R = recommended
R ******* HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
AIRPORTS
BEIJING (BCIA) 京首都国际机场
http://www.tour-beijing.com/beijing_airport_shuttle_bus/
ATTENTION!!!!
At the ticket desk there is a board showing the stops each bus route will take. The buses do not do
unscheduled stops. There aren’t any English speaking bus drivers. Buses leave when full.
TAIPEI (Taiwan) Taouyuan International Airport (TPA)
http://www.taoyuan-airport.com/
Transportation
http://www.taipeitravel.net/frontsite/en/cms/cmsAction.do;jsessionid=E84022D5043296
F50686137ADD67B10B?method=goCMSDetail&contentId=346&menuId=10304
http://www.wordtravels.com/Airports/Taiwan/Taipei+Airport
http://wikitravel.org/en/Taipei
APPS (free ones) for SMARTPHONES
https://www.pleco.com/android.html PLECO, the best one
http://www.xuexizhongwen.de/mobile_11.htm
http://www.softwaregeek.com/chinese-khmer-dictionary/p1.html
http://www.xuexizhongwen.de/xuexizhongwen.htm
xuexizhongwen.zip Version 2.1, 26.03.05 (464kB)
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=cedict
http://www.busuu.com/enc there are other languages too
http://www.busuu.com/enc/learn-chinese-online
Spanish explanation
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.llingo.cma_l65_pro&feature=relat
ed_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEwOSwiYWlyLmNvbS5sbGluZ28uY21hX2w2NV9wc
m8iXQ..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.VocabularyTrainer_V1_L3_cn_en&f
eature=also_installed#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEwNCwiY29tLlZvY2FidWxhcnlUcmFpb
mVyX1YxX0wzX2NuX2VuIl0.
http://www.xcn-chinese.com/app/showarticle.asp?id=2037&includeid=&siteid=
http://www.xcn-chinese.com/
FOR TRAVELERS
http://blog.chinatravel.net/china-travel-tips-advice/best-android-apps-for-travelers-inchina.html
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.benjaminholfeld.speakchinesefree&f
eature=search_result
ASTROLOGY
http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/
Do you have a lucky name?
http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/IsluckyName.htm
I-Ching lucky numbers in your full name
http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/luckyNum.htm
VALENTINE’S DAY IN CHINESE CALENDAR
http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/77.htm
http://www.springsgreetingcards.com/catalogs/store.asp?pid=256628 Zodiac
1
Find the animal your date of birth is related to
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/zodiac/ Zodiac
五行
THE 5 ELEMENTS
wŭ xíng
http://www.alwaysastrology.com/chinese-elements.html
http://www.michaelschiesser.com/the-five-elements.html
http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/5EList.htm
http://www.tcmbasics.com/basics_5elements.htm
BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.omniglot.com/books/writing/chinese.htm
http://www.omniglot.com/books/language/chinese.htm
http://www.cheng-tsui.com/
http://www.perapera.org/best-10-books-for-learning-chinese/
INTEGRATED CHINESE
http://www.cheng-tsui.com/search/node/integrated+chinese
BOOKSHOPS
CHENG-TSUI
http://www.cheng-tsui.com/ Boston, USA
http://www.aprendechinohoy.com/libreria/?gclid=CIjjrfGH5p4CFeZr4wodzVYzJw
Beijing Language and Culture University Press
http://www.blcup.com/en/list_1.asp?id=3416 Liu Xun
CALLIGRAPHY
http://www.shufawest.us/links.html
http://home.iprimus.com.au/richwarm/cel/cel.htm
CCTV PRESENTERS
LI DONGNING
http://www.cctv.com/program/nature&science/20051231/100505.shtml
CELEBRATIONS
CHINESE NEW YEAR BY THE CHINESE CALENDAR
http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html
CHINESE NEW YEAR 2010 4708 E-CARDS
http://www.birthdayalarm.com/ECard.jsp?a:2I&PCCId=5&CCId=478
http://www.123greetings.com/events/chinese_new_year/happy/
NEW YEAR
http://www.living-chinese-symbols.com/chinese-new-year-activities.html
http://www.aboutcny.co.uk/custom.html (customs & traditions)
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html (C& T)
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/taboos.html (taboos & superstitions)
NEW YEAR DATES UNTIL 2014
http://www.living-chinese-symbols.com/chinese-new-year-dates.html
CELEBRATIONS & LIFE STAGES
http://www.chino-china.com/vocabulario/lista/141/vida.html Spanish
http://traditions.cultural-china.com/
CFL(Chinese as a foreign language)
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/
2
CHARACTERS
http://www.krysstal.com/writing_chinese.html
http://www.krysstal.com/writing_chinesepict.html PICTOGRAMS
http://www.zhongwen.com/
康熙
CHARACTERS (Kangxi) IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER + PINYIN
http://www.zein.se/patrick/3000char.html
