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Resources for studying Chinese

• Chinese-linguipedia.org, a Taiwanese site and Zhonghuayuwen.org, a Chinese site, share the same database.
• Global Chinese Language and Culture Center
• E-learning Huayu of Taiwan － 全球華文網
• Learning Chinese online
• News in Chinese with English annotation
• USC Chinese program
• Progressive reader
• University of Iowa
• SMILE, Michigan State U. This is a site for creating online activities, but it includes video exercises for Chinese and some other languages.
• Table of Important Chinese Terms and their English Translations released by the GIO
• David and Helen in China
• Chinese news annotated in English. Move your cursor over the text.
• National Foreign Language Center
• Chinesespam - Contents of spam messages I've collected over the years
• Chinese learning at Sina.com I haven't checked out this site yet, but it has potential.
• Children's texts with bopomofo
• On-line text annotator

More on-line dictionaries

• nciku.com
• CE Dict
  • http://usa.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=cedict
  • http://mandarintools.com/
  • CEDICT download
• http://www.pristine.net/lexicon.php
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopomofo Wikipedia has an excellent page on bopomofo

Terms to add to the dictionary

The following need to be added to the CE dict:

• 小桶 = xiao3 tong3, keg
• 麥飯石 = mai4 fan4 shi2, I believe it's the same as 安山石, a volcanic rock used to filter water
• 鹽酥 = yan2 su = a type of cooking
• 鹹酥雞 = xian su ji = salty crunchy chicken - the deep fried stuff you can buy on the street
• 下腰 = a movement made by a ghost in which it bends backward (contorts) for the purpose of scaring the pants off you
• boric acid 硼酸, 正硼酸
• bao4 xiang (香) = The cooking step of first cooking ginger, garlic, and possibly onion in hot oil before adding other ingredients. Not sure which bao4 that is.
• men shao guo = A cooking technique or utensil (鍋) my students tried to explain to me.
• 蒸 = zhēng, to steam, but there's a two-word expression for this when used for cooking.
• 以為 = yǐ wéi /consider (that)/believe/
• 躲 = duǒ /avoid/get out of way/to hide/to go into hiding/
• 躲藏 = duǒ cáng /hide/
• 水培法 = shuǐpéifǎ = hydroponics
• 水栽法 = shuǐ zāi fǎ = hydroponics
• 辣木 = la4 mu4 = moringa tree
• 精神虐待 = jīng shén nüè dài = psychological/mental abuse/torture

Papermaking

• 純鹼 chún jiǎn /sodium carbonate Na2CO3/soda ash/same as 碳酸鈉|碳酸鈉/ (Note that this is NOT sodium bicarbonate, aka baking soda.)

Food

• 碳酸氫鈉 = tàn suān qīng nà = /sodium bicarbonate
• 蘇打粉 = sū dá fěn = /baking soda/

Cars and motorcycles

• 節流 jié liú /to control flow/to choke/weir valve/a throttle/a choke/

Banking

• Certificate of deposit (CD)
  • 存款單 cún kuǎn dān
  • 存款證 cún kuǎn zhèng
  • 定存 ding4 cun2
• Bank account
  • 賬戶 zhang4 hu4

Internet

• 聊天室 liáo tiān shì /chat room/
• 討論區 tǎo lùn qū /forum (esp. online)/discussion area/feedback/
• 博客 bó kè /web log/blog/blogger/ Mainland China
• 部落格 bù luò gé /blog (phonetic)/ Taiwan
• 維基 wéi jī /wiki (Internet)/
• 字典 zì diǎn /dictionary/character dictionary/CL:本[ben3]/
• 回首頁 hui2 shou3 ye4 = return to home page

Weather

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• 高屏地區受到位於東北季風背風面，大氣擴散條件不良，局部地區臭氧濃度偏高，空氣品質達不良等級。環保署呼籲，過敏族群儘量避免戶外劇烈活動。
  • 過敏 guò mǐn to be allergic, allergy,
    族群 zú qún ethnic group,
    劇烈 jù liè violent, acute, severe, fierce,
    不良 bù liáng bad, harmful, unhealthy,
    臭氧 chòu yǎng ozone (O3),
    濃度 nóng dù (n) viscosity; consistency; thickness,
    劇烈 jù liè violent, acute, severe, fierce,
    

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