Nègre,
France
Multimedia Chinese Keyboard by Radicals (Text & Images).
For more information see

Keyboard Index or

Lexilogos

CHINESE KEYBOARD – Gate2Home.com
Multimedia Online Chinese Keyboard (Text & Images).

Chinese Keyboard allows

• • • • “…you to type in your language, and to view your language’s keyboard layout

• • • • on-screen in a virtual Semi-Real keyboard. It also allows you to simply

• • • • type in a different language without messing with the

• • • • operating system settings…”

Chinese Keyboards include

• • • • “…Chinese Bopomofo IME Keyboard & Chinese Chajei IME Keyboard…”

For more information see

Gate2Home.com

English <> Chinese Number Conversion

“ENGLISH-CHINESE” “CHINESE-ENGLISH” NUMBER CONVERSION CALCULATOR – E. E. Peterson, On-line Chinese Tools

English to Chinese Number Conversion Calculator output values include:

• • • • “…Traditional, Simplified, Pinyin, Formal Traditional or

• • • • Formal Simplified..”

Chinese to English Number Conversion Calculator output values include:

• • • • “…Arabic Numbers, Arabic Numbers with Commas or English Words…”

Also includes a “A Brief Description of the Chinese Number System”.

For more information see

On-line Chinese Tools

Your Name in Chinese

YOUR NAME IN CHINESE – Author: Richmond (Rick) Harbaugh,
Business Economics and Public Policy,
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University.
Published by Zhongwen.com, distributed by Yale University
For more information see

Zhongwen

CHINESE CHARACTER TESTS

Chinese Character Tests

CHINESE CHARACTER TEST – Clavis Sinica
Multimedia Chinese Character Test (Text & Images).

Chinese Character Test

• • “…uses a statistical algorithm to help you estimate the number of characters

• • you already know, making it easy to track your progress in learning the language…”

Chinese Character Test includes

• • “…Beginners, Intermediate & Advanced…”

For more information see

Chinese Character Test Home Page or


Clavis Sinica

FIRST YEAR MANDARIN CHINESE

• • First Year Mandarin Chinese Courses & Lessons

• • Chinese Vocabulary Lessons; Chinese Grammar Lessons, Chinese Reading Lessons, Chinese Phrases,

• • Chinese Pronunciation Lessons, Chinese Phonetics Lessons, Chinese Tone Lessons,

• • Chinese Character Strokes Lessons, Chinese Sentence Patterns Lessons, Chinese Exercises,

• • Online Chinese Keyboard, Chinese Numbers, Your Names in Chinese, etc.

First Year Mandarin Chinese Courses

CHINESE 101 (REAL PLAYER) – T. Xie,
Department of Asian and Asian American Studies,
California State University Long Beach
Multimedia First Year Mandarin Chinese Course (Text, Images, Video/Movies & Audio/Sound)

Mandarin Chinese Course

• • Study Guides includes over “15” Lessons including
    • “…Lesson 1: Phonological system of the Chinese language; Introduction to Chinese characters; etc.;

• • • Lessons 4 thru 10: Learn to write the character; read the syllables of learned sounds with correct tones; practice writing; etc.;

• • • Lesson 14: Listen and understand Chinese; etc…”

Practical Chinese Reader Text Recording and Video Clips (“30” Lessons);

Practical Chinese Reader Self-Test (“29” Lessons including Grammar); etc.

For more information see

Tim Xie’s Home Page or the

Department of Asian and Asian American Studies

CHINESE 102 (QUICKTIME) – T. Xie,
Department of Asian and Asian American Studies,
California State University Long Beach
Multimedia First Year Mandarin Chinese Course (Text, Images, Video/Movies & Audio/Sound)

Mandarin Chinese Course

• • Examples of Study Guides Lessons include
    • “…Lesson 16 Part 1: Learn the color words in Chinese & Learn some prepositions; etc.;

• • • Lesson 20 Part I: Introduce the year, month, week, day and birthday in Chinese; etc.;

• • • Lesson 22 Part I: Learn the position words in Chinese; etc.; etc…”

Practical Chinese Reader Text Recording and Video Clips (“30” Lessons);

Practical Chinese Reader Self-Test (“29” Lessons including Grammar); etc.