http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/characters/list.html
http://www.zhongwen.com/
CHARACTERS INSTRUCTIONS
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/Language/chinese_w
rite.htm
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/PINYIN/pinyin.htm
http://www.euroasiasoftware.com/english/chinese/
http://www.euroasiasoftware.com/
http://www.newconcept.com/Reference/how_input_chinese.html
http://dict.leo.org/chde?lp=chde&search= after having clicked on the sound you can
click on animated &/or expanded strokes
http://dictionary.kaide.net/#requirements PC TIPS
http://dictionary.kaide.net/#links
MORE ABOUT CHARACTERS
http://www1.chinaculture.org/library/library_culture_character.html
http://dict.leo.org/chde?lp=chde&search= after having clicked on the sound you can
click on animated &/or expanded strokes
FLASHCARDS
http://www.mandarintools.com/
zhōng guó
xī bān yá
CHINA –
;中
;国 / ;西
;班 ;牙
http://www.jroller.com/juanpablo/
CHINA TODAY
http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/ctenglish/index.htm
CHINESE ASSOCIATION
http://www.lianxi.es/
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/clts/aboutus.htm
CHINESE STUDIES
http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/ea/chinese/index.html Oxford Univ. UK
CITIES
TAIPEI
http://jishi.cntv.cn/C20792/classpage/video/20100823/100721.shtml
CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES
http://www.hanban.edu.cn/ HANBAN -CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE HEADQUARTERS
http://learning.chinese.cn/en/article/2011-03/09/content_200407.htm
GERMANY
http://www.konfuzius-duesseldorf.de/ Düsseldorf
CONGRATULATIONS & WISHES
http://www.chino-china.com/hablar/tema/cat_50_deseos..felicidades.html Spanish
3
http://www.taringa.net/posts/offtopic/1916859/Feliz-navidad-%28en-distintosidiomas%29.html Merry Christmas in diff. Languages
CONVERTERS
Chinese Romanization Converter - converts between pinyin, zhuyin and others
transcriptions systems
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Lindict/
Pinyin-Zhuyin converter
http://www.inxsoft.net/mandarin-resource/converter.php
HELP TO READ TEXTS
adds inline Pinyin or Zhuyin annotations above words, or adds pop-up
annotations with English definition of the word to Chinese texts
http://mandarinspot.com/annotate
COUNT WITH YOUR HANDS
THOMAS CRAMPTON.COM BEIJING 101
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X99KCaBsS58&feature=BF&list=PL85D9218AC116
64E0&index=29
COURSES
http://www.learnchineseok.com/2012/03/chinese-language-lessons-government.html
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/organisations.html
http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/
http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/chinese
http://learningchineseonline.net/
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/
http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/ea/chinese/chinese.html Oxford
http://www.lechinois.com/ in French
CHINESE IN CHINA
http://google.ef.com/master/welcome/sem/ef0905a/?ps=y&p=ils,ly,ilsp&ctr=ES&etag=G
GESC_LC_CN_00
BLCU- BEIJING LANGUAGE 6 CULTURE UNIVERSITY
http://www.studyinblcu.cn/i18n/sp/page01.gsp
http://www.blcu.edu.cn/blcuweb/english/Contactus.asp
http://www.chinaledu.com/?gclid=CKy779W7saQCFQGY2AodIQ0czg
http://www.imandarin.net/shanghai/index.asp?gclid=CMrhsL--saQCFUtA4wodDnunxw
CHINESE COURSES IN BARCELONA-SPAIN
http://www.bindung.es/quienes.html
http://www.instituteuropeu.com/
http://www.hexagrama.net/
CHINESE IN TAIWAN
http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0505/study_chinese_in_taiwa
n.shtml
MANDARIN TRAINING CENTER- NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
http://140.122.110.12/mtcweb/index.php?option=com_guoyu&task=show_information&i
d=29&menuid=105%E3%80%88=zh#method
FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
http://140.136.240.107/english_fju/
EASTER & SUMMER COURSES
http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/asianlangstudy/chinese.htm#University%20of%2
0London
http://www.londonconfuciusinstitute.org.uk/courses.html
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CULTURE
http://www1.chinaculture.org/library/library_government.html
http://www.learnchineseok.com/2012/03/chinese-language-lessons-government.html
XMAS CAROLS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uD8oHgr1Y0&feature=related
词典 DICTIONARIES ONLINE
http://www.mandarintools.com/
http://www.chino-china.com/diccionario
http://www.chino-china.com/diccionario one entry (zao)but >< sound = >< meaning
http://www.chino-china.com/
http://pinyin.info/readings/texts/visible/index.html
