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Links for Integrated Chinese Level 1: Introduction

 

Introduction to Chinese
Mandarin (by National Virtual Translation Center)
A brief introduction to Mandarin with pictures.
Chinese Language (by Wikipedia)
An introduction to Chinese language.
The Chinese Language and Pronunciation
An introduction to the Chinese language and its pronunciation adapted from Compton's Living Encyclopedia, AOL 8/16/1995.
 
a. Chinese pronunciation
PRACTICE YOUR PINYIN (Alan Peterka, University of Iowa)
Check out this new site and test your knowledge of Pinyin.
Chinese Pronunciation Guide (Harvard U.)
This site has pronunciation exercise sheets and classroom expressions.
Pinyin Romanization
An introduction to Pinyin Romanization with samples.
Chinese Character Pronunciation
Paste unfamiliar Chinese word into the field on the page, and see its pronunciation .
 
b. Chinese Writing System
Chinese Character Genealogy
A dictionary which allows you to search in Pinyin, BoPoMoFo, radicals, etc.
Chinese Character Flashcards (by Erik Peterson)
A Java applet to assist in the learning of Chinese characters. Currently contains the 1,000 most frequently used characters.
Animated Chinese Characters (by ocrat.com)
You may click on any Chinese character to see how to draw it.
Traditional Chinese Culture in Taiwan: Written Language.  The Chinese Writing System
An introduction to the Chinese writing system.
Numbers (by ocrat.com)
 
Free Software (For Mac users):
Pronunciation Exercises: Click here to download (5.2 MB).
Flash'em: Flash cards for learning Chinese. Click here to download.

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