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What is the meaning of 通天?

I'm working on an English language wiki for a Chinese language web novel, and a couple of the locations are 通天桥 and 通天山. Whenever I look up the meaning of '通天' I see figurative meanings like '...
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Do you know any of the Chinese study websites that is helpful to a CSL student?

As a student or teacher of CSL (Chinese as a Second Language), do you know or use any of the websites that are popular in Chinese language education in China?
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How to translate website moderator?

What's the proper translation for "moderator"? As in website moderator, e.g. Chinese.SE moderators. Some dictionaries suggest 版主, however this appears to be more suitable to "(live) ...
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What is the common chinese phrase for the "Home" section of a website / app?

For example you go to any popular website / app, there will be a "Home" section. What is the chinese phrase? for that?
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To display a correct pinyin in a web page what font should i use

I have the line <link href="https:/ /fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Ma+Shan+Zheng&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"> to display a nice font for Chinese characters, which ...
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Are there online resourses that automatically translates English to classical Chinese? [closed]

Google translate supports traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese but not classical Chinese. On the other hand, classical Chinese is one of the supported languages of Wikipedia. Are there online ...
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Are there web-site with description of visual meaning of symbols?

I'm interested in explanation of why certain symbol means what it means, in other words what object or scene it depicts. There is some books about that, like "Origin and evolution of...", but I wonder ...
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What can I do about "Written Chinese"? [closed]

Every time I go to the dictionary of Written Chinese, it stops working! How should I fix!? http://dictionary.writtenchinese.com/#sk=idiot&svt=pinyin
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蘇 (Su) surname Generation Poem

My name is John Su. I am came from an Indonesian speaking family, not a Chinese a speaking one. I need to know of an English or Malay or at least a mixed language website that tell exactly the ...
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How do you say "cookies", in the sense of website cookies?

How do you say "Cookies" in Chinese? I mean website cookies. I often see "cookies" or 曲奇 but I would like to know which terms is mostly used.
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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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When searching in Chinese, why do things always come up in traditional characters?

I noticed that after a few attempts using google to search in Chinese, every result I was getting was written in traditional characters (even despite me searching in Mandarin, simplified characters). ...
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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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Tradtional Chinese fonts for website

anyone know common usage of Tradtional Chinese fonts for website? I have come up with this list after a bit of Googling, but not sure. 微軟正黑體, Microsoft JhengHei 新細明體, PMingLiU 細明體, MingLiU
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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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新华字典 as CSV download available?

Here I can download the CC-CEDICT database, which backs the MDBG project's web site, as an CSV file. Personally, I am a fan of the great work of the MDBG project. Now, I am evaluating dictionaries ...
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Characters used to specify low/standard/medium/high quality/definition in video sharing websites

I wonder what are the most common characters used in video sharing websites to specify options for the vide reproduction quality, in particular for this one.
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Tool which can convert web pages from Hanzi to either Pinyin or Zhuyin Fuhao

Are there any tools that can convert an entire webpage from characters into either Pinyin or Zhuyin Fuhao? Ideally something like Google Translate. So perhaps a website where I enter the URL of the ...
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Website or tools that puts pinyin on top or bottom of the characters automatically [duplicate]

Are there any websites or tools that will put pinyin on top or bottom of the characters automatically?
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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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Writing sheets generator

When I was in China I bought some writing books for practicing Chinese handwriting. This is good but have 2 disadvantages. Size of cell is too small for brush and too big for roller pen. Must be for ...
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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 ...