http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/07/22/441793.aspx
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/101/guide1.htm
http://pinyinpractice.com/wangzhi/
http://www.yellowbridge.com/
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php#word
http://dict.leo.org/chde?lp=chde&search= TRANSLATIONS INTO ENGLISH
http://www.nciku.com/
http://www.nciku.com/theme picture dictionary
http://wap.iciba.com/
http://www.xina.cat/diccionari Catalan- Chinese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?title=Talk:Standard_Mandarin
http://classes.yale.edu/chns130/Dictionary/index.html picture dictionary
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Lindict/ LIN YUTANG- English Chinese
http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/index.html guoyu cidian (in Chinese)
http://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary.php *****
ETYMOLOGY
http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/characteretymology.php?searchChinese=1&zi=%E5%9C%8B
http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterASP/mandarin.aspx
http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterASP/why_study.aspx
FAMILY & JOBS
http://www.chino-china.com/metodo/18-familia-profesion.html
FIRST CHINESE DICTIONARY (827 BCE- 782 BCE)
SHI ZHOU PIAN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dictionary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shizhoupian
FIRST MODERN CHINESE DICTIONARY
ZIHUI 字彙 / 字汇 MING DYNASTY 1615 (33.179 characters)
(radicals & strokes order) 14 fascicles (juan 巻 "scrolls")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zihui Mei Yingzuo (梅膺祚)
KANGXI CIDIAN (214 radicals) -1716 Kangxi Emperor (Manchu Qing Dynasty)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangxi_Zidian
FOOD & DRINKS
http://www1.chinaculture.org/library/library_culture_food.html
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http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/chinese-new-year CHINESE NEW YEAR
GAMES
http://www.yellowbridge.com/games/
GENERAL
CTCFL Centre for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
牛津大学汉语教学中心
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/ Oxford Univ.
GRAMMAR
http://www.multilingualbooks.com/freelessons-chinese.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/index.shtml
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Chinese/index.html
http://www.bluetec.com.cn/asp/mymandarin/class_book.htm HANZI ORDER
http://www.popupchinese.com/tools/newsinchinese
http://www.learn-with-youtube.blogspot.com/
http://www.fileguru.com/apps/interactive_chinese_learning_program
http://sina.echineselearning.com/english/contents/index.html
http://learningchineseonline.net/
A PRACTICAL CHINESE GRAMMAR – ONLINE BOOK
http://books.google.com/books?id=aEtiSnbaQB8C&pg=PA207&lpg=PA207&dq=chines
e+future+grammar&source=bl&ots=bGpC7kVm4&sig=3UXCMLWSs15InIf6JG9dMG29lzU&hl=de&ei=e22TNjGBJCQjAexwJiECg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CEYQ6
AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=chinese%20future%20grammar&f=false
http://www.aulafacil.com/cursosgratis/curso/chino.html
http://www.chineselearner.com/chinese-grammar/
CAUSAL CONJUNCTIONS
http://resources.echineselearning.com/chinesetest/chinesetest-chinese-228.html
CLASSIFIERS 量词 liàngcí
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_classifier
http://digchinese.com/measure-words list
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/chinese-classifiers-2.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_classifiers
http://chinesenotes.com/ref_measure_words.htm
http://www.chinesetolearn.com/chinese-measure-words-complete-list-commonmeasure-words-top-ten-measure-words-measure-words-flash-cards/
http://laowaichinese.net/top-10-measure-words-to-know.htm
with Spanish explanation
http://hablamenchino.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/introduccion-general-a-las-palabrasclasificadores-%E9%87%8F%E8%AF%8Dliangci/
http://profdechino.blogspot.com.es/2007/03/clasificadores-ms-usuales.html
with Spanish explanation + examples
http://dponz.com/jdp/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=190&Itemid=9
COMBINATION TABLE
http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/pinyincombination1.cfm +SOUND
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_grammar DESCRIPTION
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COMPARISON 比, 比字句 比
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Grammar%20exercises/Comparatives.htm
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chinese_%28Mandarin%29/Grammar/Comparisons
