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Pleco Software - Learn Chinese with dictionaries for iPhone, iPad and Android

Pleco is one of the most popular mobile dictionaries for Chinese learners. It basically removes the need for any kind of paper dictionary and allows easy look-up for words using English, hand-writi... Read more.

pleco.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Vocabulary Tools-and-Apps Dictionary Mobile SRS

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Olle Linge over 10 years

Skritter (app to help you learn to write Chinese characters)

Skritter is an app for learning Chinese vocabulary, especially handwriting. It offers smooth handwriting input with some corrective feedback, combined with spaced repetition that allows you (or me,... Read more.

hackingchinese.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Vocabulary Tools-and-Apps Mobile Paid SRS Web

15 1

Olle Linge over 10 years

WaiChinese

Listen to native speakers, mimic the audio while recording, receive instant feedback on spoken phases. Then submit your recording to be evaluated by real native teachers. Read more.

waichinese.com

Beginner Intermediate Speaking Information-and-Advice Tools-and-Apps Android Audio Course iOS Mobile Online-Tool Simplified-Characters Teaching Web

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电猫 over 9 years

Zizzle (app for learning Chinese characters)

Zizzle is an app that turns Chinese characters into engaging pictures and memorable short stories with funny heroes. For every single Chinese character, Zizzle creates a mnemonic story that employs... Read more.

zizzle.io

Beginner Intermediate Vocabulary Tools-and-Apps Android iOS Paid

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Olle Linge almost 8 years

Chinese Learn Online (CLO)

Learn Chinese Online with CLO - Go from absolute beginner to intermediate learner with our step by step, progressive audio lessons in Mandarin Chinese Read more.

ChineseLearnOnline.com

Beginner Intermediate Language-learning Listening Vocabulary Courses-and-textbooks Audio Course iOS Online-Tool Paid Pronunciation Simplified-Characters Traditional-Characters

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Adam_CLO 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

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Reading Vocabulary Tools-and-Apps Characters Classical-Chinese Dictionary Handwriting iOS Mobile Pronunciation Simplified-Characters Traditional-Characters Translation

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mikelove over 10 years

Linqapp

Linqapp is the app for language learners. No matter what question you have on your mind - Linqapp connects you with native speakers who assist you on the spot - no matter where you are. It's just l... Read more.

linqapp.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate General Social-learning Tools-and-Apps Android iOS

5 0

Sebastian over 10 years

Chineasy? Not (About what's wrong with Hsueh ShaoLan's Chineasy)

In this blog post, Victor Mair explains what's wrong withe Hsueh ShaoLan's claims that learning to read and write Chinese is easy. That this is wrong should be pretty easy, but few can say it with ... Read more.

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Reading Information-and-Advice Review

5 3

Olle Linge over 10 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

Beginner Intermediate Grammar Listening Reading Resource-highlights Book Exam

4 1

Olle Linge almost 10 years

开卷八分钟 (8-minute introductions to books in Chinese)

This program provides 8-minute introductions of various books. The fact that each program is so short makes it very easy to listen to and it's also a good way of learning more about Chinese literat... Read more.

phtv.ifeng.com

Advanced Listening Resource-collections Audio Literature Review Video

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Olle Linge about 10 years

Immersion at home or: Why you don’t have to go abroad to learn Chinese (Hacking Chinese)

You don't have to go abroad to learn Chinese. The main difference between staying at home and going abroad is that it requires less effort to learn once you're there (although it still requires qui... Read more.

hackingchinese.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Living-in-Chinese Information-and-Advice Blog Expat Web

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Olle Linge about 10 years

Hanping Cantonese Dictionary

Offline Cantonese dictionary app for Android. Supports both Traditional and Simplified characters as well as Jyutping and Yale pronunciation. Handwriting recognition, syllable-by-syllable native... Read more.

play.google.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Vocabulary Tools-and-Apps Android Audio Cantonese Dictionary Handwriting Mobile Paid Pronunciation Simplified-Characters Traditional-Characters

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hanpingchinese about 10 years

MandarinMadeEZ | Mandarin Chinese Video Lessons With Fiona Tian

Mandarin Chinese With Fiona Tian is a free video resource for learning Mandarin Chinese in a fun, enjoyable way. Chinese doesn't have to be hard. Kick back, relax, and enjoy. Read more.

mandarinmadeez.com

Beginner Intermediate General Courses-and-textbooks Resource-collections TV Video Web

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Gwilym about 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

