Reference - sites organized by subject


DICTIONARIES
  1. Dr Eye Online Dictionary [English-Chinese/Chinese English]
    www.dreye.com
    Chinese language dictionary and translation site that offers conversion between Chinese, English and Japanese. Frequently updated with latest usages. Registration required (free!).
  2. Gwoyu Tsrdyan/Mandarin Dictionary [Chinese-Chinese]
    www.sinica.edu.tw/~tdbproj/dict/
    Online version of the six volume contemporary Chinese-Chinese dictionary published by the Ministry of Education, Republic of China.
  3. Dictionary of Chinese Idioms [Chinese-Chinese]
    140.111.1.22/clc/chengyu/mandarin/sort_pho.htm
    Online version of the Chinese idioms dictionary published by the Ministry of Education, Republic of China.
  4. Zhongwen.com Dictionary [Chinese-Chinese]
    www.zhongwen.com
    Online version of Rick Harbough's etymologically-indexed Chinese character dictionary.
  5. Chinese-Japanese-Korean Character Dictionary
    www.cjk.org
    Conpendium of Chinese characters used in Chinese (traditional and simplified hanzi), Japanese (kanji) and Korean.
  6. Dictionary HK
    www.dictionaryhk.com
    Another Chinese dictionary site that offers Chinese to English and Japanese.
  7. Chinese English Lookup
    http://home.iprimus.com.au/richwarm/cel/cel.htm
    Yet another Chinese-English dictionary site.

 
LANGUAGE TOOLS
  1. Online Chinese Tools
    www.mandarintools.com
    Website with collection of online tools and links for Chinese language learning.
  2. Pinyin Fonts
    www.foolsworkshop.com/pfc/pinyinfonts.html
    Want to type pinyin on your computer, with tones, diacritics and all? This site will show you how.
  3. Unicode Pinyin Fonts
    http://www.csulb.edu/%7Etxie/PINYIN/pinyin.htm
    Information on how to type pinyin in unicode.