Internet Resources

• At Carleton
  • Asian Languages and Literatures Department
    
  • Computing in Chinese on the Foreign Language Technology pages
  • We offer a variety of comprehensive self instruction language programs available by appointment at the Center.
• Off Campus
  • Chinese Dictionaries
    • Mbdg - Online Chinese-English dictionary (not as comprehensive as nciku but faster, particularly with slow internet connection off-campus)
    • nciku - Online Chinese-English dictionary (allows you to create your own vocab lists and gives contextual examples of words
    • Google Chinese Dictionary - Dictionary with a lot of specific vocab, i.e. names, places, organizations.
    • Guoyu Cidian 國語辭典 -- Chinese dictionary
    • Chinese Etymological Dictionary 中文字譜
    • Chinese Dictionaries

    • Mandarin Tools: This website offers an array of dictionary tools and even has interesting links to access cultural information. The website allows you to look up characters in English, pinyin, Chinese, or by radical in a straightforward way. Simply use the column at the left-hand side of the page to explore these useful tools. To access this website go to www.mandarintools.com

  • Chinese Proficiency Tests
  • • http://www.hsk.org.cn/Index_E.aspx Official website for the H.S.K (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) the Chinese proficiency test in PRC for international learners. The H.S.K is offered at many different levels: Threshold, Basic, Elementary-Intermediate, and Advanced. Information on the Basic, Elementary-Intermediate and Advanced tests is written in English, but revised information (more up-to-date) and information regarding the Threshold test is written in Chinese. This website also provides information on the C-Test: a relatively new proficiency test testing candidate’s ability to use Chinese in a business setting. This site provides mock tests, test registration and test site information. You can register for tests in the United States online at many different test centers around the United States. The HSK is offered twice a year at the University of Minnessota.   
      (http://www.hsk.org.cn/arrg_srv2time_f.aspx). Tests are offered more frequently and in many different locations in the PRC. No official vocabulary lists available on website.
    • http://www.confucius.umn.edu/students/testing/hsk/  Detailed information on the HSK from the University of MN website.
    • http://www.chinesetesting.cn/gosimexam.do# Practice tests for HSK. Good for assessing Chinese reading proficiency.
    • http://www.c-test.org.cn Main website for the C-Test: information on the test and how to register for it is listed (in Chinese).
    • http://www.hskflashcards.com Vocabulary lists for the HSK. Since there is no official HSK vocab list available, this vocabulary list has been compiled many unofficial lists available on the web. There is no guarantee that this is completely up- to-date, purchasing the current official H.S.K vocabulary books published by the Beijing Language and Culture University Press.
    • http://www.hskflashcards.com/download.php Flashcards for the New Practical Chinese Reader are also available here!
    • www.tw.org/huayu Official website for the T.O.P (Test of Proficiency – Huayu) the Chinese proficiency test in Taiwan for international learners. The site provides mock tests, vocabulary lists, test registration and test site information, and links to university programs in Taiwan (Chinese programs, engineering, medicine etc.)
  • Chinese Newspapers and Magazines
    • Chinese Language News and Magazines
    • Chinese News from the Kyodo Network
    • ChinaSite -- links to newspapers, TV, radio, magazines from all over the Chinese-speaking world
    • China Times -- daily news from Taiwan
  • Chinese Classics
    • Classical Chinese Reading Materials (for advanced students)
    • Confucian Classics
    • Dao De Jing 道德經
    • Tang Poetry
    • Chinese-Cantonese Syllabary -- from the 香港中文大學人文學科研究所人文電算與人文方法研究室粵音電子字典組
    • Marjorie Chan's ChinaLinks 3
  • Chinese Language Learning Materials
  • • http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/PCR/PCR%20index.htm Online website for Chinese learners at the University of Oxford. Excellent grammar review section with clear explanations and examples.
    • http://chinese.rutgers.edu/content_cs.htm University of Rutgers website for Chinese learners. Good for practicing Chinese reading comprehension. Includes texts covering many different topics; these texts are accompanied by vocabulary lists.
    • Quia:  a website for practicing grammar, vocabulary, and a host of other useful things. You can find practice quizzes and online practice exercises for a host of languages including French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Russian, Greek, Hebrew, and even Danish, Dutch, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, and Turkish to name a few. To access this website go to www.quia.com and click on "Quia Web." Don't be fazed by the username and password requirement - you don't need either! By simply clicking on shared activities near the bottom right of the page you will have access to these great resources for free! Simply do a search for whatever it is you are looking for or feel like practicing.

     

     

     

    (Contributed by Alan Goodyear)

Chinese Staff/Office Hours: Spring 2013