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Grammar%20exercises/Comparatives.htm
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Grammar%20exercises/Comparative%20Answeres.htm
http://www.netplaces.com/speaking-mandarin-chinese/hosting-a-chinese-exchangestudent/grammar-lesson-the-comparative-preposition.htm
COMPARISONS WITH VIDEO
http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2010/08/27/learn-chinese-comparatives-superlatives/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pTdXlXU-ZA
http://learnchinesereviews.com/Learn-Chinese-Comparatives-And-Superlatives
HSK SAMPLE TEST
http://resources.echineselearning.com/chinesetest/chinesetest-chinese-163.html
http://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/1063/using-%E6%AF%94-b%C7%90-forcomparison
ENGLISH vs CHINESE
http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/langdiff/chinese.htm
EXERCISES
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Grammar%20exercises/
FINALS
http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/pinyinFinals.cfm +SOUND
FUTURE
http://www.zapchinese.com/Chinese-lessons/Lesson16/Lesson16.htm
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese_Grammar_for_Pimsleur_Students/Futur
e_tense
GLOSSARY OF GRAMMAR TERMS
http://www.chinese-tools.com/chinese/vocabulary/list/89/grammar.html
GRAMMAR, LISTENING, SPEAKING, PRONOUNCIATION & SO ON
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/PCR/PCR%20index.htm
INITIALS
http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/pinyinInitials.cfm +SOUND
LAS PALMAS State language school (EOI)LINKS
http://chinolaspalmas.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html
LOS CRISTIANOS(CANARY ISLANDS State language school TEACHER’S BLOG
http://www.chinoeoiloscristianos.blogspot.com/
http://www.shufawest.us/language/tonedrill.html
http://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chinesische_Grammatik in German
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chinese
NEGATION 不 vs 没有
http://www.brighthubeducation.com/learning-chinese/54491-learn-negating-wordsmeiyou-and-bu/
http://mylanguages.org/chinese_negation.php
http://mandarin.about.com/od/grammar/a/negatives.htm
http://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Standard_negation_with_%22bu
%22
bié
别
vs bú yào 不要 NEGATIVE IMPERATIVE
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Learn-Chinese-%E5%88%AB-bi%C3%A9%E4%B8%8D-1210337.S.166535801
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ORDINALS
http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/chinese/03-numerals.html#h4
http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/games/numbers/chinese/one.html LISTENING
PRESENT PERFECT you guo 有过
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLT6ndAYiGc
PINYIN RULES
http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/pinyin.html
PRESENT PERFECT
http://www.zapchinese.com/Chinese-lessons/Lesson17/Lesson17.htm
PRONOUNS
http://lost-theory.org/ocrat/chargif/pronouns.html
SPELLING RULES
http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/pinyinSpellingRules.cfm
TONE CHANGES
http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/tone-changes.html
VERBS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_verbs
STATIVE VERBS, ADVERBS & ADJECTIVES
http://mandarin.about.com/od/grammar/a/stativeverbs.htm
yòu
SUBJECT
;又 STATIVE VERB
yě bù
yòu
;又STATIVE VERB (both)
yě bù
SUBJECT
;也 ;不 STATIVE VERB
;也 ;不 STATIVE VERB (neither...nor)
http://mandarin.about.com/od/grammar/a/descriptive_pairs.htm
TESTS (ALL LEVELS) + EXPLANATIONS
http://resources.echineselearning.com/chinesetest/chinesetest-chinese-228.html
LANGUAGE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese
LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINA & TAIWAN
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071117171422AAZZoEq
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/2003/3169.htm
ZHÙYIN FÚHÀO literally "phonetic symbol" abbreviated zhuyin
COLLOQUIALLY CALLED-> BOPOMOFO after the names of the first
4 initial symbols ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopomofo
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/zhuyin.htm
LEARNING ONLINE
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/ BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/index.shtml BBC
http://www.china.org.cn/
http://quizlet.com/subject/steps-1-chinese-4/
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http://animation.archchinese.com/arch_flashcard.html flashcards with pronunciation
+Engl translation
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/PCRopen/selftest.htm California State Univ.
