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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A Word A Day for Chinese
Does anyone know of any Chinese service that sends or publishes a regular A Word A Day for native Chinese speakers to expand their own vocabulary? I'm having trouble finding one, even though these are ...
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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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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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Where can I find Chinese language soft subtitles for domestic television programs?
I am looking for Chinese language soft subtitles for domestic tv dramas (e.g. 白夜追凶) for language learning purposes. While domestic tv has captions hardcoded onto the broadcast, it is inconvenient to ...
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Decent OCR for Chinese? [duplicate]
I used Pleco on iOS to recognize the characters in the table of contents of a book. The font was a simulation of handwriting, so I was quite surprised at better than ninety percent accuracy. Although, ...
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Is there a list on the web where I can find Cantonese special characters and their meaning?
The characters below belong only to Cantonese:
嚟, 咁, 哋, 畀, 佢, 唔, 睇 or 冇.
Is there a list on the web where I can find all these characters and their meaning?
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"躋春臺" PDF version?
Wikisource has a copy of 躋春臺 (or "Mounting Spring Platform" as I've seen it crudely translated before) online.
It is missing rare characters though. Here is one example:
《四川方言词源》has the entry 𥕢门 ...
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Are there Chinese language-learning karaoke videos at a basic conversation level? [closed]
I noticed that watching karaoke videos accelerates learning Chinese characters, even though you might not understand the characters fully. Is there a list of Mandarin and Cantonese karaoke videos for ...
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Is there any news website that shows English translation side-by-side?
I'm looking for any news websites (or better, WeChat's 订阅号) that show English translation side-by-side. There is a Japanese version of 人民网, but I'm looking for such news agency that show the English ...
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Jean Pasqualini's book Prisonnier de Mao
I found this citation in wiki:
Jean Pasqualini's book Prisonnier de Mao:
"Prison is not prison, but a school for learning about one's mistakes"
I wonder if it is a Chinese slogan of ...
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Complete end-to-end reference guide
I was wondering if there are websites for learning Chinese language that are similar to the following made for the Japanese language:
IMABI
Learn Japanese – Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese
They ...
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News video/audio with transcripts (or consistent subtitles)
I sometimes watch the news on the CCTV LIVE youtube channel to improve my listening comprehension. Sometimes they provide subtitles in Chinese, and sometimes they don't. This is fine if I'm just ...
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Sites with big collection of ebooks in chinese language, but western titles mostly
Want to know sites where one can download ebook in different formats in chinese. Interested in those resources with western titles (chinese editions) mostly. Out-of-copyright edition of western ...
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What is the purpose of the website zuowen8.com, which contains student essays? [closed]
I have stumbled upon the following website: http://www.zuowen8.com/.
It seems to contain a daily-updated listing of school students' essays, categorized into groups.
I figured out it would be good ...
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Books/websites for learning Chinese business letters [duplicate]
Does anyone know/recommend books/websites for learning to write business letters in Chinese?
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Where can I find "A Course of Lessons in Spoken Mandarin" ( 《华英联珠分类集成》)?
孔夫子旧书网 is selling "A Course of Lessons in Spoken Mandarin" ( 《华英联珠分类集成》) for 13000.00元.
I'm not sure who has that kind of dough to drop on a book, but it's certainly not me.
Some have used it to ...
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Chinese characters picture dictionary / mnemonics?
Are there any commonly used dictionaries of picture (mnemonic) representation of chinese characters?
I mean dictionary to convert SINGLE character to a picture, not a picture to a word (i.e. not just ...
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Which Mandarin learning textbooks have the largest amount of practical exercises?
I recently bought "Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1" (Traditional Characters version) after some recommendations on a few language blogs and have worked through a few chapters.
I feel that it's ...
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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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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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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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translation of simple excel formula
hi does anyone know of any websites that lists simple excel formula in chinese?
e.g.
“=sum” --> 把所有选项加起来
“=CONCATENATE” --> 把所有选项融为一体
i'm trying to teach my china colleagues some simple excel ...