For more information see

Tim Xie’s Home Page or the

Department of Asian and Asian American Studies

CHINESE (QUICKTIME) – Center for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (CTCFL),
University of Oxford, U.K.
Multimedia First Year Mandarin Chinese Course (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Mandarin Chinese Course

• • “…This supplementary Chinese course of 22 lessons

• • in simplified characters at elementary-intermediate

• • level is suitable for students who have already

• • learned Chinese for at least 3 months…”

Mandarin Chinese Lessons include

• • Pinyin Pronunciation Lesson
    • “…Vowels; Consonants; Groups; Rules for written form; Tones; etc…”

Practical Chinese Reader Texts & Exercises with Sound Files

• • • “…Click on a sentence to hear the sentence spoken and place the mouse on a sentence to view the translation in English (includes “48” Lessons);

• • • Practical Chinese Reader Listen and Speak (includes “11” Lessons);

Listening Exercises at Elementary Level (includes “40” Lessons);

Information on the Radicals of Chinese Characters;

How to Write Chinese Characters

• • • “…Includes Animation, Pronunciation, Direction, Radicals, Grid & Stroke Order for each Chinese Character…”

Basic Spoken Chinese; etc.

For more information see the

Center for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (CTCFL)

Mandarin Chinese Lessons & Conversation Lesson to go with Courses

CHINESE LESSONS – CHINESE TAKE-IN – Department of Asian Studies,
College of Liberal Arts,
and the Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (LAITS),
University of Texas,
Austin, Texas
Multimedia First Year Chinese Lesson – Chinese Take-In (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Chinese Take-In

• • “…provides an interactive environment where first-year Chinese learners

• • can practice listening outside the classroom according to individual

• • needs and paces while receiving immediate feedback…”

For more information see

Courses;

Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (LAITS) or the

Department of Asian Studies

MANDARIN CHINESE VACABULARY LESSONS (WAV OR MP3) – Various Speakers from
the Fujian Province, Tianjin & Gulyang China & Taiwan;
The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive,
University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA)
Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Audio Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Mandarin Chinese (Dialects include Taichung, Beijing, Guiyang, Putonghua, etc.) Vocabulary Audio Lessons (Words & Phrases)

• • Click on a “Word List” and then Click on a corresponding “Audio File (WAV or MP3)”.

For more information see

The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive

CHINESE LESSON – CHINESE VOICES PROJECT (MP3) – Clavis Sinica
Multimedia Chinese Lessons – Chinese Voices Project (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Chinese Lessons – Chinese Voices Project

• • “…a collection of mini-essays with mp3 audio for students of Chinese language and culture…”

Chinese Lessons – Chinese Voices Project Subject Categories include

• • “…Arts & Culture Audio Lessons;

• • City Life Audio Lessons;

• • Consumer Culture Audio Lessons;

• • Social Issues Audio Lessons;

• • Family & Friends Audio Lessons;

• • Places Audio Lessons;

• • Work & Money Audio Lessons; etc…”

For more information see

Chinese Character Test Home Page or


Clavis Sinica

CHINESE: LEARN MANDARIN CHINESE (FLASH) – LearnChineseEZ.com
Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Mandarin Chinese Lessons include

• • Mandarin Chinese Audio Lessons (15 Lessons);

• • Cantonese Chinese Audio Lessons (15 Lessons);

• • Visual Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Audio Sessons
    • “…Household; Objects; People; Numbers & Colors;

• • • Clothing; Transportation; Nature; Body; Animals; Places; Foods; etc…”

Learn 4000 Traditional Chinese Characters;

4000 Simplified Chinese Characters; etc.

LEARN CHINESE – Chinese-Tools
Multimedia First Year Chinese Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

First Year Chinese Course includes over “30” Chinese Lessons.

