It was only earlier this month that we we looked at the web based text to speech from HKTV.cc. Though, since HKTV.cc recently removed automatic reading functionality, this latest website is all the more welcome. Suggested by reader Liren Auston, … Continue reading
Last Sunday, on the eve of the Lunar New Year (see how PC I was there!) AllSetLearning, the language consultancy operated by John Pasden of Sinosplice and ChinesePod fame, released the “Chinese Grammar Wiki” for public consumption. The website is … Continue reading
Here’s a quick and simple way to hear the pronunciation of Chinese words – using the recently added Chinese text-to-speech functionality on HKTV.cc you can enter Chinese text and then listen back to it, right in your browser. It’s not … Continue reading
Thanks to reader Pavel Dvorak for this tip! In a previous post we mentioned the website MandarinSpot that will annotate Chinese texts with pronunciation and translations of words and phrases. Great! The only downside is that each time you want … Continue reading
When browsing Chinese websites, you might come across some sites that appear to be just a garbled mess of random characters. This is really annoying, especially if you want to look words up in an online Chinese dictionary. Take the … Continue reading
Probably one of the most well-known online Chinese dictionaries amongst learners of Chinese is MDBG. This is no surprise given the sheer amount of features on the website, from basic Chinese dictionary functionality, to translation, learning tools and more. Here … Continue reading
