Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
I'm very happy to announce the grand opening (last week) of something I've been anticipating for hǎo jiǔ 好久:
(zhōngwén yǔfǎ wéijī 中文语法维基)
It's basically an online grammar textbook that will grow with time (although it's already pretty extensive) and should eventually have answers to every grammar question we ever have. It's headed up ...
Posted in Grammar | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
[Update: Thanks to all those who left comments and recommendations. I've added them to the post]
Since the last time I talked (asked) about this was in 2007, I thought an update was in order.
If you want to put your mouse over hanzi (like this: 汉字) and get pinyin and English, ...
Posted in Hanzi | 14 Comments »
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
RIDICULOUSLY LONG ARTICLE AHEAD: I've had this stuff in mind for about 6 years and I finally just needed to get it off my chest. I don't imagine future posts will ever be as long as this.
For a printer-friendly version in MS Word, click here:
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The Future of Chinese/English Dictionaries
Albert ...
Posted in Resources | 37 Comments »
Friday, September 16th, 2011
Chinese is one of the hardest languages in the world to learn (see How Hard Is Chinese to Learn, Really?).
But it's made harder by a lack of good materials and inefficient teaching methods.
The Problem
Contrast studying Chinese with, say, Spanish. There are endless dictionaries, flashcard sets, verb charts, grammar explanations, pronunciation guides, ...
Posted in Resources | 33 Comments »
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
What I've got is a document in Microsoft Word that contains Pinyin words with tone numbers, for example:
Hi everyone.
大家好.
da4jia1 hao3.
So I want to highlight the WHOLE DOCUMENT, click a button, and see this:
Hi everyone.
大家好.
dàjiā hǎo.
In other words, it ignores everything without a number, and converts everything with a number to ...
Posted in Computer | 14 Comments »
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