For more information see

Chinese-Tools

INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE – LanguageGuide.org
Multimedia Basic/First Year Chinese Vocabulary Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Chinese Lessons

• • “…place cursor over any of the images and hear

• • their names pronounced and see them spelled out…”

Chinese Vocabulary Lessons (Front Page) include

• • “…Chinese words for the Body, etc…”

Chinese Vocabulary Lessons (Archive) include

• • “…Chinese words for Time;

• • Chinese words for Medicine;

• • Chinese words for Men’s and Women’s Clothing;

• • Chinese words for Animals, Birds, Insects, etc.;

• • Chinese words for Tools;

• • Chinese words for Construction;

• • Chinese words for Electronics;

• • Chinese words for Music;

• • Chinese words for Communications; etc…”

For more information see

LanguageGuide

MANDARIN CHINESE LESSONS – Chinese-Lessons.com
Mandarin Chinese Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Mandarin Chinese Lessons Subject Categories include

• • “…Mandarin Chinese Sounds and Tones;

• • Mandarin Chinese Grammar Lessons;

• • Mandarin Chinese Language Skills;

• • Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Lessons; etc…”

For more information see

Chinese-Lessons.com

Chinese Keyboards

CHINESE KEYBOARD BY REDICALS – Lexilogos.com, Xavier Nègre,
France
Multimedia Chinese Keyboard by Radicals (Text & Images).
For more information see

Keyboard Index or

Lexilogos

CHINESE KEYBOARD – Gate2Home.com
Multimedia Online Chinese Keyboard (Text & Images).

Chinese Keyboard allows

• • “…you to type in your language, and to view your language’s keyboard layout

• • on-screen in a virtual Semi-Real keyboard. It also allows you to simply

• • type in a different language without messing with the

• • operating system settings…”

Chinese Keyboards include

• • “…Chinese Bopomofo IME Keyboard & Chinese Chajei IME Keyboard…”

For more information see

Gate2Home.com

Mandarin Chinese Grammar Lessons & Courses

CHINESE GRAMMAR – Richard VanNess Simmons,
Department of Asian Languages and Culture,
School of Arts & Sciences,
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Multimedia Chinese Grammar Lessons (Text & Images).

Chinese Grammar Lessons include

• • “…Chinese Word Classes;

• • Chinese Nouns;

• • Chinese Verbs;

• • Chinese Pronouns;

• • Chinese Prepositions & Conjunctions;

• • Chinese Particles;

• • Chinese Sentence Structures; etc…”

For more information see

Richard VanNess Simmon’s Home Page or the

Department of Asian Languages and Culture

INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE GRAMMAR – Chinese Notes
Multimedia First Year Chinese Grammar Course (Text & Images).

Examples of First Year Chinese Grammar Course Sections include

• • “…Parts of Speech (Nouns, Verbs, Pronouns, Adverbs, etc.);

• • Phrases (Verb-Object Phrases, Endocentric Phrases, etc.);

• • Sentence Elements (The Subject, The Predicate, The Object, etc.);

• • Simple Sentences (Sentences with a Verbal Predicate, etc.);

• • Sentence Use (Interrogative Sentences, Imperative Sentences, etc.);

• • Aspects of an Action (Past Actions, Future Actions, setc.);

• • Sentences using Special Verbal Predicates (Existential Sentences, etc.);

• • Complex Sentences (Coordinate Complex Sentences, etc.; etc…”

For more information see

Chinese Notes

Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation, Tone, Phonetics Lessons with Text, Images & Audio/Sound

Madarin Chinese Phonetics

MANDARIN CHINESE PHONETICS (QUICKTIME) – Ocrat, and hosted by
Steven Kryskalla at lost-theory. All sound files originally from Dr. John Jinghua Yin,
Univeristy of Vermont
Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Phonetics Table (Text & Images).

