Dictionaries / translation:
- HanDeDict - Chinese - German dictionary
- Mandarintools Chinese Character Dictionary (UNIHAN)
- Chinese-English Dictionary (CEDICT)
- Babel Fish text translator
- CCDICT - Chinese Character Dictionary
- Chinese Character Database: With Word-formations Phonologically Disambiguated According to the Cantonese Dialect
- Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage
- Read and Study Japanese and Chinese with pop-up hints
- Xiaoma Cidian - Chinese-English dictionary
- pz English to Chinese dictionary - Includes some interresting features such as number and percentage conversion
- 太阳雨 Sunrain - CE / EC dictionary (Chinese only)
- HanziDict - Chinese-English dictionary with handwritten Chinese character input, make sure you try this one!
- Chinese-tools.com - Online tools to learn Chinese or build Chinese websites. Includes annotation tools, dictionaries (Chinese to both English and French), and converters for pinyin, unicode, traditional and simplified Chinese.
- Wenlin - an extensive electronic dictionary for both Macintosh and Windows (commercial product)
- Cantodict - a collaborative English/Cantonese/Mandarin dictionary
- adsotrans - a grammar aware Chinese-English annotation tool
- Mandarin Planet Chinese-English dictionary
Learn Chinese
- Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online (Mandarin - Traditional)
- Chinese Lessons - Learn Cantonese, Mandarin, and Chinese characters online for free (Cantonese - Traditional / Mandarin - Simplified)
- Learn Basic Cantonese - with pronunciation (Cantonese - Traditional)
- Teachionary: Cantonese Word Sets - guessing game with pronunciation (Cantonese - Traditional)
- Cantonese Chinese Help Sheets (Cantonese - Traditional)
- Learn Cantonese (Cantonese - Traditional, uses a different romanisation, warning: profane language)
- Real Chinese - An introduction to Mandarin Chinese by BBC (Mandarin - Simplified)
- Video Clips of Survival Chinese (Mandarin - Simplified)
- Major Sentence Patterns (Mandarin - Traditional)
- Rutgers University on-line beginning Chinese reading and listening materials (Mandarin - Simplified & Traditional)
- University of Virginia - The Chinese Reading World - 中文閱讀天地 (Mandarin - Traditional)
- University of Iowa - Chinese Reading World (Mandarin - Simplified)
- Blabi - A website to help you practice Chinese using quizzes, flashcards, etc. It also allows you to keep track of your progress automatically (Mandarin - Simplified)
- China the Beautiful - A website with loads of information about China, Chinese, Calligraphy, Poetry, etc.
- ZapChinese - Learn Chinese online for free, with audio / video material, common phrases, vocabulary and grammar
- Learn To Read And Write Chinese Characters - Animated Tutorials - Dikk Kelly
- Chinese blast - A collaborative learning engine for Chinese
- ChinesePod - Learn Chinese with Free Podcasts
Write Chinese:
Chinese Etymology
Pinyin:
- pīnyīn.info - A guide to the writing of Mandarin Chinese in romanization
- Pinyin Practice - Practice Mandarin pinyin
Cantonese:
- Cantonese (linguistics) - Wikipedia
- What is the HKSCS (links to Hong Kong specific fonts and input methods)
- "Learn Cantonese!" by Adam Sheik (uses Jyutping romanization)
- Dragonwise project - Cantonese for children (Chinese only)
Link portals:
Chinese culture / literature / poetry:
- ZhongWen.com - Chinese Characters and Culture
- Chinaknowledge - A universal guide for China studies
- University of Virginia Library - Chinese text initiative
- Technical Notes on the Chinese Language Dialects
Chinese computing:
- Mandarintools - Online Chinese Tools
- 网上中文输入法 - Web based Chinese input method (Chinese only)
- Chinese Mac - Using Chinese on Apple Macintosh computers
Find a teacher:
Technical:
- HanFind - A windows tool to browse through the unihan.txt file
- HTML Validator extension - A firefox / mozilla extension which adds 'live' HTML validation, ideal for webdesigners
Travel:
Chinese / China related blogs:
