Questions tagged [resources]
Questions concerning search and sharing of supplementary resources used in the process of language study: books, articles, links to Web sites, audio and video recordings, corpora, etc. Click on "Learn more..." to have more information on how to use this tag.
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Resources for learning Mandarin Chinese
This is a community-maintained list of resources for learning Mandarin Chinese.
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Are children's books a good starting place for beginners?
I was wondering if Chinese children's books might be a good starting place for adult Chinese language newbies (regardless of whether it be Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, whatever), in particular for ...
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What's a good place to look up the etymology of certain Chinese words that aren't immediately obvious?
Many Chinese words make a lot of sense when you consider the meanings of individual characters. However, others aren't quite as obvious at first glance.
For example, Why does 有机 as in 有机食品 mean ...
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Useful resources for learning Taiwanese?
My girlfriend is from Fujian and speaks 闽南语, so I am trying to learn so I can communicate with her family better.
The struggle is finding any useful resources (even in Chinese), so I'm wondering if ...
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Which website/service can give good example sentences in Chinese? [duplicate]
Often when learning new words, I want to see them in context. It helps my learning process, and understanding how to properly use new vocab makes it stick in my mind that much more.
Does anyone have ...
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Resources for learning Cantonese
I'd like to learn Cantonese. Does anyone know some good resources (books, websites) that provide a thorough introduction into the language? I know that the pronunciation is a lot harder than in ...
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Is there a Chinese WordNet?
WordNet is a database of English words, which includes semantic relationships of words too. It includes synonym and antonym-relationships, as well as "categories". For example, it will tell me that ...
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Are there standard dictionaries for Chinese? [duplicate]
Standard dictionaries have had a profound effect on languages like English. They've helped normalize spelling and pronunciation and provide reference for meanings and disambiguation.
When thinking of ...
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When do the tones change?
Sometimes, in certain combinations of tones or words, the tones change. Where can I find a complete list of all tone changes that occur in Mandarin?
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Pinyin tones pronunciation cheat sheet
I've just started taking Chinese lessons, and I've been trying to find a "cheat sheet" for pinyin pronunciation. All the sites I've found is either incomplete (only having some tones), only having the ...
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Where can I find audio recordings of every word? [closed]
Where can I find audio recordings (i.e. individual MP3s or WAVs) for every Chinese word? I have found some recordings of Chinese, but these only contain individual phonemes, not entire words. I am ...
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Does a dictionary exist that goes from full word -> abbreviation? Many only offer abbreviation -> full word
My question is about 简称 ("abbreviations"). The question is simple: where can I find a dictionary that includes abbreviations in its definitions?
For example, the NDRC here in Beijing is technically ...
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Where to look for history and etymology of Chinese characters? For example 工
Is there a website where I can look for history and etymology of Chinese characters? For example 工.
It can be a Chinese website (I am VERY new to Chinese). But better in English.
Please also drop ...
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Where can I find recordings of people reading things now that mp3.baidu.com is dead? [closed]
Baidu's MP3 search engine used to be my first stop when studying anything Chinese. Absurdly, even recordings of relatively rare poetry (for instance) were easy to find. These recordings were not ...
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Is There A Chinese Version of Urban Slang Dictionary?
Many questions on this site concern various modern slang/dialect usages that require fairly extensive (and sometimes still unsuccessful) searches through the web. Every time I think about these ...
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Informed sources for videos of Chinese movies [closed]
I have gotten two videos of Chinese movies at Amazon and in fact both had Mandarin soundtracks with a choice of Chinese (simplified or traditional) or English subtitles. That is what I wanted. But ...
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Are there some free fonts for the small seal, large seal, and even oracle bone script styles?
I'm very interested in the old forms of Chinese characters that you still see in many contexts including historical, artistic, and design contexts.
So I'm wondering if there are free fonts for these ...
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Graded Mandarin Chinese podcasts or e-books [closed]
Are there any resources for students of Mandarin Chinese that allow them to listen or read Chinese news or literature in simple versions, preferably in podcast or e-book format respectively?
By that ...
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Where can I find Codecademy for Written Chinese?
Recently, my wife has been learning to program JavaScript using Codecademy. I like how it walks people through exercises step by step, and builds up concepts, etc. All the marking is automated, and ...
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What readers are available at the 1,000 word level? [duplicate]
I want to improve my reading and grammar skills by finding interesting things to read. What graded readers, basic textbooks, magazines, and other reading materials are available for adult students who ...
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Is there an authoritative list of most frequent to most infrequent pronunciations for individual Chinese characters?
I'm working on a dictionary tool that provides, as an auto-assist, transcription of Chinese characters into corresponding (Modern Standard Mandarin) pinyin+tones on a naive, character-per-character ...
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Is there a list / database of Chinese mathematical terms (for complex math)?
Some things like this or advanced/graduate school math (like Group Theory, Ring Theory, Quantum Mechanics, etc.). Does Chinese have its own names for these types of things? If so, where can I find a ...
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Web Developer Vocabulary
I'm looking for a list of vocabulary used for developer / programming terminology, with such terms as "Constructors", " Framework", "DI", "CMS" or other similar ...
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Resources for learning Shanghainese
I'm surprised a question like this hasn't been asked yet. It seems Shanghainese is a dying language and it's rarely spoken. I'd like to know about resources and ways to learn the language by myself.
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Media Source for "Natural" Sounding Mandarin Chinese
I've been looking to improve my Chinese pronunciation and listening skills. When looking at most tv dramas and textbook dialogues, however, I can't help but notice that tones and pitches tend to be ...