http://www.colby.edu/personal/k/kabesio/exindex.html Colby College USA
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Chinese/index.html CTCTL Oxford UK
THE INTERNET TSL JOURNAL
http://iteslj.org/v/c/ English- Chinese Vocabulary Quizzes
TING – CHINESE- ENGLISH DICTIONARY CENTER
http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/games/games.php Univ of Maine
http://faculty.virginia.edu/cll/chinese/ Univ of Virginia
http://faculty.virginia.edu/cll/chinese/
http://www.quia.com/shared/search?category=9&adv_search=true QUIA.COM
http://www.learnchineseok.com/2012/03/chinese-language-lessons-government.html
http://learning.chinese.cn/en/node_14424.htm
CCTV-100 UNITS
http://cctv.cntv.cn/lm/learningchinese/program/index.shtml Growing up with Chinese
http://www.loecsen.com/travel/0-en-67-2-18-free-lessons-chinese.html
http://www.graspchinese.com/learn.aspx
http://www.graspchinese.com/learn/airport-arriving/8.aspx
http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-Mandarin-Chinese
http://www.freechineselessons.com/
http://www.chinese-outpost.com/language/
http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/learning-chinese/
ROAD SIGNS
http://www.langnet.org/learn_obj/lo_launch.html?loid=12263
http://chinesehacks.com/usage/chinese-traffic-signs/
http://teachmechinese.wordpress.com/tag/whats-a-road-sign-in-chinese/
LEARNING WITH VIDEOS
1st STEPS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNoOdNvdZlg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEHVLuhQ9aU&feature=related
BASIC VERBS- TELL / SAY / NEED / COME / GIVE / KNOW / KNOW SB /
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk5lyXSOHTw&feature=related
BARGAINING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVn9I5WjUM8&feature=related
BUT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdlsz2AsrCU&feature=related
COUNTRIES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctvv12hVQAg&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-O7kfny5Bg&feature=related DIALOGUE
CCTV-100 UNITS
http://cctv.cntv.cn/lm/learningchinese/program/index.shtml Growing up with Chinese
FAMILY MEMBERS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKmN2yqyHG0
FEELINGS – ANGRY / HAPPY / SAD / ENVY/ NERVOUS /LONELY/ EXCITED
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZfB8mby1zI&feature=related
FREQUENCY WORDS- USUALLY / ALWAYS/ SOMETIMES / NOW / EVERY DAY /
HOW LONG?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta6uM-QZh-E&feature=related
FUNCTION WORDS- IF/ MAYBE / BECAUSE / HAVE TO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Im8dvRPpps&feature=related
I CAUGHT A COLD -COLD/ UNCOMFORTABLE /FEEL/ HEADACHE / PHARMACY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey5WFytU1c0&feature=related
WORDS MEANINGS & ORDERING DRINKS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ubgu5DR3vE&feature=related
LINKS
http://www.mandarintools.com/
http://www.uni.edu/becker/chinese2.html
http://www.uni.edu/becker/chinese.html
http://www.chineselearner.com/writing/characters/radicals/index.html
LISTENING
http://adult.chinese.cn/en/
http://www.learnchineseok.com/search/label/FS%20-%20Listening
https://web.duke.edu/chinesesoc/index.html INTERMEDIATE
http://www.shufawest.us/language/tonedrill.html
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Lang%20work/2nd%20Assign/Listening/China%20tea,%20Siji
qing%20village.htm
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/PCR/PCR%20index.htm
http://www.pinyinpractice.com/initialsChoose.swf CHOOSE THE RIGHT INITIAL
http://dict.leo.org/chde?lp=chde&search= after having clicked on the sound you can
click on animated &/or expanded strokes
http://www.xcn-chinese.com/app/showarticle.asp?id=2037&includeid=&siteid=
http://www.xcn-chinese.com/
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Lang%20work/MT04/Second%20year%20language%20assig
nments%20for%20MT04.htm
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Lang%20work/2nd%20Assign/Listening/China%20tea,%20Siji
qing%20village.htm
http://learning.chinese.cn/en/article/2011-03/09/content_200407.htm
http://learning.chinese.cn/en/node_14449.htm
MUSIC
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYRICS
http://www.chinese-tools.com/songs/song/291/shenri-kuaile.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z08jGpgr43Y MUSIC
XMAS
JINGLE BELLS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcxtQD6caoA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG5pCwXOWEI
JOBS IN CHARACTERS, PINYIN & TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH
http://www.todachina.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=13
990 REGISTRATION NEEDED
NAMES
http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/hbnames-u.html
HOW TO PRONOUNCE CHINESE NAMES
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~zhuxj/readpinyin.html
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NEWSPAPERS
http://www.snwjzx.com/
http://www.chinaview.cn/index.htm CHINA VIEW you can change the language into
Chinese
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/30/content_12137280.htm Tibet TV
NUMBERS
http://www.mandarintools.com/
PHILOSOPHERS
CONFUCIUS- 孔夫子 Kǒng Fūzǐ – master Kong / Kǒng Zǐ (孔子)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%94%E5%AD%90
PINYIN KEYBOARD/EDITOR
http://www.chino-china.com/herramientas/editor-pinyin.html
http://www.chino-china.com/herramientas/editor.html
PINYIN-CHINESE CHARACTERS IN YOUR PC
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/Language/asianlangu
ageinstallation_XP.html
PINYIN INPUT FIREFOX EXTENSION
