New textbook: Essential Chinese Vocabulary
Routledge published a new book on learning vocabulary for beginning and intermediate students. The author is Dr. Wen-Hua Teng (University of Texas at Austin). Key features of “Essential Chinese Vocabulary”are: In-depth explanations of commonly used words and phrases contextualized with a range of authentic examples providing learners with a comprehensive understanding of the vocabulary-use...
Types of Coffee in Chinese
Here is a fun infographic created by Yocelyn Riojas. Types of Coffee in Mandarin. Do you find your favorite? You can follow Ms. Riojas blog at http://www.mychineseboyfriend.com/types-coffee-mandarin/...
LanguageGuide
LanguageGuide.org Mandarin This website presents Chinese vocabulary based on pictures of foods, clothes, animals, numbers, the body, nature and so on. The user can move the cursor to the picture and hear its pronunciation and see its Chinese character as well as pinyin....
Chinese Learning with Flashcards
This website makes available online flashcards which are organized according to themes, such as food, animal, education, weather, sports, education, etc. The matching games are organized according to similar themes. Each game contains words in the same theme and the user’s task is to match the Chinese with their corresponding English translation. Go to...
Chinese Idioms
Chinese Idioms was prepared in the Department of East East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California. It is a webpage which lists 114 frequently used idioms. Each idiom includes its literal meaning, figurative meaning, and its origin. Go to Website...
Chinese Flashcards
Gateway to Chinese: Chinese Flashcards The Flashcard set is part of the Gateway to Chinese site. Users need to select one from Integrated, intermediate, and practical at the top of the home page. These three words represent three vocabulary books, which are Integrated Chinese, Intermediate Chinese and Practical Chinese Reader. In each flashcard, users...