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Chinese Language Resources

Language Toolbox

These online tools can prove useful in helping you learn Chinese. There are three ways you can access them: 1) Click on the links below to use them on this website for free, 2) Download them for offline use from our ordering page, or 3) Get them as a bonus when you purchase the Clavis Sinica program CD.

Our Chinese Flashcards Tool is also available for iPhone, Blackberry, and Palm devices, so you can improve your Chinese vocabulary on the go.

Special Limited-Time Offer: Download the Chinese Toolbox for Free!

Chinese Character Test How many characters do you know? Take a simple character recognition test to find out!	Chinese Radical Test How many of the 189 simplified Chinese radicals do you know? Take this test to find out!
Chinese Flashcards Drill yourself on the 800 most commonly used characters and all 189 radicals.	Character Composition Quiz Test yourself on the structural composition of the most commonly used Chinese characters.
Chinese Dictionary Search the full Clavis Sinica dictionary by English, characters, or pinyin.	Chinese Text Annotator Display and print any Chinese test with line-by-line pinyin annotation keyed to your skill level.
Vocabulary Extractor Create a customized vocabulary list or review sheet from any digitized Chinese text.	Vocabulary List Converter Convert any Clavis Sinica vocabulary list into a printable review sheet for studying.

Text & Audio Library

Practice your Chinese reading and listening skills online. These graded reading and listening materials range from beginner level to advanced and cover a vast selection of topics. All of the texts can be read using the Clavis Sinica software.

Stepping Stones E-Textbook
A set of Chinese reading and writing lessons designed to teach beginners the 300 most commonly used characters using audiotexts, character animations, flashcards, exercises, and more.

Chinese Voices Project
A collection of over 100 short, accessible mini-essays with accompanying MP3 audio on topics having to do with life in modern Beijing.

Chinese Text Sampler
An annotated selected of over 100 well-known and useful texts including stories, poems, song lyrics, historical documents, jokes, common idioms, and film scripts.

Chinese Flashcard Sets
A collection of 50 thematically arranged flashcard sets that help you learn groups of related words together. Can be used with the Clavis Sinica software's built-in flashcard tool or printed out using the Vocabulary List Converter.