http://toshuo.com/chinese-tools/pinyin-input-firefox-extension/
PINYIN-SELF QUIZ
http://www.pinyinpractice.com/selfquiz.htm
PINYIN INPUT FIREFOX EXTENSION
http://toshuo.com/chinese-tools/pinyin-input-firefox-extension/
PRONUNCIATION & PINYIN
http://pinyin.info/readings/index.html books
http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/ very very useful for theory
http://pinyinpractice.com/wangzhi/2005/12/ YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE
http://pinyin.quickmandarin.com/learn_chinese_quiz/tones_drill/ useful to improve your
listening
WADE-GILES SYSTEM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles
POLITICS & LANGUAGE
POLITICAL STATUS OF TAIWAN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan
POLITICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ROC & PROC
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071202011128AAOeekF
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110311213503AAX3l3L
LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINA & TAIWAN
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071117171422AAZZoEq
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/2003/3169.htm
LANGUAGE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/07/content_5812838.htm
ZHÙYIN FÚHÀO- COLLOQUIALLY-> BOPOMOFO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopomofo
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PRONUNCIATION
http://zhongwen.com/
INITIALS
http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/23997957-1311465811.html KIDS’ VIDEO
FINALS
http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/pinyin-finals.html#a
PINYIN
PINYIN KEYBOARD/EDITOR
http://www.chino-china.com/herramientas/editor-pinyin.html
http://www.chino-china.com/herramientas/editor.html
PINYIN-CHINESE CHARACTERS IN YOUR PC
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/Language/asianlangu
ageinstallation_XP.html
PINYIN INPUT FIREFOX EXTENSION
http://toshuo.com/chinese-tools/pinyin-input-firefox-extension/
PINYIN-SELF QUIZ
http://www.pinyinpractice.com/selfquiz.htm
PINYIN INPUT FIREFOX EXTENSION
http://toshuo.com/chinese-tools/pinyin-input-firefox-extension/
PRONUNCIATION & PINYIN
http://pinyin.info/readings/index.html books
http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/ very very useful for theory
http://pinyinpractice.com/wangzhi/2005/12/ YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE
http://pinyin.quickmandarin.com/learn_chinese_quiz/tones_drill/ useful to improve your
listening
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Pinyin_Notes.htm
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Pinyin.htm
PRONUNCIATION & PINYIN
http://pinyin.info/readings/index.html books
http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/ very very useful for theory
http://pinyinpractice.com/wangzhi/2005/12/ YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE
http://pinyin.quickmandarin.com/learn_chinese_quiz/tones_drill/ useful to improve your
listening
SIX VOWELS WITH MOUTH POSITION
http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/24007040-1311465811.html KIDS’ VIDEO
TONES
http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/24311488-1567519763.html KIDS’ VIDEO
TONE CHANGES RULES
http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/tone-changes.html
PROVERBS
http://www.chinesesymbolsmeaning.com/chinese-proverbs.html
http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-proverbs/
NAMES
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~zhuxj/readpinyin.html
NEWS
http://www.todachina.com/ in Spanish
http://chinochano.zoomblog.com/ in Spanish
NUMERAL SYSTEM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerals
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(214) RADICALS -bù shou -
部首
find the radical which corresponds to the character
http://www.mandarintools.com/chardict.html
40 MOST COMMON RADICALS
http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/40-most-common-radicals
40 RADICALS & MEANING FLASHCARDS
http://quizlet.com/1097535/chinese-radicals-1-40-meanings-flash-cards/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_%28Chinese_character%29
http://www.albany.edu/eas/205/205%20radicals%20of%20chinese%20characters.pdf
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chinese_radical_index
http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/radicals.php
http://www.chinese-tools.com/resources/radicals.html
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Lang%20work/Radicals/Strokes&Radicals.htm position
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ealac/sobelman/radicals/
http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/radicals.html
http://www.archchinese.com/arch_chinese_radicals.html
http://www.code2000.net/chiradtest.htm radicals chart with strokes number
http://www.living-chinese-symbols.com/chinese-radicals.html
http://everything2.com/title/Chinese+Radicals
http://www.mychineselessons.com/complete-list-of-chinese-radicals.html
http://www.zapchinese.com/Chinese-lessons/Lesson08/Lesson08.htm PART 1
http://www.zapchinese.com/Chinese-lessons/Lesson09/Lesson09.htm PART 2
http://mandarinposter.com/radicals/ AFTER STROKES No
http://www.archchinese.com/arch_chinese_radicals.html
http://chinesehacks.com/resources/web/simplified-chinese-radicals-list-free-printable-reference/
http://www.chineselearner.com/writing/characters/radicals/index.html
http://www.clearchinese.com/chinese-writing/radicals1.htm
214 RADICALS & PINYIN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kangxi_radicals
http://mandarinposter.com/radicals/ POSTER with English translation
