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nciku Chinese characters and pinyin dictionary »
So many features. Handwritten character recognition, audio in both a male and female voice, phrases suggested and rated by users. Hard-to-remember name, though.
tags: Chinese, Mandarin, Pinyin
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Jul. 11th, 2008
Hanyu Pinyin celebrates its 50th birthday »
I found it coherent and useful when learning Mandarin, says the white guy who only knew English and French beforehand.
tags: Chinese, Mandarin, Pinyin, via:countablyinfinite
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Feb. 11th, 2008
What does a Chinese keyboard look like? »
Pinyin and Wubi, basically. I use pinyin when I need to type out Chinese characters.
Chinese in Firefly, with Pinyin and translations »
Until now I didn't have a reason to watch the show.
"bu po bu li" at oneaday.org »
Includes the proper Mandarin tones (all fourth tone) for each character.
The Paper Tiger on the banned-in-China novel "Serve the People" »
The Chinese in the title is pronounced "bu po bu li" and means something like "without breaking down, one cannot build up" (or "creative destruction" in capitalist terms).
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