It’s definitely been a week for Chinese learning resources – First we had the Chrome release of the PeraPera Pop-up Chinese dictionary, then the Chinese Grammar Wiki went live, followed by the Pleco Chinese dictionary for Android, and now we … Continue reading
Ideographer is a Taipei-based developer of small but useful Max OS X apps with a heavy focus on the Chinese language. I use their apps a lot during my day-to-day Chinese studies and writing here on ChineseHacks so I’d like … Continue reading
Chinese radicals are an often overlooked aspect when learning Chinese, though they really can offer a greater insight into the meaning of Chinese characters. If you can spot Chinese radicals and know their meaning, then not only can it help … Continue reading
I wish I had this to hand when starting out learning Chinese, a Pinyin pronunciation soundboard that features all pronunciation combinations and for each tone! This is extremely useful if you’re just starting out or even want to brush up … Continue reading
If you’re a user of the amazing pop-up Chinese dictionary addon for Firefox, PeraPeraKun, then you’ll be happy to know that the dictionary database has been updated to the latest version of the CC-Cedict Chinese dictionary. And if you’re learning … Continue reading
If you find yourself getting burnt out on textbooks, and generally despise the news channels, then perhaps studying a film might be a fun alternative for learning Chinese. Most of the time it’s nice to just sit back, watch and … Continue reading
When we met with the people behind Mandarin Poster last year we really liked the idea they had for creating a giant poster of the most frequently used Mandarin Chinese characters. In fact, we liked it so much so that … Continue reading
It’s hard to learn Chinese without at some point coming across the CC-CEDICT dictionary, a Chinese – English dictionary originally started in 1997 by Paul Denisowski and now available as an open source project under the Creative Commons licence. CC-CEDICT … Continue reading
Reading Chinese online is a great way to practice your reading and comprehension, but nothing is more daunting than arriving at a web page only to be greeted by a wall of Chinese characters. Here is a list of some … Continue reading
A few weeks we reviewed Chinese Touch, a home-brew Nintendo DS application for learning Chinese. Chinese Touch has huge potential and the developer, Syslock, has recently released the version 1.3 update: While lookups from large dictionaries and dynamic word lists … Continue reading
