Chinese Resources
NCIKU:
A Chinese-English and English-Chinese online dictionary that includes vocabulary lists, conversations, learning exercises and more.
About.com's Chinese Language and Culture Site
This site has links to many language and culture sites for students of Chinese overseen by a guide who maintains the links and supplies informative articles. Your site guides and chat moderator maintains a bio online so that you can check out his/her expertise - and you can email him/her your questions or comments. You may find the pop-up advertisements more than annoying, and will have to close them out each time you go to a new link.
Chinese-English Etymological Dictionary
This web site and its associated printed dictionary present a series of zipu or "character genealogies" which show graphically the close interconnections between over 4000 characters according to theShuowen Jiezi and subsequent research by traditional etymologists.
Marjorie Chan's China Links
Professor Chan has provided the student of Chinese with annotated links to over six hundred China- and Chinese language and linguistics-related websites (and a few ftp and gopher sites).
Integrated Chinese Vocabulary Flashcards
The YellowBridge Chinese Flashcards are designed to help students memorize as many Chinese characters as possible.
Chinese Computing
Preferred Chinese input programs are Google pinyin and Sogou pinyin input, both of which can be downloaded online free.
Online Dictionary
A fun and user-friendly site that allows you to look up the character using your own handwriting. Only simplified characters.
On-line two way dictionary, translation, pinyin input, annotation, and many other tools.
A good online Chinese dictionary.
Great online dictionary with pronunciation and sentence examples.
Works on both iPhones and Android phones.
Other Learning Tools
Stroke order animation. Internet explorer is recommended to run this program. Very cool program!
Learn to write Chinese characters.
An online Chinese character learning tool with a rich set of features including animated stroke order for ALL characters, pronunciation, flashcards, radical tables, etc.
A most widely used free speech analysis software among phoneticians.
Cool and free online recording program. Need to register.
Free online recording program.
Create your own online flashcards.
Create and share dynamic conversations around documents, snapshots, diagrams and videos.