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Chinese Language Resources

Chinese Language Toolbox

Try out these powerful web-based tools to help you learn Chinese. Improve your character recognition skills, measure your progress, and even create your own customized textbook materials on the topics you are interested in.

Most of these tools are included on the Clavis Sinica program CD. You can also purchase them as a separate downloadable package on our ordering page.

  • Chinese Character Test - How many characters do you know? Take a simple character recognition test to find out. Then take it again next month to see how much you've learned!
  • Chinese Flashcards - Drill yourself on the 800 most commonly used characters and all 189 radicals.
  • Chinese Dictionary - Search the full Clavis Sinica dictionary by English, characters, or pinyin.
  • Chinese Text Annotator - Display and print any Chinese text with line-by-line pinyin annotation keyed to your skill level.
  • Vocabulary Extractor - Create a customized vocabulary list or review sheet from any digitized Chinese text.
  • Vocabulary List Converter - Convert any Clavis Sinica vocabulary list into a printable review sheet for studying.

Chinese Text & Audio Library

Practice your Chinese reading and listening skills online. These graded reading and listening materials range from beginner level to advanced and cover a vast selection of topics. All of the texts can be read using the Clavis Sinica software.

  • Chinese Voices Project - A collection of short, accessible mini-essays with accompanying MP3 audio on topics having to do with life in modern Beijing.
  • Chinese Text Sampler - An annotated selection of 85 well-known and useful texts including stories, poems, song lyrics, historical documents, jokes, common idioms, and film scripts.
  • Chinese Flashcard Sets - A collection of 50 thematically arranged flashcard sets that help you learn groups of related words together. Can be used with the Clavis Sinica software's built-in flashcard tool or printed out using the Vocabulary List Converter described above.
  • Chinese News Reader - Read short summaries of current Chinese news reports in Chinese without a print dictionary.