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Mandarin Companion (Chinese graded readers)
Mandarin Companion offers a series of graded readers for learners of Chinese. I haven't read all of them yet, but the two I have read have both been great. Considering that they use a very limited ... Read more.
mandarincompanion.com
Olle Linge – almost 10 years
Chinese Breeze: Graded Chinese Readers
A series of graded readers for early stage reading. The levels progress from 300 to 500 to 750 words. The stories contain a lot of repetition to ensure learning but at the same time tell more e... Read more.
chinesebreeze.net
kdgbalmer – over 10 years
Wenlin Institute: Software for Learning Chinese
Wenlin software makes learning Chinese easier and more interesting, for begining students, life-long speakers, and scholars alike. It combines a comprehensive Chinese dictionary, a Unicode text edi... Read more.
wenlin.com
mikelove – over 10 years
shiny Chinese – Original Chinese content.
Learning Chinese with real content. An ever growing collection of curated Chinese content. Read more.
shinychinese.com
malaoshi – over 10 years
Pleco Chinese Dictionary for iOS
Chinese dictionary for iOS with handwriting, OCR, flashcards, audio, document reader (including support for reading words on web pages and in PDF / EPUB documents), stroke order, and more than 20 a... Read more.
itunes.apple.com
mikelove – over 10 years
好讀 (E-books in traditional Chinese)
This site contains a huge amount of e-books in traditional Chinese. My guess is that downloading and reading them without having the original text might be illegal, but even so, it's often great to... Read more.
haodoo.net
Olle Linge – over 10 years
Chinese Text Project
The Chinese Text Project is a web-based e-text system designed to present ancient Chinese texts, particularly those relating to Chinese philosophy, in a well-structured and properly cross-reference... Read more.
ctext.org
Olle Linge – over 10 years
Non-fiction book summaries written in easier to understand Chinese (with audio)
I've taken some book summaries of interesting non-fiction books, rewritten them into simple English and had them translated into Chinese. This way, the vocabulary and grammar will be easier to unde... Read more.
alllanguageresources.com
Nick Dahlhoff – about 5 years
Simulated Tests of the New Chinese Proficiency Test HSK
Recommended and introduced by Trevor [here](http://www.hackingchinese.com/extensive-listening-challenge-october-2014-wrapping-up/#comment-646686). Each book (one for each level of the new HSK ex... Read more.
amazon.com
Olle Linge – almost 10 years
Pinyinput (type Pinyin with tone marks)
Pinyinput is an input method editor (IME) for Windows that makes it easy to type Hanyu Pinyin with tone marks, like so: Hànyǔ Pīnyīn. Read more.
pinyinput.net
imron – over 10 years
Pleco Chinese Dictionary for Android (Google Play version)
Chinese dictionary for Android with handwriting, OCR, flashcards, audio, document reader, stroke order, and more than 20 available dictionary databases. Read more.
play.google.com
mikelove – over 10 years
Zhongwen.com - Chinese characters and culture
I first used this dictionary during my first semester of Chinese and I have kept using it ever since. It has pretty good information about character etymology and provides more accurate information... Read more.
zhongwen.com
Olle Linge – over 10 years
Learning how to fish: Or, why it’s essential to know how to learn
Good pronunciation matters, whether you like it or not. In general, students (and teachers) tend to stop caring about pronunciation much earlier than they should. You don't need to aim for native-l... Read more.
hackingchinese.com
Olle Linge – over 10 years
Readibu (app for reading web novels)
Readibu is an app that allows you to find and read novels on your phone (iOS and Android). They don’t create the content themselves, but rather connect with various online sites that offer stories ... Read more.
readibu.com
Olle Linge – over 3 years
HSK 3.0 vocabulary list
This is a text file containing all the vocabulary for the new version of the HSK 3.0. Please note that this is not an official list and that it was created based on vocabulary in a book (汉语国际教育用词语声... Read more.