http://chinesehacks.com/resources/mobile/daily-word/
http://www.chtsai.net/radicals/
http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Script/radicals.html
http://www.learnchineseok.com/2012/05/write-chinese-radicals-symbol-letters.html
READING
http://www.clavisinica.com/zika.html FLASHCARDS
http://www.chineselearner.com/reading/
http://readchinese.nflc.org/ Univ. of Maryland
SEARCH ENGINES
http://mandarinportal.com/chinesesearchengines.php
SAYINGS
http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/learning-chinese/chinese-sayings.htm
SEVERAL
http://www.yellowbridge.com/
http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/76594-mandarin-chinese-links-to-free-lessonplans-worksheets-and-other-resources/
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SPEAKING
INTRODUCTION
http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/chinese-phrases-for-introduction.html
FOOD
http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/chinese-phrases-for-food.html
GREETINGS
http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/chinese-phrases-for-greetings.html
SHOPPING
http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/chinese-phrases-for-shopping.html
TONE CHANGES RULES
http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/tone-changes.html
http://www.chineselearner.com/speaking/
SUMMER COURSES
TAIWAN
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME TUITION $800
http://nd.edu/~ois/location/?locid=35
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY - TAIPEI
http://iclp.ntu.edu.tw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20%3Astudentdormitory&Itemid=8
tuī
ná
TCM- TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
;推
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuina
http://www.tcmbasics.com/basics_5elements.htm
;拿
THE 10 HEAVENLY STEMS & THE 12 EARTHLY BRANCHES
http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/listsearch.php?listID=47
http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/gem-projects/hm/0203-1-73-eight_characters.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_stem
TESTS
http://hi.nciku.com/space.php?do=test
http://www.easymandarin.cn/beginner-online-mandarin-level-test/
http://www.easymandarin.cn/intermediate-online-mandarin-level-test/
TEXT BOOKS
http://www.cheng-tsui.com/ INTEGRATED CHINESE (US publisher)
http://www.chinasoft.com.au/nihao.html NIHAO (Australian publisher)
http://www.chinasoft.com.au/nh2/nh2.html Elementary
TIME ZONES
FIND YOUR OWN & OTHER TIME ZONES
http://www.wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/
TOOLS
http://www.mandarintools.com/
TRADITIONS
http://traditions.cultural-china.com/
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http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/topicsub_traditions.htm
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/china/chinese-traditions-culture/1778
http://www.chinatoday.com/culture/a.htm
http://www.chinatownconnection.com/chinese-society-traditions.htm
TRANSLATION
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php
http://www.postmeta.com/
http://www.lexicool.com/translate.asp?IL=3
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/christmas.htm R *******
TRAVEL TO CHINA
http://chinolaspalmas.blogspot.com/search/label/Viajes
TV CHANNELS
http://www.chinese-channel.co.uk/en/prog_1.php
http://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/19/watch-tv-with-your-pc/ instructions about how to
download TV channels on your PC
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b3918.htm CCTV3 music & dance
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b5479.htm China weatherTV
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/7229.htm CCTV1 documentaries
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b4725.htm CCTV10 science & education
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/2077.htm CCTV9 news in English
http://english.cctv.com/01/index.shtml
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b3916.htm CCTV news
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b3920.htm CCTV 7 for children
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b5484.htm SMGMB cartoons
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/7201.htm advertising
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b5480.htm Luoyang 1(lytv.com)
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b5481.htm Luoyang 2 lytv.com)
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/7201.htm films
http://fgmtv.net/ FGM TV FangGuangMing
http://www.huaihai.tv/
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b5486.htm CSNP sports bad sound
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b5485.htm HBTV general channel
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/6958.htm QTV1(army???) - Qingdao
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b4980.htm HNTV1- Zhengzhou
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b3519.htm NC news
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b2424.htm New Tang Dynasty TV
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/7201.htm NY Nanyang TV
http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/China.html ChineseTV Sat list
http://www.hkatv.com/v3/index.html ATV Hong-Kong
dà
xué
UNIVERSITIES ;大
;学
UNIV LIST IN THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA(ROC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_of_the_Republic_of_China
FUDAN UNIV. SHANGHAI
http://www.fudan.edu.cn/englishnew/
NTU- NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIV.
