Olle Linge
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Matzka - 情人的眼淚(完整版)
This song is raw emotion. I seldom like emotional music, but I can think of few voices that could convey this lyrics better than his. The lyrics is relatively simple and the pronunciation is clear.... Read more.
youtube.com
Olle Linge – almost 11 years
A language learner’s guide to reading comics in Chinese (Hacking Chinese)
This article is a guide to reading comics in Chinese, suitable for beginners as well as those who already have some experience. Reading comics is an excellent way of attacking the Great Wall of Chi... Read more.
hackingchinese.com
Olle Linge – about 10 years
Pinyin Conversion: Number <> Tone Mark (Lexilogos)
This is a neat little tool that converts pin1yin1 with numbers to pīnyīn with tone marks. Very simple, very useful. Read more.
lexilogos.com
Olle Linge – almost 11 years
Is it necessary to learn to write Chinese characters by hand? (Hacking Chinese)
Written Chinese characters are regarded by some as the true essence of Chinese; without learning to write by hand, you're not learning Chinese. Others go to extremes in the other direction, claimin... Read more.
hackingchinese.com
Olle Linge – about 9 years
Spaced repetition - Efficient memorization & what it's good for (Gwern.net)
This is the best overview of spaced repetition research I have seen online or offline. It's thorough, well-argued and probably covers more than you were looking for. It's not specifically about Chi... Read more.
gwern.net
Olle Linge – almost 9 years
Hao Hao Report - The best China news and blog posts as chosen by you
"Socially curated China news, blogs, videos and pictures. China news, language, travel, business, technology, politics, entertainment." This site isn't specifically geared towards language learn... Read more.
haohaoreport.com
Olle Linge – over 10 years
Chinese font test page (Chinese Text Project)
THis is a simple but brilliant tool that allows you to check the fonts you currently have installed on your computer/browser. It shows you a number of pictures of characters next to what your compu... Read more.
ctext.org
Olle Linge – over 10 years
Easy ways to have Chinese conversations in China (Chinese Forums)
This entire thread contains excellent suggestions for how to have good conversations for language practice in China, even if you're an introvert learner. I have tried several of these myself, not b... Read more.
chinese-forums.com
Olle Linge – over 9 years
異體字字典網站首頁 (Chinese character variants)
This site help you sort out difference between variants of the same character. It is hosted by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan, so this is for traditional characters mostly. I would advice agai... Read more.
dict2.variants.moe.edu.tw
Olle Linge – almost 11 years
The Bible in Chinese (with audio)
This site offers the Bible in many languages, including Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese). There are two versions, one with drama and one without. You can also see the text while you listen (or just... Read more.
bible.is
Olle Linge – about 10 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
Olle Linge – over 9 years
Sing Chinese Songs - Listen to Chinese music and learn Chinese with famous Chinese songs
The official introduction sums it up pretty well: It's a place where you can listen to Chinese music and learn Chinese with famous Chinese songs in Mandarin (simplified characters). As well, le... Read more.
singchinesesongs.com
Olle Linge – over 10 years
Praat - Doing phonetics by computer
Praat is one of the most widely used programs when it comes to doing scientific phonetic analysis. It requires some training to use most of the features, but all students can easily learn how to an... Read more.
praat.org
Olle Linge – over 10 years
國語小字典 (Taiwan Ministry of Education Elementary School Dictionary)
Even though this is said to be for elementary school, definitions are seldom that easy and probably require a fairly good reading ability already. However, it's definitely better than most other mo... Read more.
dict.mini.moe.edu.tw
Olle Linge – almost 11 years
A collection of Chinese corpora and frequency lists
This is a collection of several Chinese corpora that can be quite useful if you're looking for detailed information about collocations and the like. Simply entering a word will give you sentences, ... Read more.
corpus.leeds.ac.uk
Olle Linge – almost 11 years
Mandarin Weekly (每周中文)
A free, once–weekly e-mail newsletter for students and teachers of Mandarin Chinese. It provides a great overview of what has been posted recently on numerous blogs, forums and other websites. Prob... Read more.
mandarinweekly.com
Olle Linge – over 9 years
250 Physical Verbs in English and Chinese (一步一个脚印)
This is an excellent list of physical verbs in English and Chinese, compiled by Carl Gene Fordham. The list contains the verbs themselves in both English and Chinese, as well as an example sentence... Read more.
carlgene.com
Olle Linge – over 10 years
Language Log » Victor Mair
Language Log is an excellent blog where ~20 authors share their thoughts about languages and related topics. While the other authors also post interesting articles, I have chosen to link directly t... Read more.
languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu
Olle Linge – over 10 years