dropbox.com
Olle Linge – almost 4 years
The Tale of Peter Rabbit 兔子彼得的故事
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, in Chinese and English, with audio. Read more.
nciku.com
Kai Carver – almost 10 years
How and why to watch the world cup in Chinese (Hacking Chinese)
If you're going to watch the world cup, do it in Chinese! Watching sports is an awesome way of learning a language, almost regardless of which level you're at. As a beginner, you can follow what's ... Read more.
hackingchinese.com
Olle Linge – over 10 years
新浪视频直播 (Sina Sports TV)
Another sports channel. I haven't compared this to the 风云 channel, but I wanted to provide more than one that probably works outside China (does for me at least). This channel offers more than broa... Read more.
video.sina.com.cn
Olle Linge – over 10 years
风云直播,最快最清晰无插件弹幕直播 (Live Sports Broadcasts)
This channel offers a lot of different programmes and most seem to be available outside China as well. There is a schedule in the top navigation bar (节目单) where you can see what's being broadcast a... Read more.
fengyunzhibo.com
Olle Linge – over 10 years
A collection of novels and e-books (translated from English) in Chinese
This is a huge collection of e-books written in Chinese. A lot of them are originally written in English, so you can find Chinese versions of the Hobbit, The Bourne series, Dan Brown books and many... Read more.
lz.book.sohu.com
Scott – over 10 years
电子课本网 (digital textbooks for native speakers)
Using textbooks written with the aim of teaching Chinese children about history, mathematics and biology can be great learning resources for adult foreigners as well. This website hosts hundreds an... Read more.
dzkbw.com
Olle Linge – over 2 years
An Introduction to Literary Chinese (Michael Fuller)
*The following introduction was written by John Renfroe and published here: [Learning Classical Chinese is for everyone (no, seriously!)](https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-classical-chinese-... Read more.
amzn.to
Olle Linge – over 2 years
國語文教育叢書第十九:常用國字辨似
This site (originally a book) explains the difference between commonly mixed up (traditional) characters, published by Taiwan's Ministry of Education. As it says in the introduction, the main purpo... Read more.
language.moe.gov.tw
Olle Linge – about 4 years
Master Mandarin: The Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide to Learning Chinese the Fun Way - Language Mastery
You don’t need to spend thousands on classes. You don’t need boring textbooks. You don’t need to be good at languages. And you don’t have to move to China or Taiwan (though that’s great if you can)... Read more.
l2mastery.com
hanpingchinese – about 9 years
Bilingual legends and folk tales (Snowflake Books Ltd)
Snowflake Books' aim is to introduce English translations to children of specially chosen, ancient legends and folk tales alongside the Chinese language (traditional Mandarin or simplified) to fost... Read more.
snowflakebooks.co.uk
Olle Linge – over 9 years
Influent
This is a language learning game that features among other languages Mandarin Chinese (at first only Japanese was supported). It aims to teach you about 400 words by having a virtual character walk... Read more.
playinfluent.com
Sebastian Rasmussen – about 10 years
Nulinu.li
An online tool for vocabulary learning where the user creates lists of learned words and words to learn, and is shown example sentences for learning and reviewing them. Registration required. Read more.
goo.gl
ednorog – over 10 years
The Phonology of Standard Chinese by Duanmu San (Review on Hacking Chinese)
Duanmu San's "The Phonology of Standard Chinese" is by far the best introduction to Mandarin phonology that I'm aware of. It's mostly useful for people who like phonology or are already at an advan... Read more.
hackingchinese.com
Olle Linge – over 10 years
Habit hacking for language learners
Forming language learning habits is a key ingredient in any successful recipe for mastering Chinese. This makes sure that we learn regularly and that it becomes a natural part of our lives, rather ... Read more.
hackingchinese.com
Olle Linge – over 10 years
瞎扯学中文 Convo Chinese
Convo Chinese is tailored for intermediate and advanced learners and dives into genuine Chinese dialogues spanning a wide range of topics from daily life to global politics. As the name implies, th... Read more.
