Chinese

At Carleton

• Asian Languages and Literatures Department

Web Resources

Dictionaries

• Mdbg – Online Chinese-English dictionary (not as comprehensive as nciku but faster, particularly with slow internet connection off-campus)
• Chinese Etymological Dictionary 中文字譜
• Chinese Dictionaries
• On-line Chinese Tools – This website offers an array of dictionary tools and even has interesting links to access cultural information. The website allows you to look up characters in English, pinyin, Chinese, or by radical in a straightforward way. Simply use the column at the left-hand side of the page to explore these useful tools.

Proficiency Tests

• HSK Flashcards – Vocabulary lists for the HSK. Since there is no official HSK vocab list available, this vocabulary list has been compiled many unofficial lists available on the web. There is no guarantee that this is completely up- to-date, purchasing the current official H.S.K vocabulary books published by the Beijing Language and Culture University Press.
• TOCFL Proficiency Test – Official website for the T.O.P (Test of Proficiency – Huayu) the Chinese proficiency test in Taiwan for international learners. The site provides mock tests, vocabulary lists, test registration and test site information, and links to university programs in Taiwan (Chinese programs, engineering, medicine etc.)

Chinese Newspapers and Magazines

• ChinaSite – Links to newspapers, TV, radio, magazines from all over the Chinese-speaking world.
• China Times – Daily news from Taiwan.

Chinese Classics

• Classical Chinese Reading Materials (for advanced students)
• Confucian Classics
• Dao De Jing 道德經
• Tang Poetry
• Chinese-Cantonese Syllabary – from the 香港中文大學人文學科研究所人文電算與人文方法研究室粵音電子字典組

Language-Learning Resources

• Practical Chinese Reader Texts and Exercises – Online website for Chinese learners at the University of Oxford. Excellent grammar review section with clear explanations and examples.
• Quia – a website for practicing grammar, vocabulary, and a host of other useful things. You can find practice quizzes and online practice exercises. There are 610 activities.
• Duolingo – Free courses for people on the go. Memorize vocabulary, improve pronunciation and understand grammar. For beginners, intermediate and advanced levels. Uses fill in the blanks, typing, voice recording and images.
• ChineseClass101 – YouTube channel.
• Memrise – Learn from beginners to advanced, improve pronunciation and conversation flow.
• Loecsen – Method of rapid assimilation of the foreign languages that can be learnt over the internet or on other mobile devices. It is intended for people who want to manage in most situations of everyday life without having to go through a lengthy learning process.
• 101 Languages – Includes links to different resources such as radio stations, vocabulary lessons and builder, keyboards, news, common words, translators, conjugators, flashcards, travel guides, pronunciation, phrases and vocabulary.
• Goethe Verlag – Phrase book, vocabulary, download bilingual audios, download monolingual audios.  Includes 100 easy lessons (100 lessons are free). All dialogues and sentences are spoken by native speakers. No prior grammar knowledge is needed. You can start learning immediately. Improve your language skills for work, travel or as a hobby.
• Games – Online games for learning Chinese. Numbers, phrases, colors, fruits, animals, vocabulary, days and months.
• Live Lingua Project – Learning materials that contain courses, ebooks and audios.
• My Languages – Site which focuses on grammar and vocabulary. Lessons, grammar tips, vocabulary, phrases, language tools, and audio files to download.
• Surface Languages – Thousands of phrases and hours of audio spoken by native speakers along with flashcard, multiple choice and language learning games. Learn colors, numbers, basic phrases, food words, basic conversation phrases and build your vocabulary.Improve your fluency and confidence through learning many different sentences in your target language.
• Master Any Language – Learn playing games, take tests, audios, alphabets, numbers, greetings, food, months, days, native speakers and links to resources such as music, foods, apps, books and movies.
• Lingro – A free multilingual instant search dictionary and language learning web site. Paste in the URL of a newspaper and each word in the text becomes clickable and gives access to its dictionary.
• Unilang – Free courses, podcasts, videos, phrasebooks, games and exercises in many languages (Check under “courses” for instruction on both common and less taught languages.) Note: ASL resources are listed under “Handspeak”
• Open Culture – Links to various language learning sites.
• Forvo – Has pronunciation examples for many different languages.