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Hi, Polyglots! 😃 | |||
Welcome to the '''Mandarin Chinese''' learning page! | |||
You will find many '''Free''' resources below to learn and practice this language. | |||
Enjoy your learning journey with Polyglot Club! 😊 | |||
==Facts about Mandarin Chinese == | |||
*Mandarin is a group of Sinitic languages[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinitic_languages] natively spoken across most of China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese. | |||
*Chinese is the language with the most native speakers(About 1.3 billion people, approximately 16% of the world's population). | |||
*Chinese is a tonal[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_(linguistics)] language. | |||
*Chinese is a logographic[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logogram] language and has nearly eighty thousand unique characters that came from hieroglyphs[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieroglyph]. | |||
*'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>cmn</code> | *'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>cmn</code> | ||
*'''Autonyms''' (''how to write "Mandarin Chinese" in Mandarin Chinese''): <code>官話 / 官话 / 普通话 / 國語 / 华语 / 華語</code> | |||
*'''Other names for "Mandarin Chinese"''': <code>Beifang Fangyan, Beijinghua, Mandarin, Northern Chinese, Standard Chinese, Zhongguohua, Tayok, Hoton, Hui, Hui-Zu, Hytad, Khoton, Qotong, Xui</code> | |||
*'''The Mandarin Chinese language is spoken in''': <code>China</code> | |||
Furthur readings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mandarin-language, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chinese-languages, https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/mand1415. | |||
==Mandarin Chinese Dictionaries== | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/dictionary.html Chinese tools]: Chinese-English dictionary, [https://www.chine-nouvelle.com/outils/dictionnaire.html French] & other languages, [https://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/chinese-dictionary.html Chinese] (meanings) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dictionary.reverso.net/english-chinese/ Reverso-Collins]: Chinese-English dictionary | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Lindict/ Lin Yutang]: ''Chinese-English dictionary of modern usage'' (1972) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dict.naver.com/linedict/zhendict/#/cnen/home LineDict]: Chinese-[https://dict.naver.com/linedict/enzhdict/#/encn/home English] dictionary <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://dict.cn/ Dict.cn]: Chinese-English dictionary | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict Mdbg]: Chinese-English dictionary: simplified & traditional <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.xiaoma.info/ Xiaoma]: Chinese-English dictionary | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html Mandarin tools]: Chinese-English dictionary simplified & traditional <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.internationalscientific.org/ Chinese etymology]: etymological dictionary | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://zhongwen.com/ Zhongwen.com]: English-Chinese dictionary etymology | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://shtooka.net/overview.php?lang=cmn Shtooka]: Chinese words, with translation <span class="k">(audio)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://tatoeba.org/en/audio/index/cmn Tatoeba]: sentences in Chinese, with translation <span class="k">(audio)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cbdic/ 教育部重編國語辭典修訂本] : Revised Mandarin Chinese dictionary edited by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan (1994) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/ChineseBibleWords?view=theater Chinese Bible words]: vocabulary of the biblical terms | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00087314 The Chinese names of the four directions] by Laurent Sagart, in ''Journal of the American Oriental Society'' (2004) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/cu31924011498668?view=theater English and Chinese standard dictionary] edited by 颜惠庆 (Yan Huiqing) (1920) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/mandarinromanize00macguoft?view=theater Mandarin romanised dictionary of Chinese] by Donald MacGillivray (1918) <span class="k">(Latin & Chinese characters)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/cu31924023354743?view=theater Analytical Chinese-English dictionary] by Frederick William Baller (1900) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/analyticalvocabu00balluoft?view=theater Analytical vocabulary of the New Testament] by Frederick William Baller (1907) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/chinesedienglish00lobsrich?view=theater English and Chinese dictionary] by William Lobscheids (1884) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=P200AQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Vocabulary and hand-book of the Chinese language] <span class="x">romanized in the Mandarin dialect</span>, by Justus Doolittle (1872): I & [https://books.google.com/books?id=lhITAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover II] | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofchin00morr?view=theater Dictionary of the Chinese language] by Robert Morrison (1865) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/cu31924023354917?view=theater Dictionary of idiomatic English phrases] by James Main Dixon, translated by Chan Chi Lan (1909) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofcoll00gilerich?view=theater Dictionary of colloquial idioms] <span class="x">in the Mandarin dialect</span>, by Herbert Giles (1873) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/guidetoconversat00hernrich?view=theater Guide to conversation in the English and Chinese languages] by Stanislas Hernisz (1854) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/fragmentsofconfu00confiala?view=theater Fragments of Confucian lore], <span class="x">a selection of short quotations with the original text</span>, by Thomas Ferguson (1920) | |||
