Chinese Computing

• Download the Microsoft Language Pack and the Global IME for Simplified or Traditional Chinese to view and input Chinese on the web.

• Download the handout Type Chinese in the CCSF Language Center- Windows XP and Office 2002. (needs Acrobat Reader)

• OR download a demo version of NJStar. Consult the Beginner's Guide to the NJStar Chinese Wordprocessor to get started creating documents with NJStar. And for answers to all your NJStar WP questions, try the NJStar Tech Support Page.

• Mac Users! See the Chinese Mac FAQ page for all the answers.

• More information about viewing the web in Chinese is available from Yahoo! China and

• Multilingual Computing on the Web from Middlebury College

• Pinyin to Unicode- Type in the pinyin with numbers and this handy tool will show both the pinyin with tone marks and unicode for use in html documents.

Integrated Chinese Materials

• Integrated Chinese Materials from UC Berkeley

• Integrated Chinese Home Page from the University of Hawaii

• Web Resources for Integrated Chinese (University of Hawaii)

• Sentence Patterns for Beginning Chinese from UC Davis

• Games Created for Integrated Chinese by Mary Jacobs at UC Davis

• Exercises to accompany lessons 1-10 of Integrated Chinese from Colby College

• University of Virginia Chinese Exercises

• Integrated Chinese Materials Part 1 and Part 2 from SDSU

• Animated Characters to accompany Integrated Chinese from USC.

• Textbook Audio Files for Integrated Chinese from the University of Delaware.

• Chinese Reading World - Beginning and intermediate reading lessons with audio from the University of Iowa.
  
  Chinese Link Materials

• Chinese Link (1st ed.- Level 1, Parts 1 and 2) - publisher's website includes vocabulary review, flashcards, grammar exercises, listening and reading comprehension activities, structured web-based exercises.

• Chinese Link (1st, ed. - Level 2, Parts 1 and 2) - publisher's website includes vocabulary review, flashcards, grammar exercises, listening and reading comprehension activities, structured web-based exercises. NOTE: Not all links here are active, some are still under construction!

Pinyin and Pronunciation

• Pin-Yin Romanization An explanation in English of Pinyin and how it works

• Pinyin Chat from Zhongwen.com - Practice your Pinyin while communicating with others from around the world

• Practice Your Pinyin from the University of Iowa

Language

Cantonese

• Learn Cantonese! - Page with resources for students of Cantonese, flashcards, sound files, etc.

• Learning Cantonese - Sound files for the basics.

• Yamada Language Center Cantonese Links

Mandarin

• Chinese Language Tools includes a Chinese-English-Chinese dictionary, annotation and pronunciation tools, pinyin with tone marks, and more. NEW!

• Chinese Character Flashcards Test your pin-yin and Cantonese romanization. Also shows English translation.

• ChinesePod offers free daily podcasts, 520 lessons by level, vocabulary review, tests, pdf-format dialogs, and posted comments to others regarding the lessons. NEW!

• Chinese Character Geneology

• Chinese Character Tutor Animated page by Dr. Tianwei Xie. See his complete resource page below.

• Chinese Language Teachers Association Links Many resources chosen by Chinese Language Teachers

• Chinese Language Information Page

• Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online by Tianwei Xie. 15 units of basic expressions. Included are units on getting acquainted, family, time, food, etc. You'll see the characters, pinyin, and hear the pronunciation of each expression.

• Elementary Chinese Online Material by CCSF instructor Joyce Liou. Study Chinese online through CCSF .

• languageguide.org (from Austin, Texas) See the picture, read the text, hear the pronunciation (just guide your mouse over the picture, no clicking!) Alphabet, numbers, many categories of vocabulary. A wonderful resource. NEW!

• Learning Chinese Online Page by Dr. Tianwei Xie (CSU-Long Beach) Everything you need on-line for studying Chinese.

• Hello-Han.com in English and in Chinese. Online lessons, pinyin charts, grammar explanations, lots of sound. Beijing Normal University

• Internet Based Chinese Teaching and Learning as developed and offered at La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia

• Resources for Teaching and Learning Chinese from Dartmouth University

• Teaching and Learning Chinese by Professor Jianhua Bai at Kenyon College. Resources for beginning, intermediate, and advanced learners, and for instructors.

• USC Chinese Department - Character Page - Learn how to write characters.

