Websites to learn chinese online

If you are learning chinese right now you can check these online resources to access free materials:

http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/ce_chinese/

http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2432/more/2403/2403more_4.htm

http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/ (for cantonese)

Enjoy!

Patrick

Hey,
One of the major problems that I faced while living in china is not knowing chinese. Asking directions or hailing a cab or ordering in a restaurant is a big pain. I tried this service called www.chinahelpline.com...you can call 021-6100-9700 from anywhere in china and get connected, they have wonderful staff who help u in giving orders to anyone in chinese. just tell them what you want to tell the driver or waiter or giving orders to the ayi/ tailor / shopkeeper / cab driver in english and they will converse with the person in chinese and make them understand , its pretty cheap also compared to hiring interpreters or getting robbed or wasting time. I just loved it .

So make sure you register online www.chinahelpline.com before you start your trip or call 021-6100-9700 to register once you are there.

 Cheers
Carolyne

Thank you for the great tips guys! Very useful for us hopeless foreigners trying to learn Chinese!

 ???cant read chinese characters!!!i am all confused here.Thought there was pinyin ???Someone pls tell me how to learn this one.that'll be nice

You mean your computer cannot read Chinese or what ? Try to add Chinese font in your system and browser, or simply use the Chinese version of OS. Chinese characters use double byte fonts while English use single byte fonts. You have to adjust your computer. If you use a pure English version of OS, you will see strange things when Chinese character comes up.

Another good one : http://www.chinese-tools.com/
- free online audio mandarin lessons.
- chinese english dictionary.
- chinese songs with lyrics in chinese + pinyin + download

Et pour les francophones : http://www.chine-nouvelle.com
- leçon de chinois mandarin audio
- dictionnaire français chinois.