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Reading Vocabulary Tools-and-Apps Android Characters Classical-Chinese Dictionary Handwriting Mobile Pronunciation Simplified-Characters Traditional-Characters Translation

4 2

mikelove over 10 years

6 Awesome Chinese Podcasts You've Never Heard Of (FluentU)

This post on FluentU discusses briefly what to look for in a podcast and then follows up with six recommended podcasts. Some of them were actually new to me and I don't know if the recommended leve... Read more.

fluentu.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Listening Resource-collections Audio Review

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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

Advanced Intermediate Reading Resource-collections Tools-and-Apps Android Book iOS Simplified-Characters Web

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Olle Linge over 3 years

Graded Watching for advanced Chinese learners (vocabulary lists and difficulty rating for TV shows and movies)

"Graded Watching makes watching TV series more approachable for Chinese learners by offering a list of Chinese TV shows on Netflix and Youtube sorted by difficulty, along with a vocabulary list for... Read more.

jiong3.com

Advanced Intermediate Listening Vocabulary Resource-collections TV Video Web

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Olle Linge almost 4 years

听故事,学中文Learning Chinese through Stories - 主页 Home

A podcast collection of Chinese short stories with explanations in Chinese graded to 7 levels. Transcript. Vocabulary list. Free. The explanations are very clear and use repetition and synonyms s... Read more.

learningchinesethroughstories.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Listening Vocabulary Resource-collections Audio Mobile Simplified-Characters Teaching Web

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Liz H over 6 years

Duolingo: Learn Spanish, French and other languages for free

Finally, Duolingo added a En->ZH course. As Duolingo is the most popular gamification learning app, the learning experience is relatively streamlined and tested. The monetarization aspect leads to ... Read more.

en.duolingo.com

Beginner Intermediate General Language-learning Listening Reading Vocabulary Courses-and-textbooks Social-learning Tools-and-Apps Android Audio Course iOS Mobile Simplified-Characters Web

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stefanwienert over 6 years

CC-Canto - Open-source online Cantonese-English dictionary (Pleco)

Website for Pleco's new free, open-source Cantonese-English dictionary CC-Canto, with 20,000 dedicated Cantonese-English entries plus another 110,000 entries from CC-CEDICT to which we've added hum... Read more.

cantonese.org

Beginner Vocabulary Tools-and-Apps Android Cantonese Dictionary iOS Mobile Online-Tool Web

3 0

mikelove almost 9 years

Chinese Podcasts (collection of reviews and links)

Exploring and reviewing all the Chinese podcasts available; learn Chinese podcasts, Chinese language podcasts, English podcasts about China. The aim of this site is to explore the Chinese podcasts ... Read more.

chinesepodcasts.com

Beginner Intermediate Listening Resource-collections Audio Podcast Review

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Olle Linge over 9 years

The Grand First Episode Project (about Chinese TV on Chinese Forums)

This is a great thread on Chinese Forums where the participants watch the first episode of a Chinese TV show twice a week. The first post contains a long list of different shows with links to where... Read more.

chinese-forums.com

Advanced Intermediate Listening Resource-collections TV Video

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Olle Linge over 9 years

Studying Chinese when your grades matter (Hacking Chinese)

Ideally, we would study Chinese just because we want to and in any manner we see fit, but this isn't how it works for most students. Instead, we need to care about tests and grades, an extra layer ... Read more.

hackingchinese.com

Beginner Intermediate General Information-and-Advice Blog Exam

3 0

Olle Linge about 10 years

Learning with Texts (online version)

An online tool for reading texts in foreign languages and saving & reviewing new words and expressions. It can also be downloaded at http://lwt.sourceforge.net/ but it requires more than average co... Read more.

lwtfi3m.co

Advanced Intermediate General Reading Vocabulary Tools-and-Apps Online-Tool Review

3 1

ednorog over 10 years

Arch Chinese - Learn to read and write Chinese characters

Arch Chinese offers a wide range of tools, but the thing I really find worth highlighting is the dictionary. It's pretty helpful for beginners as it contains stroke order animations and a lot of in... Read more.

archchinese.com

Beginner Intermediate General Tools-and-Apps Dictionary Mobile Simplified-Characters Traditional-Characters Web

3 1

Olle Linge over 10 years

文明之旅 - Journey of a Civilization

This is a programme that offers interviews with lots of interesting people, with subtitles in both English and Chinese, which makes it suitable for a large range of learners. Many of the episodes a... Read more.

