Chinese
Language Programs
Chinese Character
Flash Cards
http://www.mandarintools.com/flashcard.html
Learn Chinese characters using this excellent Java-based program.
Mandarin Tools
http://www.mandarintools.com/
For Chinese language learners to advanced programmers, this comprehensive
site includes links to flashcard exercises, Chinese text annotator, Pinyin
convertors, Chinese-English dictionaries and much more.
Chinese
Tutorial
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Humanities/.C-tut/C-tut.html
Basic Chinese phrases with pronounciation guides.
Reading
Novels in Two Languages
http://www.ocrat.com/biling/pridprej/ Read Jane Austin's Pride
and Prejudice in English and in Chinese. Texts are placed side by
side for easy comparison. GB2312 appears to be the best encoding format
(Simplified Chinese). This reading is appropriate for intermediate and
advanced level Chinese learners.
Chinese Character
Pronunciations
http://www.ocrat.com/ocrat/reaf/ Input (copy-and-paste) any Chinese
text and obtain the transliterated pronunciation of each Chinese character.
Follow links to online Chinese magazines and use this application to lookup
pronunciations of unfamiliar words.
Chinese Character Pronunciations
http://www.ocrat.com/voa/Are you learning intermediate-level Mandarin?
Listen to sound clips from recent VOA newscasts while viewing the corresponding
Chinese characters, pinyin pronunciations, and vocabulary lists with word
definitions. Updated weekly.
Chinese
links
http://www.colby.edu/lrc/chinese.html If you didn't find what you're
looking for on this page, try the CBB Mellon Chinese page. It includes
more exercises from other Mellon projects, as well as links to other learning
sites.
More Chinese links
http://www.ocrat.com/Lastly, ocrat.com has some excellent learning
resources.
Literature
Classic Chinese
http://www.cnd.org/Classics/index.html
Pre-Qin philosophers, poetry, prose, commentary, biographies, and more.
Dr. Ming Pei's collection of Chinese literature is an impressive site with links to many literature sites; short stories, poetry, novels, sometimes accompanied with English (German ) translations, or English prefaces.
Chinese Classics
http://www.chinapage.com/classic1.html
Chinese Calligraphy
http://www.chinapage.com/callig1.html
Chinese Poetry
http://www.chinapage.com/poetry9.htmlChinese Novels
http://www.chinapage.com/novels.html
Other Lit Links from Dr. Ming Pei
http://www.chinapage.com/chinese.html
Wei-Chang Shann's Big-5 Chinese
literature archive
gopher://dongpo.math.ncu.edu.tw/
Chinese poems and literature can be read on this gopher site using BIG
5 encoding.
Remy
Guo's Classic Chinese Literature
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/classlit.html
Works from Confucius, Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu, The Art of War - Sun Tzu,
Da Xue, etc. Texts are in English.
Wenze Hu's Chinese Literature Page
http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/China/page10.html
Collections of Chinese poetry, classics, poems from the Tang dynasty,
Yuan lyrics; texts can be read using Big 5 and GB encoding.
World Literature
in Chinese
http://www.chinapage.com/world.html Works by Shakespeare, Longfellow,
Goethe, and more..., translated into Chinese.
Culture
History Page
http://www.chinapage.com/history1.html Includes links to: Chronology
of Chinese dynasties, Chinese history, Malaysian history, timelines,
maps, Zheng He, etc.
Art
of China
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/china.html
Purdue's page on Chinese art, music, language, scenery and taste.
Buddhism
http://www.chinapage.com/zen.html
Topics include Zen Buddhism, Chan Buddhism, Diamond Sutra, Silk Road,
etc.
Arts of the
Scholars
http://www.chinapage.com/4arts.html
The importance of music, chess, calligraphy and painting in Chinese culture.
Dragons
in Ancient China
http://www.chinapage.com/dragon1.html
Dragon occupies a very important postion in Chinese mythology. It shows
up in arts, literature, poetry, architecture, songs, and many aspects
of the Chinese conscience. The origin of Chinese dragons is unknown, but
certainly pre-dates the written history.
The following include more links to Chinese culture: Chinese
News Digest and China the Beautiful
Links Page
Radio
BCC
http://www.bcc.com.tw/
Broadcasting Corporation of China - Taiwan ~ News
EBS
http://www.tvradioworld.com/region2/twn/Radio_TV_on_Internet.asp
Educational Broadcast System - Taiwan ~ Information/Educational
ICRT
http://www.icrt.com.tw/
100 fm - Taipei Tiawan ~ Hot AC/CHR-Dance/Talk
Super FM
http://www.superfm99-1.com.tw/
99.1 fm - Taipei Taiwan ~ Hits-CHR
Newspapers & Magazines
Hua Xia Wen Zhai
http://www.cnd.org/HXWZ/cm-all.hz8.html
News archives by week, going back to 1991. Code choices include Big5,
HZ, GB.