http://www.ntu.edu.tw/engv4/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Taiwan_University
http://www.oia.ntu.edu.tw/oia/index.php/
PROC - PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Shanghai University of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)SHUTCM
http://www.at0086.com/STCM/
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TNUA- TAIPEI NATIONAL UNIV OF ARTS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_National_University_of_the_Arts
jiē zhòng
yì miáo
VACCINATIONS
;接
;种
;疫
;苗
http://www.guiadeviaje.net/china/preparacion-vacunas.html in Spanish
VISAS
http://www.guiadeviaje.net/china/preparacion-visado.html in Spanish
VOCABULARY
http://www.chinese-tools.com/chinese/vocabulary
http://www.chinese-tools.com/phrasebook
http://www.1jn.com/chinese/engchi.html English/pinyin/pronounciation
http://www.china-learn.info/Hanyu/Flashcard_Menu.html explanations & flashcards
http://animation.archchinese.com/arch_flashcard.html flashcards with pronunciation
+Engl translation
http://es.syvum.com/idiomas/vocabulario/Chinese_Pinyin/ QUIZZES & WORDS LISTS
http://learnchinesereviews.com/Chinese-Vocabulary-Lessons
CLOTHES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE0b3TCl2jQ
FRUIT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09p6Ae_02-s
VEGETABLES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvYaWXlKMdo
WEATHER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOvtr_cVMZI
WEATHER
http://weather.china.org.cn/english/ TEMPERATURE IN FARENHEIT
WRITING 中文
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mandarin.htm explanation & a lot of interesting links******
http://animation.archchinese.com/arch_flashcard.html flashcards with pronunciation
+Engl translation
http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/chinese-characters.html# writing rules
http://lost-theory.org/ocrat/chargif/menuc6.html animated writing R******
http://faculty.virginia.edu/cll/chinese/index.html strokes order. Int. Univ of Virginia
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/chinese.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_character
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_written_language
http://writeinchinese.com/ STROKES
http://www.mandarintools.com/
http://chino.nicoweb.com/2007/11/16/%C2%A1-aprender-a-escribir-chino-en-7minutos/ WRITING PINYIN ON YOUR PC
http://www.pinyinpractice.com/PinPracTonesSingle.swf PINYIN TONES
http://www.zapchinese.com/Chinese-lessons/Lesson08/Lesson08.htm
http://zhongwen.com/
http://www.language.berkeley.edu/fanjian/tier3.html
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/azi/page1.htm CA Univ. Long Beach
http://www.usc.edu/dept/ealc/chinese/character/ very good to start writing in the right
direction
http://writeinchinese.com/
http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/24311488-1567519763.html
http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/24007040-1311465811.html
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http://ocw.usu.edu/Languages__Philosophy_and_Speech_Communication/first-yearchinese-i/Writing_Lessons.html WRITING & LISTENING. Univ. of Utah
PINYIN-CHINESE CHARACTERS INSTRUCTIONS
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/Language/chinese_w
rite.htm
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/PINYIN/pinyin.htm
http://www.euroasiasoftware.com/english/chinese/
http://www.euroasiasoftware.com/
http://www.newconcept.com/Reference/how_input_chinese.html
http://dict.leo.org/chde?lp=chde&search= after having clicked on the sound you can
click on animated &/or expanded strokes
http://dictionary.kaide.net/#requirements PC TIPS
http://dictionary.kaide.net/#links
SAMPLE WRITINGS- SEVERAL TOPICS
http://www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com/Public/PublicResources.html?direction=bzh-en&sp=S/oldo/resources/zh/sample-correspondence-public-zh.html
YIN-YANG
5 ELEMENTS
metal shǔ,
water shuǐ, wood mù,
fire huǒ &和
earth(soil) tǔ
http://www.philtar.ac.uk/encyclopedia/taoism/yinyang.html YIN-YANG & WUSHIN
http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/5Elist.htm
http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/5EBasic.htm
YOUR NAME IN CHINESE
http://www.chino-china.com/nombres/lista.html
http://www.mandarintools.com/cgi-bin/chinname.pl
ZODIAC
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/zodiac/ Zodiac
Find the animal your date of birth is related to
http://www.springsgreetingcards.com/catalogs/store.asp?pid=256628
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