cctv.cntv.cn

Advanced Intermediate Listening Resource-collections Audio TV Video

3 0

Olle Linge over 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

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Language-learning Listening Information-and-Advice Sports TV

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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

Advanced Intermediate Listening Resource-collections Sports TV

3 1

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

Advanced Intermediate Listening Resource-collections Sports TV

3 0

Olle Linge over 10 years

HelloTalk Language Exchange

This is a neat little app that allows you to find language exchange partners easily. There are also some feature to help you manage your language exchanges, such as forcing equal usage of the two l... Read more.

hellotalk.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate General Social-learning Tools-and-Apps Android iOS

3 0

Olle Linge over 10 years

A learner’s guide to TV shows in Chinese, part 1 (Hacking Chinese)

After having talked about how and why to use television to learn Chinese, it's time to look at actual genres and programmes and see how these can help a language learner improve his or her skills. ... Read more.

hackingchinese.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Listening Living-in-Chinese Information-and-Advice TV

3 0

Olle Linge over 10 years

Pinyin introduction and audio charts

This is the traditional Pinyin chart with audio, with the added benefit that you can download it and use it offline. Contains separate mp3 files. Female speaker with clear pronunciation. Edit: Y... Read more.

chinesepod.com

Beginner Intermediate Listening Speaking Tools-and-Apps Android Audio iOS Pronunciation Web

3 0

Olle Linge over 10 years

新闻公告 - 汉语考试服务网 (HSK & YCT test resources)

This website offers a large number of previous HSK and YCT Chinese proficiency tests, sorted by year and level. This is excellent for test preparation and/or benchmarking. Read more.

chinesetest.cn

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Listening Reading Resource-collections Exam

3 0

Olle Linge over 10 years

教育部國語、臺語、客語辭典民間版 (Taiwan Ministry of Education Online Dictionary)

This is by far the best dictionary for people who learn Chinese in Taiwan, at least when you reach the intermediate level (many entries lack English). There is also an app you can use and there's r... Read more.

moedict.tw

Advanced Intermediate Vocabulary Tools-and-Apps Dictionary Mobile Web

3 0

Olle Linge over 10 years

Being foreign: The others (The Economist)

This article talks about what it is like to live abroad. Having done just that for about four years, I think this is text truly captures some really important and interesting ideas about life abroa... Read more.

economist.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate General Resource-highlights Expat

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Olle Linge over 10 years

HSK Study and Exercises

HSK Course is an online platform for HSK preparation. It aims to help you not only successfully pass the exam, but gain confidence in using Chinese language. It mainly has 3 parts: Grammar Les... Read more.

hskcourse.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Grammar Language-learning Courses-and-textbooks Audio Mobile Simplified-Characters

2 0

Sabina over 1 year

Pandaist (graded reader app)

Pandaist is a graded reader app with several hundred articles, including both news articles as well as fictional stories. Every article includes sentence translations, grammar rules and a popup cha... Read more.

pandaist.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Grammar Reading Resource-collections Tools-and-Apps Android iOS Simplified-Characters Traditional-Characters Web

2 0

Olle Linge over 2 years

The Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters

Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese characters is an excellent tool to help you understand and thereby learn Chinese characters more effectively. It gives you instant access to the latest res... Read more.

outlier-linguistics.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Vocabulary Information-and-Advice Tools-and-Apps Dictionary Mobile Paid Simplified-Characters Traditional-Characters

2 0

Olle Linge about 4 years

HSK level - Online Chinese level test

Test your Mandarin Chinese vocabulary level in a few minutes. Get a an estimate of your HSK level, keep track of your progress to get to the next level! Read more.

hsklevel.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Language-learning Tools-and-Apps Exam Mobile Online-Tool Web

2 1

Frapy about 4 years

TOFU Learn

TOFU Learn is an SRS flashcard application that works on the web and on mobile. They support most languages, but have specialised in Chinese. They are often quick to fix issues when their users rep... Read more.

tofulearn.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Vocabulary Tools-and-Apps Android Dictionary iOS Mobile Simplified-Characters SRS Traditional-Characters Web

2 0

Foxears over 6 years

TutorMandarin: Online Mandarin Tutor

TutorMandarin is an online Chinese tutoring software and service. Students take 1-on-1 classes with professional Mandarin tutors on PC, Android, or iOS. Full courses from Beginner to Advanced, Spok... Read more.

tutormandarin.net

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Listening Reading Speaking Writing Courses-and-textbooks Android Course iOS Simplified-Characters Teaching

