Zhongwen.com Chinese Characters and Culture

Summary

This website has an amazing tool for learning about Mandarin Chinese characters, as well as lots of general information about them. It also has a lot of interesting readings, cultural information, links and more.

Definitely worth a visit, particularly for those who are interested in learning about the Chinese writing system.

From Website

Zhongwen.com contains the complete text of Amazon's (sometimes) best-selling and (frequently) best-reviewed : Chinese Characters: A Genealogy and Dictionary using my character tree system. Distributed by Yale Univ. Press.

Alone among modern languages, Chinese integrates both meaning and pronunciation information in its characters. Zhongwen.com deciphers this rich information to help students understand, appreciate and remember Chinese characters.

This web site and its associated printed dictionary present a series of zipu or 'character genealogies' which show graphically the close interconnections between over 4000 characters according to the Shuowen Jiezi and subsequent research by traditional etymologists.

Zhongwen.com

Mandarin Chinese Language

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Innovative Chinese

I was given a rare chance to interview the COO and co-founder of a living legend in language education worldwide.

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This is my top recommendation for the busy Chinese learner as it's a fun and easy way to fit Chinese into your everyday life.

Enjoy learning Chinese while doing the things you have to do anyway, like running errands, shopping, cooking, driving, commuting, exercising, waiting in line, walking the dog, cleaning the house, and so on.

Make real progress using professional high-powered Chinese lessons delivered to you in the form of fun 10-minute shows.

This is the most entertaining and addictive way to learn Chinese while just living your life!