• Video Clips of Survival Chinese This useful page has just what it says, video clips of situations containing phrases you might need when visiting a Chinese speaking country. There are also interactive exercises based on the clips. Units include, hotels, shopping, asking directions, the post office, and more.

Dictionaries

• chineselanguage.org - Includes links to online dictionaries and a Chinese character dictionary.

• Chinese Annotation Tool - Converts characters to pinyin and gives definitions in English.

• Chinese Characters Dictionary Web "The major Chinese character dictionaries on the web are interlinking at a character-to-character level allowing visitors to quickly jump across dictionaries to check the same character entry without having to search again for the character..."

Search Engines

• AltaVista

• Google (Chinese)

• Top Chinese Sites (in Chinese only).

• Yahoo! China Traditional Characters

• Yahoo! China Simplified Characters

• Yahoo! Hong Kong

• Yahoo! Taiwan

• YamWeb Navigator Search engine from Taiwan in Chinese or English Links are organized by subject; Arts, Humanities, Culture, Natural Sciences,News, etc.

Media

• BBC World Service - Cantonese - News of the world from the BBC in Cantonese - Includes sound files in RealAudio format. Download RealPlayer here.

• BBC World Service- Mandarin - See above - this one's in Mandarin.

• Beelinetv offers television broadcasts from NJTV1 and NJTV 5; good for practicing listening comprehension.

• China News Digest - Links to news, photo archives, tech help and reference information for Chinese software, literature, Hua Xia Wen Zhai, a Chinese magazine on the internet, and MORE!

• China Times Newspaper from Taiwan

• People's Daily - from the PRC (in Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, and Arabic)

• Voice of America - News in Chinese. See and hear the news in Chinese. Use the vocabulary lessons to learn idiomatic expressions.

Government

• Government Information Office of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China - Includes a page of links to government (PRC) websites, consulates, embassies, and press.

• National Science Council of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

• Welcome to China Information about the People's Republic of China by the PRC government.

Culture and History

Cultural Revolution

• Chinese Holocaust Memorial - in Chinese and English

• Virtual Museum of the Cultural Revolution - mostly in Chinese with some pages in English

• Morning Sun: A Film and Website about the Cultural Revolution - in English

Traditional Culture

• China.com Many links to information about traditional and contemporary Chinese culture. Also links to HongKong.com and Taiwan.com.

• ChinaSite.com: The Complete Reference to China/Chinese Related Web Sites . Many links to information about both modern and traditional Chinese culture and language.

• China the Beautiful - Chinese Art and Literature

• Chinese Culture Home Page from the Mining Company.

• East Asian Music Notes and Sounds by CCSF Music instructor Joshua Law. Hear traditional Chinese instruments.

• Global Chinese Language and Culture Center Online - from the ROC (Taiwan). In Chinese, English, and Spanish.

• Holidays and Festivals in Taiwan from the ROC Government Information Office. Links to information about Lunar Festivals and to a Calendar of Holidays and Festivals.

• Traditional Chinese Culture - Links from Dr. Marjorie Chan. This is an incredible resource. Moon Festival. The San Francisco Chinatown Moon Festival website. See pictures of the festivities, read about the moon goddess, get recipes for mooncakes and more.

• Chinese New Year from the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco

• Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in San Francisco

• Chinese New Year Events in San Francisco

More Chinese Links

• China Window Information about many cities and regions of China. Links to newspapers, radio and tv stations and more.

• China Maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library
  Map Collection at the University of Texas.

• China Today Information about the People's Republic of China from China Infohighway Communications Co.

• China Tour Links to information about visiting China. Maps, exchange rate, embassies, visa information, weather, and more.

• Digital Chinese Library from the Center for Chinese Studies at UC Berkeley Links to publications in English and Chinese, maps, other references, and more.

• Dr. Marjorie Chan's ChinaLinks - from Ohio State University, a wealth of links for Chinese language learning

• East Asian Library at UC Berkeley. An extensive list of Asian studies resources from throughout the world

• Harvard University Chinese Program Web Page

• Internet Guide for China Studies - China WWW Virtual Library

• On-line Chinese Tools Reference, Software, Translation, and much more.

• Open Directory Project - This site strives to be the definitive catalog of the Web. It is developed and maintained by a community of "net-citizens" who are experts in their areas of interest. Organized by topic and also by province.

• Rubbings of Chinese Inscriptions from the UC Berkeley East Asian Library.

• Taiwan Map - Type in an address and see the map for any location in Taiwan. Try the English or Chinese versions.

Updated: 03/10/2008

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