Library of Congress
Pinyin Conversion Project |
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"Pinyin is a system for writing the Chinese language in the Latin
alphabet. It is used throughout the world, including by the United States
government and by the news media.... The use of pinyin romanization by
libraries should also facilitate the exchange of data with libraries internationally."
- Library of Congress |
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Chinese
Language Information Page |
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A long-standing and comprehensive site of information on learning Chinese
developed and maintained by Carlos McEvilly. You may find it very useful
if you are interested in sinology and the Chinese language. You can even
learn Chinese on the Web with audio aid. |
Chinese
Proficiency Test (HSK) |
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It is the Chinese counterpart of TOEFL. |
Audio Tutorial of Survival
Chinese |
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I have updated it adding a "Parenting" category for adoptive
parents per their request. A search engine is added to facilitate your
search. The site does not cover everything, therefore, your feedback is
very important to improve and add to it. |
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Online Chinese Tools |
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"These pages hope to provide tools to assist people in learning
and using the beautiful Chinese language." |
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Chinese Classic Literature |
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If you like to read classical Chinese novels like the Romance of Three
Kingdoms, this is the site you should go. To read Chinese in Lynx you
have to have a zwdos application installed in your machine. If you have
access to a Sun machine with x-window, type "Mosaic-ln10.real &" (without
the quotes) at the prompt, Choose Chinese fonts in Option menu. |
Language
and Literature Informatoin of China |
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This site is compiled by the Library of Pittsburg University. |
Map
of Chinese Linguistic Groups |
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This map gives a vivid description of the variety of dialects the Chinese
people speak. |
Online English-Chinese
Dictionary |
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Title speaks for itself. |
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Animated Chinese Characters
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Watch how Chinese characters are written. |
Linguistics,
Languages and Chinese Dialects |
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This is a very enlightening view from Wing C. Ng. |