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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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How to catch up with advanced group?
We live in the USA. My 12 yo daughter was transferred to a private middle school for gifted children and joined Mandarin class, where students already studied for 2 years. She is trying to catch up, ...
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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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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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Is there any compilation/resources/dictionaries on the transformations of how simplified characters came to be?
I had the same question as the OP of What is the story or reason of how 龙 came from 龍? and I like visuals given by Stan. The hardest part for me in Chinese is remembering the strokes of these ...
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Learning resources for Minjiang dialect (岷江话)?
岷江话
岷江话，又称为岷江小片，是四川话的一个分支，主要分布于四川盆地西南部岷江流域及长江两岸，同时在盆地中部分布有一个由西充、盐亭、射洪三县组成的方言岛。岷江话的主要特征是入声保留，独立成调，拥有一套仅用于入声字的紧元音韵母，在部分地区还保留有喉塞音韵尾，因而并不符合“入声归阳平”这一《中国语言地图集》中划定西南官话的标准。在《中国语言地图集》中，...
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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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Learning traditional Chinese characters [closed]
I am keen to learn more on traditional Cchinese characters for reading and writing.
Which site should I go to for basic learning?
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How can I get exposure to Mandarin usage and pronunciation?
I have been taking Mandarin classes at university. Due to illness I have missed a lot and fallen way behind. Now I wish to continue learning on my own.
I find it very hard to remember the characters. ...
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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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Where to find graduated text/books? [closed]
Where can I find texts/books with a lower vocabulary range (1000 words) for preparing an HSK exam or see more often the most used words.
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Where can I find people to communicate in Chinese to learn and improve it? [closed]
I am a beginner in Chinese language. I have taken the Chinese - level 1 course on edX [MandarinX]. I did learn the basics which I could use when I travel and go to a restaurant while I am there as a ...
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Chinese TV shows with northern Chinese accents [closed]
I'd like to gain more exposure to northern Chinese accents. I feel their vocabulary, speed of talking, and even which idioms they use are very different from the rest of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. ...
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Descriptive / generative grammar of Mandarin?
Does anyone know where I can find a descriptive grammar and a generative grammar of Mandarin, in English or French?
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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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What kind of resources should a beginner look for to help with similarly pronounced words?
Serveral chinese characters sound extremely similarly to me, not only because of their vowel's tone, but, often, also because of their starting consonants.
For example, I find it's very difficult to ...
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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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What is the textbook used to learn Chinese in Havard and MIT? [closed]
I know that Havard has an excellent East Culture Research center but what about the teaching of Chinese there?
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Resources For Learning Southwestern Mandarin (西南官话)
We already have:
Resources for learning Mandarin Chinese
Useful resources for learning Taiwanese?
Resources for learning Cantonese
Resources for learning Shanghainese
Resources for learning ...
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Chinese/English/Pinyin Books For Young Adult Readers
I'm looking for some medium level Chinese books to read. Most of the books I can find in Chinese are aimed at more fluent speakers or for the very beginners but I'd like somewhere in between. Ideally ...
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Looking for a Chinese movie or anime with easy dialogues [closed]
I'm looking for a movie with both English and Chinese subtitles (important).
On my blog http://bymyselflearning.blogspot.fr you can see that I've already collected a few ones.
Basic idea: displaying ...
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What are some good resources for 相声 and 小品?
These two seem to involve lots of colloquial Chinese and I want to know where I can learn it. I want to focus on the Beijing/Tianjin dialect.
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Translation Resources: Star/Constellation Names
What resources are available for translations (well English equivalents) of Chinese 星官 (constellations) 星名 (stars)?
For example:
宦者
3 星官名。
How -or- where can I find the English equivalent for ...
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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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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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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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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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List of Chinese characters not used in Mandarin/putonghua
Is there any convenient list of all of these characters?
Examples of such characters being:
The Hokkien (Min) 𪜶 (which is the pronoun 'them/they/theirs')
The Cantonese/Hakka/Gan 佢 (which is the ...
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