Mandarin Online Resources

A guide to some of the best resources to support your Mandarin Chinese studies from around the web.

Writing

Skritter

Learn how to write both traditional and simplified Chinese characters with this free and highly usable mobile app. 

Reading

ChineseReadingPractice

Reading passages for all levels.

Vocabulary

DigMandarin

One of the best ways to improve and solidify Chinese vocabulary is through flashcards. Download sets on a huge variety of topics at DigMandarin.

YellowBridge

Find flashcards related to your textbooks. 

Grammar

ChineseGrammar

A series of well-focused articles that explain Chinese words and grammar points with authentic example sentences.

Pronunciation

ChinesePod

As well as offering paid subscriptions to podcast lessons, ChinesePod has some great downloadable pronunciation charts.

DigMandarin

More downloadable pronunciation charts.

Dictionaries

Pleco

This mobile app uses optical character recognition (OCR) to read and translate any Chinese text you scan with your phone. It also has a vast database of sample sentences and phrases.

Newspapers & Television

Youku

China’s answer to YouTube, Youku has millions of videos on all sorts of topics.

Online Chinese Newspapers

Links to a huge range of Chinese newspapers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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