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Resources: Modern Chinese -> Classical Chinese (Dictionary/References/etc.)
There's a similar question here:
what are some dictionaries about vocabulary of classical chinese?
but I think my question is a little different.
For instance if I want to find the classical ...
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Where to find questions from the imperial exam?
I have found various pages with questions from the last imperial exam in 1904. This one seems most practical.
Given the immense importance of the event, I hope that more records of (prior) exams ...
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Which dictionaries reveal the commonly mistaken usage of a word (i.e. how NOT to use a word)?
I encountered a very useful dictionary eight years ago, but have never been able to find a copy of it because I don't know what it's called. It not only gave examples in context of how to use the ...
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Hanban/HSK Official Website Resources Download
Does anybody know where to find the most recent HSK test materials, especially the vocabulary lists to download?
I have checked the official site, but the 资料下载 'button' doesn't work
UPDATE: Found it....
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Useful sites/services/resources/tools for learning Chinese [closed]
As discussed on Meta, I think it would be great to have a collection of sites and resources for learning Chinese, so that we can all benefit from the sites, services and resources that other members ...
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Table of Chinese characters taught in primary school, grouped by grade
Is there a table like this for Chinese characters, that lists which Chinese characters are taught for each year of primary school?
(I'd like to learn Chinese, so this would be a great source of ...
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Where can I find sorted word lists used by native students?
I would like to find a sorted list of vocabulary that is studied by native students in primary (elementary) and secondary (middle) school in China, arranged by grade level. Is there any official place ...
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Are there any dictionaries that show the relative frequency of 多音字?
Some characters have multiple pronunciations (多音字), but often some pronunciations are much more common. For example, 吗 is almost always used as a question particle pronounced ma, but occasionally it ...
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Is 去 (qù) pronunced /tɕʰu/ or /tɕʰy/?
I'm a struggling very beginner having difficulties with both pronunciation and Pinyin.
I dabble in linguistics so I'm accustomed to dealing with IPA pronunciations. For this reason I have been ...
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Characters for Taiwanese
As far as I know, Cantonese has its associated characters. But as I searched for Taiwanese characters, I only find the pinyin system to indicate the pronunciation of words, such as:
遮雨 jia-hōo/lia-...
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Games to learn Chinese with?
I’ve been looking online for the bigger part of a day in search of roleplaying games in Chinese for helping me learn it more efficiently.
I also asked my girlfriend (Chinese) to help me find a game ...
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How to find earliest usage of a term?
This question could be split into two types of terms: new expressions & old expressions.
For new expressions one could open Google &/or Baidu go to "News" (资讯) and then "Order By Date" (按时间排序)...
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How can I convert Chinese characters sketched with my mouse, into computerised characters?
Are there any websites or resources analogous to Detextify for maths?
Presently, I do not know (but desire to learn) how to type Chinese characters.
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Is there one complete list showing Traditional characters in Simplified?
Or are there really that many that I'm asking a dumb question?
I've started learning traditional characters first and once I gather the knowledge of around 2000-3000 characters I was thinking of ...
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Are there online resources for learning the Chongqing dialect?
I'd like to learn the Chongqing dialect or chongqinghua. If anyone can help me to find resources like phrasebooks, differences with putonghua, or any article on this topic, I would be thankful.
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Other than ChinaSMACK, do any other glossaries of acronyms used in Chinese, like PK, ZF, GCD, TMD, JC, etc exist?
This is the ChinaSMACK glossary. Wondering how outdated it is. Would something more up to date and/or more comprehensive exist, or this is pretty much it?
Edit: Found This from Baidu. Very useful, ...
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What are some well-known, online news sources that are worthy of language study? [closed]
I'm fluent in Chinese already. I just want to further my reading and writing skills.
I'm thinking along the lines of
NPR - has both (audio) news and talk radio that can be accessed online
Time ...
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Reading older Chinese magazines
I'm at a stage where I'm able to read novels, including the ones by Zhang Ailing, Bai Xianyong and the like. I have now reached the point where I need to start venturing into (somewhat) early 20th ...
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Information about the Nantong dialect
I want to learn the dialect spoken in Nantong. Are there any resources to help me?
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Resources listing polysyllabic Mandarin words with same pronunciation differing only by tones?
I'm interested in finding any webpages or books that list words and phrases of more than one character that share the same pronunciation but not the same tones.
For instance, here are some terms I've ...
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bkrs Chinese dictionary?
I’ve seen that some users like to refer to a dictionary called bkrs (or: 大 БКРС) in their comments.
I’ve been on the website (https://bkrs.info), but since I don’t know Russian, I don’t understand it.
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Good resource to learn scientific Chinese
I'm searching for a good resource to learn Chinese with a focus on natural sciences and engineering. In particular, I would like the name of chemicals, machinery parts and environmental/ecological ...
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Any Chinese-English economics and business related vocab list online?
Apologies to those who are irritated by resource request questions.
What would you recommend to brush up and expand economics and business related vocabulary? Ideally I am looking for something that ...
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Reliable source for Chinese translation of Pali Canon Jataka tales (佛传故事/佛傳故事)?
Slightly different sort of question for everyone today, hope someone can point me in the right direction.
I'm trying to do research on the Buddhist Jataka tales, originally written in the Pali Canon. ...
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Advice on Mandarin Chinese passive learning
What are the best Chinese online TV channels with English subtitles for passive Mandarin learning. I find Chinese a rather musical language and would love to watch subbed TV (news, documentaries, ...
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