Rare used books from or about Asia.
How to appreciate Chinese calligraphy.
Books for learning Chinese.
Introduction to Chinese calligraphy.
Chinese books for kids.
Dozens of calligraphy masterpieces spanning nearly 2000 years.
Books about China, books for learning Chinese.
Practice writing Chinese characters the way
young students do with these printable
calligraphy sheets.
A Chinese Amazon.
Favorite Sites for
Learning Chinese
Books for learning Chinese.
English books about Chinese calligraphy.
Amazing children's books from Taiwan.
Introduction
Learn Chinese
Online Readings
Vocabulary
Chinese FAQ
Chinese News
Explains the five main styles of calligraphy.
Resources for teaching Chinese.
List from the Cantonese Language Association.
Information for teaching and learning Chinese.
Cantonese uses almost all the same characters as Mandarin - but with different pronunciations.
Common Cantonese expressions.
This site introduces over 200 dialects and languages.
There's a million books for learning Mandarin, but a good Cantonese book is harder to track down.
Addictive Java applet tests your recognition of Chinese characters online.
Reviews of Chinese learning software by Professors.
Professor Tianxie Wei answers common problems with using Chinese software.
Stroke-by-stroke animation shows you how to write thousands of common Chinese characters in the proper stroke sequence.
Professor Marjorie Chan's extensive annotated links.
An excellent introduction from Chinatown.org.
software for handling Chinese on Macs.
Encyclopedia excerpts about Tibetan languages.
Download 30-day free trial version of popular software for viewing, writing Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Printable flashcards for cutting and folding.
Explains the six categories of characters as traditionally used by Chinese linguists.
Download free software to help you read - and write - Chinese on the web.
Fun flash animation on Chinese characters.
Download 60-day free trial version of popular software for viewing, writing Chinese.
Information on how to write Chinese characters.
Interview at Virtual China.
Download 60-day free trial version of popular software for viewing, writing Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Chinese women once used secret characters to
communicate with their sworn best friends.
Download trial version of popular CDROM for learning Chinese.
Service to provide a real Chinese chop with a real Chinese name (not a bogus transliteration of your non-Chinese name).
Find a college with a Chinese language program.
Professor Marjorie Chan's extensive links.
Clear introduction to Chinese names for parents of adopted Chinese children.
Vocabulary-annotated Chinese articles for intermediate Chinese students.
Stories explaining the creation of hundreds of Chinese surnames.
Discusses Romanization schemes, initials and finals, and the four tones of Chinese.
When Chinese names are written in English, they lose their original meaning. Ask how to find the original character for your name.
Practice the tones and other difficult aspects of Chinese pronunciation.
Chops (seals) are used in place of signatures on legal documents.
Learn basic Chinese by reading and listening to sample conversations.
English names do not transcribe well into Chinese, but I list them for the curious.
Very hard warns Professor William Baxter.
Professor Tim Xie's sites for learning Chinese.
Type in your English name and an admirable attributes, and then generate a Chinese name.
Introduction to Mandarin grammar.
Pinyin exercises from the University of Iowa.
How names are chosen and how to address or refer to Chinese people.
Singapore's government encourages its anglicized ethnic Chinese citizenry to periodically speak Chinese.
How to find the right Chinese name.
Chinese names start with the family name rather than given name.
Listen to Mandarin broadcasts from Voice of America, read the transcripts, and click on new vocabuarly.
Generous offer to carve (digitally) a Chinese seal for your name online for free.
Complete mapping from between different systems for indicating the pronunciation of Chinese characters. (requires Chinese font)
Search for individual character meanings.
Exhaustive list from the Less [sic] Commonly Taught Languages Project.
Simultaneous searching of main Chinese-English and English-Chinese web dictionaries.
Non-exhaustive list from UCLA.
Rapidly growing online collaborative dictionary.
Resources for the teaching community.
Extensive character dictionary with additional emphasis on Hakka pronunciations.
Resources for teachers. (requires Chinese font)
Programs for studying Chinese in China.
Excellent online Chinese-Chinese dictionary.
Non-profit heritage schools teach Chinese to over 100,000 Taiwanese/Chinese-American youth every weekend. Great place to learn also.
Quick, easy to use dictionary.
Bibliography of dictionaries in fields from aeronautics to reprography.
English-Chinese Dictionary
Extensive and easy to use.
Exchange ideas for teaching English in China (a great way to also learn Chinese).
Links to international radio broadcasts
Extensive collection from China News Digest.
Extensive collection from China News Digest.
Links to popular Chinese newspapers
News and discussion of current events
Links to free Chinese magazines online. (requires Chinese font)
About.com features an extensive guide to Chinese Culture
AltaVista can be searched in Chinese.
Search millions of Chinese company listings in English or Chinese
Taiwan-based search engine and meta-search engine.
Searches Hong Kong websites with key sites crawled daily.
Search engine and directory with specialized portals for China, HK, Taiwan and North America.
Extensive Chinese directory and search engine.
Taiwan-based directory and search engine.
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