podfollow.com
Olle Linge – 7 months
The Cozy Study
A blog written and managed by an advanced Chinese featuring reviews of books, TV dramas and games. Additionally, the blog also features recommendations for utilising media in Chinese language learn... Read more.
thecozystudy.com
花谢月令 – 9 months
A Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese (Paul W. Kroll)
*The following introduction was written by John Renfroe and published here: [Learning Classical Chinese is for everyone (no, seriously!)](https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-classical-chinese-... Read more.
amzn.to
Olle Linge – over 2 years
王力《古代漢語常用字字典》
*The following introduction was written by John Renfroe and published here: [Learning Classical Chinese is for everyone (no, seriously!)](https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-classical-chinese-... Read more.
cp.com.cn
Olle Linge – over 2 years
Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar (Edwin G. Pulleyblank)
*The following introduction was written by John Renfroe and published here: [Learning Classical Chinese is for everyone (no, seriously!)](https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-classical-chinese-... Read more.
amzn.to
Olle Linge – over 2 years
Learning Classical Chinese is for everyone (no, seriously!)
Classical Chinese is something all learners will encounter, whether it's because it's part of a course you take, because you've started learning formal, written Chinese or simply because you want t... Read more.
hackingchinese.com
Olle Linge – over 2 years
现代汉语通用字笔顺规范电子书 (PRC authoritative stroke order for 7,000 Chinese characters)
This is a digital version of the official authoritative stroke order standard used in China. It is sorted by stroke and is not searchable, so it's a bit hard to use. Thus, other resources will ofte... Read more.
yuke.blcu.edu.cn
Olle Linge – over 3 years
Classical Chinese Character Frequency List (古汉语单字频率列表)
Character frequencies for Classical Chinese (i.e. not based on texts). This resource was discussed in this article: [The most common Chinese words, characters and components for language learner... Read more.
lingua.mtsu.edu
Olle Linge – over 5 years
ChineseMe
ChineseMe is the most integrated Mandarin course, designed for motivated learners who have decided to become fluent. It is an interactive textbook that adapts itself to your interests. The course i... Read more.
chinese-me.com
Tim – over 6 years
Grimms' Fairy Tales in Chinese with English (and other) translations
Over 200 of the classic fairy tales by the Grimm brothers, translated to Chinese. The Chinese version can be compared side to side with an English translation (also German and many other langua... Read more.
grimmstories.com
Kai Carver – over 7 years
读中文书俱乐部: Reading Chinese Books (Reddit)
This subreddit is, as the name implies, about reading books in Chinese. A book is chosen each week by the members and is then read and discussed. Usually, there are links to various versions of the... Read more.
reddit.com
Olle Linge – about 8 years
文言 - 維基大典 (Wikipedia about classical Chinese written in classical Chinese)
This is a Wikipedia article about classical Chinese written entirely in classical Chinese. That makes it difficult reading for most students, but I find the idea behind this article very neat and t... Read more.
zh-classical.wikipedia.org
Olle Linge – about 8 years
How to Learn Chinese (free e-book from LTL Mandarin School)
This is a free e-book with a collection of articles about how to learn Chinese, to which I have contributed one chapter about listening ability. This is a good collection overall with contributions... Read more.
livethelanguage.cn
Olle Linge – over 8 years
纯文学网站 PurePen.com (online versions of 红楼梦, 三国演义, 水浒传, 西游记 and 金瓶梅)
As the title implies, this site offers these great classics in an online and easily accessible version, perfect to copy into your preferred document reader or use online with a good dictionary. Read more.
purepen.com
Olle Linge – over 9 years
Jason D. Patent on "An Anatomy of Chinese: Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics" by Perry Link
This is a review of Perry Link's book about Chinese. This passage sums it up pretty well, and although I haven't read the book (yet), it's high on my list of books to get my hands on: "In writin... Read more.
lareviewofbooks.org
Olle Linge – over 10 years