Mandarin Chinese Phonetics Table

• • “…The sound clips used in the character annotator are also available

• • in a handy Pinyin chart. The chart displays the ~400 Mandarin Chinese syllables,

• • each syllable has sound clips for the four tones as well as

• • the zhuyin/BPMF phonetic spelling…”

For more information see

Chinese Character Pronunciation

MANDARIN CHINESE PHONETICS (QUICKTIME) – John Jing-hua Yin,
Chinese Language Program,
Univeristy of Vermont
Multimedia Madarin Chinese Phonetics Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Madarin Chinese Phonetics Lessons include

• • “…Combinations of initials and those finals that begin with “a,” “o,” or “e”;

• • Combinations of initials and those finals that begin with “i”;

• • Combinations of initials and those finals that begine with “u”…”

For more information see

UVM’s Chinese Program Homepage

First Year Chinese Characters Courses & Character Strokes Lessons with Text, Images, Animation & Audio/Sound

Chinese Characters Courses

CHINESE TRADITIONAL & SIMPLIFIED CHINESE CHARACTERS (FLASH) – LearnChineseEZ.com
Multimedia Chinese Traditional & Simplified Chinese Characters (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Chinese Characters include

• • • • Learn 4000 Traditional Chinese Characters;

• • • • Learn 4000 Simplified Chinese Characters…”

For more information see

Learn Chinese

Chinese Characters Lessons

ANIMATED CHINESE CHARACTERS (FLASH) – Ocrat, and hosted by
Steven Kryskalla at lost-theory
Multimedia Animated Chinese Characters Lessons (Text & Images).

Animated Chinese Characters Lessons

• • • • “…Learn how to write Chinese by watching animations that draw

• • • • Chinese characters stroke by stroke (in simplified form as used in mainland China)…”

• • • • “…You can also see the animated stroke orders by searching for

• • • • characters by copying and pasting Simplified Chinese text…”

First Year Manarin Chinese Vocabulary Tests

ENGLISH TO CHINESE VACABULARY TESTS – Goethe-Verlag GmbH
Multimedia First & Second Year English to Chinese Vocabulary Tests.
For more information see

Goethe-Tests Index;

Goethe-Tests or

Goethe-Verlag

CHINESE TO ENGLISH VACABULARY TESTS – Goethe-Verlag GmbH
Multimedia First & Second Year Chinese to English Vocabulary Tests.
For more information see

Goethe-Tests Index;

Goethe-Tests or

Goethe-Verlag

Mandarin Chinese Reading Courses & Lessons

CHINESE ANNOTATION TOOL – Chinese-Tools
Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Chinese Annotation
Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Chinese Annotation Tool

• • • • “…makes learning to read Chinese easier by automatically marking up the words

• • • • in a simplified Chinese text with their pronunciations in pinyin

• • • • and dictionary definitions…”

For more information see

Chinese-Tools

READ CHINESE: MANDARIN CHINESE READING LESSONS – National Foreign Language Center,
University of Maryland
Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Reading Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Reading Lessons

• • • • “…Each lesson is available in both the Simplified characters used

• • • • now in the People’s Republic of China and in the Traditional “Full-Form”

• • • • characters that are still used in Taiwan, in Singapore, and many

• • • • overseas Chinese communities…”

For more information see

National Foreign Language Center

INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED MANDARIN CHINESE

• • Intermediate & Advanced Mandarin Chinese Courses & Lessons

• • Chinese Idioms, Chinese Vocabulary Lessons; Chinese Grammar Lessons, Chinese Reading Lessons,

• • Chinese Listening Lessons, Chinese Phonetics Lessons, Chinese Tone Lessons,

• • How to Write Chinese Characters – Chinese Character Strokes Lessons, etc.