Chinese News Digest: Chinese
Magazine
http://www.cnd.org/
"The CyberSpace Info Center for Chinese and Friends Worldwide"
Chinese News
Digest Lists
http://www.cnd.org:80/CNDhelp.html
Chinese news in the US, China, Canada, Europe/Pacific...
Dictionaries
Character Dictionary
http://www.mandarintools.com/chardict.html
Search by Pinyin, character, Cantonese, or English.
English
to Chinese
http://www.chinapage.com/dictionary/dictionary.html
English to Chinese dictionary, in both Big5 and GB encoding.
Word
Dictionary
http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html
English to Chinese dictionary using Pinyin, based off the CEDICT website.
Dictionary
Links
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/eastasian/china.htm
More dictionaries, plus word lists...
Software
Chinese Software Digest
http://www.gy.com/www/ch.htm
Links to other Chinese software links, including: Education, graphics
software, Mac systems, books, CDs, videos, fonts, database and spreadsheet,
discussion groups, etc.
Chinese
Language Educational Software
http://www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/educate.html
Links to PC and Mac language software; dictionaries, standardized Mandarin
and Cantonese tests, KuaiXue Chinese learning program, etc.
ChinaSite's
Superware Site
http://Chinasite.com/Technology/Chinacomp.html
Links to high-tech events and conferences, high tech news, general Chinese
computing information, computing researchinese software, high-tech companies,
hackers, how to use Chinese on the internet, Java and Chinese computing,
Chinese computing users and fans.
Travel & Geography
China National Tourism Administration
Information Center
http://www.cnta.com/
CNTA's site covers attractions, do's and dont's, hotels, traffic, restaurants,
news, shopping, agencies, etc. In Mandarin and in English.
Chinese
Travel Links
http://Chinasite.com/Lifestyle/Travel.html
Links to the travel network, Shen Zhou travel, ABC China business, C-Span's
"Scenes from China," The Forbidden City" virtual tour, travel tales, airlines,
travel agencies, etc.
Tourist Info Taiwan
http://www.gio.gov.tw/
General travel information for tourists going to Taiwan.
Maps of Provinces
and Cities
http://www.maps-of-china.com/
Covers many regions, but it is only available in Big5.
China
Scenic Pictures
http://www.cnd.org/Scenery/index.html
Beautiful photos of Chinese landscape.
Weather in China
http://www.cma.gov.cn/
From the National Meteorological Administration, find anything you'd want
to about Chinese weather and climate. In English and Big5 Chinese.
Television
China Central Television
http://www.cctv.com
Taiwan TV Global Information
Net
http://www.ttv.com.tw/
The
Chinese Channel
http://www.chinese-channel.co.uk/english/e_aboutus_2.htm
CETV Family Channel
http://www.cetv.com/
Hong Kong ATV
http://www.hkatv.com/
NBC Asia
http://www.cnbcasia.com.sg/
KTSF
http://www.ktsf.com/
Radio Television Hong
Kong
http://www.rthk.org.hk/
Broadcast Corporation
of China
http://www.bcc.com.tw/
General Links
ChinaSite.com
http://www.chinasite.com/
In Chinese and English, this is one of the most comprehensive Chinese
links pages on the web. From Chinese language, history, justice, war
crimes, newsgroups, sports, this page contains 62 interesting categories.
Yamada
Center Chinese guide
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/chinese.html
Links to Chinese fonts, mailing lists, news groups, audio tutorials, Mac
info, university language center pages, Chinese languages and dialects
page, interactive learning, Chinese learning CD.
Chinese
Language Related Information Page
http://www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/chinese.html
Links to Chinese language radio broadcasts, Chinese text files, East Asiatic
libraries, Chinese educational resources, language learning...
Chinese.Yahoo
http://chinese.yahoo.com/
Links to media, shopping, politics, literature, education and more. Not
in English.
Yahoo Search Categories
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=chinese&s=a&w=s&n=25
Search in English, leads to science, board games, philosophy, performing
arts, economy, companies, food, religion, organizations, etc.
Taiwan
WWW Master index
http://inic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/taiwan/
Search Taiwan servers by geographical order, government, education and
organizations, commerce, +.
WWW Servers in Hong
Kong
http://www.cuhk.hk/hkwww.htm
Search other WWW servers, business, computers and the internet, culture
and society, government and public services, information and reference,
online shopping services, etc.
A
more complete listing of sources
http://www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/text.html
Headline news, online magazines, discussions held in Chinese!