tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post1690754371077274281..comments2023-06-05T07:33:16.696-07:00Comments on The China Beat: Web-Based Resources for Learning ChineseThe China Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17042877198563453117noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post-27611335054824825992008-09-22T22:54:00.000-07:002008-09-22T22:54:00.000-07:00Have a look at mandarinspot.com. This one can add ...Have a look at <A HREF="http://mandarinspot.com/" REL="nofollow">mandarinspot.com</A>. This one can add pop-up annotations to the whole web site preserving layout of the pages.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660997921307388703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post-40780005146506556692008-08-24T18:25:00.000-07:002008-08-24T18:25:00.000-07:00For audio listening while out running, working out...For audio listening while out running, working out, or commuting, I highly recommend downloading the free podcasts from www.chinesepod.com. They are a good supplement to any more "formal" learning in a classroom and the topics are sometimes more interesting.noncoupablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09651265003820316818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post-30972282181530953652008-08-19T11:45:00.000-07:002008-08-19T11:45:00.000-07:00The list is incomplete without a mention of the we...The list is incomplete without a mention of the well-known <A HREF="http://laowaichinese.net/" REL="nofollow">Laowai Chinese</A> blog.<BR/><BR/>Not only has owner Albert done a great job of organizing and providing entries you can actually use, such as the recent articles on Hanzification of names, or Olympic vocabulary, he also provides stuff that's well thought out and carefully crafted. Since a major hurdle to Mandarin-learning is misinformation (fake rules, useless vocabulary, and so on), this is no small feat.<BR/><BR/>---<BR/>BTW: the marvelous MDBG is the same as Xuezhongwen.netsyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002527820798386426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post-79443732715196425062008-08-18T11:22:00.000-07:002008-08-18T11:22:00.000-07:00I'm surprised you left out the following free and ...I'm surprised you left out the following free and popular tools:<BR/><BR/>Adsotrans dictionary/annotation http://adsotrans.com/<BR/><BR/>MDBG dictionary http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php<BR/><BR/>Chinese Perapera-kun pop up translation for Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3349davesgonechinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13103057216696593699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post-41141024463699650852008-08-18T10:27:00.000-07:002008-08-18T10:27:00.000-07:00I highly recommend www.livemocha.com for learning ...I highly recommend www.livemocha.com for learning languages, not just ChineseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com