Intermediate & Advanced Mandarin Chinese Courses

CHINESE (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) – Global Language Online Support System (GLOSS),
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC),
Monterey, California
Multimedia First Year, Intermediate & Advanced Chinese Courses (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Click on “Chinese”, then “Proficiency Level” and then “Skill/Modality”.

All of the GLOSS lessons are categorized into
one of three primary competencies:

• • “…Lexical (Chinese Vocabulary),

• • Structure (Chinese Grammar),

• • Discourse (Sevices that Bind Texts, Chinese Conversations, etc.)…”

Proficiency Levels include

• • First Year Chinese Lessons (1) includes over “66” Chinese Listening Lessons & Chinese Reading Lessons;

• • First Year Chinese Lessons (1+) includes over “77” Chinese Listening Lessons & Chinese Reading Lessons;

• • Intermediate Chinese Lessons (2) includes over “300” Chinese Listening Lessons & Chinese Reading Lessons;

• • Intermediate Chinese Lessons (2+) includes over “166” Chinese Listening Lessons & Chinese Reading Lessons;

• • Advanced Chinese Lessons (3) includes over “107” Chinese Listening Lessons & Chinese Reading Lessons.

• • Advanced Chinese Lessons (3+) includes over “8” Chinese Listening Lessons & Chinese Reading Lessons.

For more information see the

Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

READ CHINESE: MANDARIN CHINESE READING LESSONS – National Foreign Language Center,
University of Maryland
Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Reading Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

First Year & Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Reading Lessons

• • “…Each lesson is available in both the Simplified characters used

• • now in the People’s Republic of China and in the Traditional “Full-Form”

• • characters that are still used in Taiwan, in Singapore, and many

• • overseas Chinese communities…”

For more information see

National Foreign Language Center

Chinese Idioms

CHENGYU DICTIONARY – CHINESE PROVERBIAL IDIOMS – Chinese-Tools
Multimedia Chengyu Dictionary – Chinese Proverbial Idioms (Text & Images).

Chengyu Dictionary

• • “…Dictionary of more than 30 000 Chengyu (chinese proverbial idioms) with

• • calligraphy, pinyin, english translation, chinese explanations, synonyms, antonyms

• • and context examples…”

Chinese idioms

• • “…are the most characteristic in Chinese words and phrases, which can accurately

• • express a profound meaning with only a few words. This dictionary is specially

• • compiled for the foreign readers who are studying Chinese language. It aims to

• • help them understand and use the common Chinese idioms correctly…”

For more information see

Dictionaries;

Chinese-Tools

Interediate Chinese Pronunciation, Tone, Phonetics Courses & Lessons with Text, Images & Audio/Sound

Chinese Phonetics

MANDARIN CHINESE PHOETICS (QUICKTIME) – Ocrat, and hosted by
Steven Kryskalla at lost-theory. All sound files originally from Dr. John Jinghua Yin,
Univeristy of Vermont
Multimedia Mandarin Chinese Phonetics Table (Text & Images).

Mandarin Chinese Phonetics Table

• • “…The sound clips used in the character annotator are also available

• • in a handy Pinyin chart. The chart displays the ~400 Mandarin Chinese syllables,

• • each syllable has sound clips for the four tones as well as

• • the zhuyin/BPMF phonetic spelling…”

For more information see

Chinese Character Pronunciation

MANDARIN CHINESE PHONETICS (QUICKTIME) – John Jing-hua Yin,
Chinese Language Program,
Univeristy of Vermont
Multimedia Madarin Chinese Phonetics Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

Madarin Chinese Phonetics Lessons include

• • “…Combinations of initials and those finals that begin with “a,” “o,” or “e”;

• • Combinations of initials and those finals that begin with “i”;

• • Combinations of initials and those finals that begine with “u”…”

For more information see

UVM’s Chinese Program Homepage

Intermediate & Advanced Chinese Characters Courses with Text, Images, Animation & Audio/Sound

STROKE ORDER OF FREQUENTLY USED CHINESE CHARACTERS – Ministry of Education,
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Multimedia Stroke Order of Frequently Used Chinese Characters (Text & Images).