2 0

hanpingchinese almost 7 years

Learn languages online for free with Mondly - Language learning made easy, fun and free

Mondly is a mobile app very similar to Duolingo (which does not support Chinese). Pro: * more or less straight course to take, no distractions * It has several languages besides Chinese. Th... Read more.

mondlylanguages.com

Beginner Intermediate Language-learning Listening Reading Vocabulary Tools-and-Apps Course Mobile Paid Simplified-Characters

2 0

stefan-wienert about 7 years

Hanping Chinese SoundBox (now rolled into Hanping Dictionary) (Android App on Google Play)

UPDATE 2017: This app is now rolled into our Hanping Dictionary apps (Lite, Pro & Cantonese). Great way for beginners to practice single and double-syllable Chinese words. ★ Ideal for any stu... Read more.

hanpingchinese.com

Beginner Listening Speaking Tools-and-Apps Android Mobile Pronunciation Simplified-Characters Traditional-Characters

2 0

hanpingchinese over 8 years

Hiway (English-Chinese Language Exchange Community)

Hiway is an app for iOS that puts you in contact with native speakers and help you learn through real communication with friends and teachers: - Chat with your friends, click on words, and add t... Read more.

hiway-app.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate General Social-learning Tools-and-Apps iOS

2 0

Olle Linge over 9 years

HSChinese (customized online learning with lessons and exams)

HanSheng Chinese is an online learning platform for chinese with customized courses. It features Listening, Reading and Writing practices as well as a test for you proficiency-level and exams to... Read more.

hschinese.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate General Social-learning Tools-and-Apps Mobile Online-Tool

2 1

lazylink over 9 years

KTdict: iPhone and iPad dictionary for Chinese learners

This is a dictionary app for iOS that apart from the dictionary itself also offers a document reader (with pop-up translations), OCR (optical character reading) and flashcards. It comes in a paid a... Read more.

ktdict.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Reading Vocabulary Tools-and-Apps iOS

2 0

Olle Linge over 9 years

凤凰FM - 中国第一音频平台!(app for streaming of programs, audio books etc.)

This app, which is available for free both on Android and iOS allows you to access tons of programs and audiobooks for free. Some of them aren't free, but it's clearly written which are, so you don... Read more.

diantai.ifeng.com

Advanced Listening Resource-collections Tools-and-Apps Android Audio iOS

2 0

Olle Linge over 10 years

Hanping Chinese Camera - Android App on Google Play

Save time doing dictionary lookups! Simply point your camera at some Chinese text to get all the English definitions. And everything works offline. Within just a couple of seconds of launching t... Read more.

play.google.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Reading Tools-and-Apps Android Characters Input-method Mobile OCR Paid Simplified-Characters Traditional-Characters

2 0

hanpingchinese over 10 years

Movie: 阳光灿烂的日子》In the Heat of the Sun

The film is set in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution. It is told from the perspective of Ma Xiaojun nicknamed Monkey who is a teenage boy at the time. Monkey and his friends are free to roam t... Read more.

youtube.com

Advanced Listening Resource-highlights TV Video

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Scott 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

Advanced Intermediate Speaking Information-and-Advice Book Pronunciation Research Review

2 0

Olle Linge over 10 years

Hanping Chinese Website

This is the website home of the Hanping Chinese Android apps. While the Android apps contain all the Chinese language-learning functionality, the website provides useful app showcasing, FAQs and ap... Read more.

hanpingchinese.com

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Vocabulary Tools-and-Apps Dictionary Mobile

2 0

Olle Linge over 10 years

Language Power Struggles

This article discusses the language power struggle that most learners are very familiar with. "Given a conscious choice between a number of languages to use for interaction, speakers will naturally... Read more.

sinosplice.com

Beginner Intermediate Speaking Information-and-Advice Expat

2 1

Olle Linge over 10 years

Learn Mandarin Chinese Online With ChineseVoyage: A Course In Contemporary Chinese

Master conversational level Chinese and excel in HSK exams with ChineseVoyage, the best online platform integrating HSK levels into beginner courses. Read more.

chinesevoyage.org

Beginner General Courses-and-textbooks Course Mobile Online-Tool Simplified-Characters Textbook Video

1 1

Fifi103 4 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

Advanced Beginner Intermediate Chinese-in-context General Language-learning Listening Reading Information-and-Advice Resource-collections Resource-highlights Tools-and-Apps Audio Blog Book Cantonese Game Literature Mobile Simplified-Characters Traditional-Characters TV Web

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花谢月令 9 months