Multiple languages, bidirectional | |||
* https://dict.eudic.net/ | |||
* https://dict.hjenglish.com/ | |||
* https://dict.youdao.com/ | |||
* http://www.ichacha.net/ | |||
Mandarin Chinese | |||
* https://www.zdic.net/ | |||
* http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cbdic/ | |||
Min Nan Chinese https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%9C%8B%E8%87%BA%E5%B0%8D%E7%85%A7%E6%B4%BB%E7%94%A8%E8%BE%AD%E5%85%B8 [offl.d PL] | |||
English | |||
* bidirectional | |||
** https://www.91dict.com/ | |||
** https://www.iciba.com/ | |||
** https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Lindict/ | |||
** https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary [[https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=cc-cedict offl.db PL]] | |||
** https://www.pleco.com/ [offl.p] | |||
** https://www.trainchinese.com/v2/index.php [offl.p] | |||
** http://zhongwen.com/ | |||
French | |||
* https://chine.in/mandarin/dictionnaire/ [[https://chine.in/mandarin/dictionnaire/CFDICT/ offl.db PL]] | |||
* https://www.chine-culture.com/chinois/dictionnaire-chinois.php | |||
German https://handedict.zydeo.net/de [[https://handedict.zydeo.net/de/download offl.db PL]] | |||
Hungarian | |||
* https://chdict.zydeo.net/hu [[https://chdict.zydeo.net/hu/download offl.db PL]] | |||
* https://www.morphologic.hu/kinai/index.php | |||
Japanese https://ctrans.org/ | |||
Russian | |||
* bidirectional | |||
** https://www.qianyix.com/ | |||
** https://bkrs.info/ [[https://bkrs.info/p47 offl.p]] | |||
* https://www.chinese-russian.com/zd/ | |||
==== Sources: ==== | |||
*https://www.lexilogos.com/english/chinese_dictionary.htm | |||
*[[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Dictionaries#Chinese]] | |||
==Free Mandarin Chinese Lessons== | ==Free Mandarin Chinese Lessons== | ||
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== Last Lessons == | |||
[[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Question-Words|Question Words]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Culture/Chinese-Art-and-Entertainment-Scene|Chinese Art and Entertainment Scene]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Negation-and-Conjunctions|Negation and Conjunctions]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Culture/Current-Events-and-Issues-in-China-and-Beyond|Current Events and Issues in China and Beyond]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Culture/China's-Economy-and-Business-Landscape|China's Economy and Business Landscape]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Tourist-Attractions-and-Transportation|Tourist Attractions and Transportation]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Country-Names-and-Nationalities|Country Names and Nationalities]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Chinese-and-International-Cities|Chinese and International Cities]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Superlative-Form-and-Usage|Superlative Form and Usage]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Comparative-Form-and-Usage|Comparative Form and Usage]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Culture/Chinese-Knots-and-Paper-cutting|Chinese Knots and Paper cutting]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Culture/Chinese-Opera-and-Drama|Chinese Opera and Drama]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Culture/Chinese-Calligraphy-and-Painting|Chinese Calligraphy and Painting]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Emotions-and-Feelings|Emotions and Feelings]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Personality-Traits-and-Characteristics|Personality Traits and Characteristics]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Professions-and-Jobs|Professions and Jobs]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Demonstrative-Pronouns-and-Interrogative-Pronouns|Demonstrative Pronouns and Interrogative Pronouns]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Personal-Pronouns-and-Possessive-Pronouns|Personal Pronouns and Possessive Pronouns]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Common-and-Proper-Nouns|Common and Proper Nouns]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Culture/China's-Great-Wall|China's Great Wall]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Culture/Famous-Chinese-Mountains-and-Rivers|Famous Chinese Mountains and Rivers]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Culture/China's-Four-Great-Ancient-Capitals|China's Four Great Ancient Capitals]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Music-and-Film|Music and Film]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Outdoor-Activities-and-Nature|Outdoor Activities and Nature]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Sports-and-Exercise|Sports and Exercise]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Leisure-Activities-and-Hobbies|Leisure Activities and Hobbies]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Complex-Verb-Phrases|Complex Verb Phrases]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Modal-Verbs-and-Auxiliary-Verbs|Modal Verbs and Auxiliary Verbs]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Action-Verbs-and-Stative-Verbs|Action Verbs and Stative Verbs]] — [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Culture/Double-Ninth-Festival-and-Chongyang-Cake|Double Ninth Festival and Chongyang Cake]] | |||
<span LastLessons></span> | |||