In Mandarin Chinese

“Stroke Order of Frequently Used Chinese Characters”

• • “…contains 4,808 of the most frequently used Mandarin characters. Users can click the search function to enter the home page to browse the character stroke order or to practice their selected characters…”

• • “…Users may also acquire further information about the characters through the Advanced Learning function. Explanations include dictionary information, structure instruction, identification guides, and so on…”

Examples of “Stroke Order of Frequently Used Chinese Characters” Sections include

• • “…Chinese Characters;

• • Chinese Radicals;

• • Chinese Stroke Count;

• • Stroke Order of Bopomofo Symbols;

• • Chinese Pinyin; etc…”

For more information see

Learning Program for Stroke Order of Frequently Used Chinese Characters Home Page in English;

Language Resources;

Ministry of Education – English or the

Ministry of Education

CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY

Chinese Calligraphy Exibitions

CHINE, L’EMPIRE DU TRAIT – CHINA, EMPIRE OF THE BRUSH STROKE (QUICKTIME) – Bibliothèque nationale de France,
Paris, France
Multimedia Chinese Calligraphy Exibition (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).

Chine, l’Empire du trait – China, Empire of the Brush Stroke includes

• • • • “…texts and illustrations from the printed catalog with a number of

• • • • additional material, i.e. video sequences on the Dunhuang manuscripts and…”

For more information see the

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Chinese Calligraphy Courses & Lessons

CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY LESSONS – Joshua Hough
Multimedia Chinese Calligraphy Video Lessons (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).

Available in English & Chinese.

Chinese Calligraphy Video Lessons

• • • • “…designed to guide beginners to learn the basics of Chinese calligraphy…”

For more information see

Chinese Calligraphy Customized Scrool & Educational Resources

CHINESE LITERATURE & CHINESE POETRY

Chinese Literature & Chinese Poetry

CHINESE LITERATURE, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC. – International Dunhuang Project (IDP),
The British Library,
London,
U.K.
Multimedia Chinese Literature, Maps, Paintings, etc. (Text & Images).

Available in English, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, German, French & Korean.

International Dunhuang Porject (IDP) of the National Library of China includes Thousands of

• • • • “…manuscripts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from Dunhuang and archaeological sites of the Eastern Silk Road…”

For more information see the

The British Library

CHINESE TEXT INITIATIVE – Chinese Language Faculty,
Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures & Cultures,
College of Arts & Sciences,
University of Virginia
Multimedia Chinese Literature & Chinese Poetry (Text & Images).

Examples of Chinese Literature & Chinese Poetry include

• • • • “…The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry;

• • • • Chu Ci;

• • • • Fifty-five T’ang Poems;

• • • • Mu Lan Poem;

• • • • Selected Stories of Lu Hsun; etc…”

For more information see

Chinese Electronic Resources or the

Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures & Cultures

A CHINESE TEXT SAMPLER – D.L. Porter,
Department of English Language and Literature,
University of Michigan
Multimedia Chinese Literature, Poetry, Fables, Parables, etc. (Text & Images).

A Chinese Text Sampler

• • • • “…An Annotated Collection of Digitized Chinese

• • • • Texts for Students of Chinese Language and Culture…”

A Chinese Text Sampler includes

• • • • “…Modern Chinese Literature; Classical Chinese Literature;

• • • • Chinese Song Lyrics; Chinese Fables, Parables, and Children’s Stories; etc…”

For more information see

David L. Porter’s Home Page or the

Department of English Language and Literature

CHINESE POEMS – Chinese-poems.com
Multimedia Chinese Poetry (Text & Images).
“…This site presents Chinese, pinyin and English
texts of poems by some of the greatest Chinese poets…”

CHINESE POETRY – Poem.com, Taiwan
Multimedia Chinese Poetry (Text & Images).

Poem.com

• • • • “…presents Chinese, pinyin and English texts of poems by some of the

• • • • greatest Chinese poets. Most of the featured authors are from the Tang dynasty,

• • • • when culture in China was at its peak, but writers from other periods are also included…”

CHINESE POETRY (REAL PLAYER) – lyrikline.org
Multimedia Contemporary Chinese Poetry (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).

lyrikline.org

• • • • “…is the platform on the internet on

• • • • which poems are available to listen to, and to read both

• • • • in their original languages and various translations…”

For more information see the

Lyrikline.org

CHINESE TEXT PROJECT – Donald Sturgeon
Multimedia Ancient Chinese Text Project (Text & Images).

Available in Chinese & English.

Chinese Text Project

• • • • “…is a web-based e-text system designed to present ancient Chinese texts,…”

• • • • “…full-text pre-Qin and Han dynasty classic texts…”

Ancient Text Database Subject Categories include

• • • • “…Confucianism Texts;

• • • • Mohism Texts;

• • • • Daoism Texts;

• • • • Legalism Texts;

• • • • School of Names Texts;

• • • • School of the Military Texts;

• • • • Mathematics Texts;

• • • • Ancient Classics Texts; etc…”

CLASSICAL CHINESE LITERATURE – Author: Richmond (Rick) Harbaugh,
Business Economics,
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University;
Published by Zhongwen.com, distributed by Yale University
In English & Chinese.
Multimedia Classical Chinese Literature (Text & Images).

Classical Chinese Literature

• • • • “…This site contains Chinese classics with each

• • • • character hyperlinked to its definition and etymology…”

Classical Chinese Literature includes

• • • • “…Tao Te Ching; The Art of War; Tang Poems; The Analects; Doctrine of the Mean; etc…”

For more information see

Rick Harbaugh’s Home Page or

Zhongwen

CLASSICAL CHINESE NOVELS – Shuku.net
Multimedia Classical Chinese Novels (Text & Images).

Classical Chinese Novels contains

• • • • “…over “300” Classical Chinese Novels online…”

DIGITAL DICTIONARY OF BUDDHISM – Charles Muller,
Faculty of Humanities, Toyo Gakuen University
Multimedia Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (Text & Images).

Digital Dictionary of Buddhism includes

• • • • Radical; Total Strokes;

• • • • East Asian Romanized Readings
        • “…Pinyin readings index; Wade-Giles readings index; Korean readings index (Ministry of Culture romanization);

• • • • • Korean readings index (McCune-Reischauer romanization); Japanese readings index (Hepburn); etc…”

Terms; Texts; etc…”

ELECTRONIC INDEX TO THE EARLY SHENBAO (1872-1898) – East Asian Librarys,
Universität Heidelberg,
Germany
Multimedia Electronic Index to the Early Shenbao – 1872-1898 (Text & Images).

Electronic Index to the Early Shenbao

• • • • “…designed to provide quick keyword access to the more

• • • • than 11,000 entries and thus facilitate the use of this important source

• • • • for the history of late Qing China…”

For more information see

Centre of East Asian Studies – All Resources;

Digital Resources;

Catalogues and Research or the

East Asian Library

LEXICON OF CONFUCIANISM – Editors: Cheung Chan-fai, Kwan Tze-wan & Ng Yau neng,
Humanities Computing and Methodology Programme,
Research Institute for the Humanities (RIH),
Faculty of Arts,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Multimedia Lexicon of Confuciaism (Text & Images).

In Chinese.

For more information see

Electronic References or

Humanum

CHINESE PROVERBS

Chinese Proverbs

CHINESE PROVERBS – Hua-yuan Li Mowry,
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program,
Dartmouth College
Multimedia Chinese Proverbs (Text & Images).
For more information see

Chinese Texts & Voice;

Chinese Resources or the

Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures