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Find the animal your date of birth is related to http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/zodiac/ Zodiac

THE 5 ELEMENTS 五行 wŭ xíng http://www.alwaysastrology.com/chinese-elements.html http://www.michaelschiesser.com/the-five-elements.html http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/5EList.htm http://www.tcmbasics.com/basics_5elements.htm BIBLIOGRAPHY http://www.omniglot.com/books/writing/chinese.htm http://www.omniglot.com/books/language/chinese.htm http://www.cheng-tsui.com/ http://www.perapera.org/best-10-books-for-learning-chinese/ INTEGRATED CHINESE http://www.cheng-tsui.com/search/node/integrated+chinese BOOKSHOPS CHENG-TSUI http://www.cheng-tsui.com/ Boston, USA http://www.aprendechinohoy.com/libreria/?gclid=CIjjrfGH5p4CFeZr4wodzVYzJw Beijing Language and Culture University Press http://www.blcup.com/en/list_1.asp?id=3416 Liu Xun CALLIGRAPHY http://www.shufawest.us/links.html http://home.iprimus.com.au/richwarm/cel/cel.htm CCTV PRESENTERS LI DONGNING http://www.cctv.com/program/nature&science/20051231/100505.shtml CELEBRATIONS CHINESE NEW YEAR BY THE CHINESE CALENDAR http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html CHINESE NEW YEAR 2010 4708 E-CARDS http://www.birthdayalarm.com/ECard.jsp?a:2I&PCCId=5&CCId=478 http://www.123greetings.com/events/chinese_new_year/happy/ NEW YEAR http://www.living-chinese-symbols.com/chinese-new-year-activities.html http://www.aboutcny.co.uk/custom.html (customs & traditions) http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html (C& T) http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/taboos.html (taboos & superstitions) NEW YEAR DATES UNTIL 2014 http://www.living-chinese-symbols.com/chinese-new-year-dates.html CELEBRATIONS & LIFE STAGES http://www.chino-china.com/vocabulario/lista/141/vida.html Spanish http://traditions.cultural-china.com/ CFL(Chinese as a foreign language) http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/

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CHARACTERS http://www.krysstal.com/writing_chinese.html http://www.krysstal.com/writing_chinesepict.html PICTOGRAMS http://www.zhongwen.com/

CHARACTERS (Kangxi- 康熙) IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER + PINYIN http://www.zein.se/patrick/3000char.html http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/characters/list.html http://www.zhongwen.com/ CHARACTERS INSTRUCTIONS http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/Language/chinese_write.htm http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/PINYIN/pinyin.htm http://www.euroasiasoftware.com/english/chinese/ http://www.euroasiasoftware.com/ http://www.newconcept.com/Reference/how_input_chinese.html http://dict.leo.org/chde?lp=chde&search= after having clicked on the sound you can click on animated &/or expanded strokes http://dictionary.kaide.net/#requirements PC TIPS http://dictionary.kaide.net/#links MORE ABOUT CHARACTERS http://www1.chinaculture.org/library/library_culture_character.html http://dict.leo.org/chde?lp=chde&search= after having clicked on the sound you can click on animated &/or expanded strokes FLASHCARDS http://www.mandarintools.com/

CHINA – 中zhōng

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班bān

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http://www.jroller.com/juanpablo/ CHINA TODAY http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/ctenglish/index.htm CHINESE ASSOCIATION http://www.lianxi.es/ http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/clts/aboutus.htm CHINESE STUDIES http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/ea/chinese/index.html Oxford Univ. UK CITIES TAIPEI http://jishi.cntv.cn/C20792/classpage/video/20100823/100721.shtml CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES http://www.hanban.edu.cn/ HANBAN -CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE HEADQUARTERS http://learning.chinese.cn/en/article/2011-03/09/content_200407.htm GERMANY http://www.konfuzius-duesseldorf.de/ Düsseldorf CONGRATULATIONS & WISHES http://www.chino-china.com/hablar/tema/cat_50_deseos..felicidades.html Spanish

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http://www.taringa.net/posts/offtopic/1916859/Feliz-navidad-%28en-distintos-idiomas%29.html Merry Christmas in diff. Languages CONVERTERS Chinese Romanization Converter - converts between pinyin, zhuyin and others transcriptions systems http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Lindict/ Pinyin-Zhuyin converter http://www.inxsoft.net/mandarin-resource/converter.php HELP TO READ TEXTS adds inline Pinyin or Zhuyin annotations above words, or adds pop-up annotations with English definition of the word to Chinese texts http://mandarinspot.com/annotate COUNT WITH YOUR HANDS THOMAS CRAMPTON.COM BEIJING 101 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X99KCaBsS58&feature=BF&list=PL85D9218AC11664E0&index=29 COURSES http://www.learnchineseok.com/2012/03/chinese-language-lessons-government.html http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/organisations.html http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/ http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/chinese http://learningchineseonline.net/ http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/ http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/ea/chinese/chinese.html Oxford http://www.lechinois.com/ in French CHINESE IN CHINA http://google.ef.com/master/welcome/sem/ef0905a/?ps=y&p=ils,ly,ilsp&ctr=ES&etag=GGESC_LC_CN_00 BLCU- BEIJING LANGUAGE 6 CULTURE UNIVERSITY http://www.studyinblcu.cn/i18n/sp/page01.gsp http://www.blcu.edu.cn/blcuweb/english/Contactus.asp http://www.chinaledu.com/?gclid=CKy779W7saQCFQGY2AodIQ0czg http://www.imandarin.net/shanghai/index.asp?gclid=CMrhsL--saQCFUtA4wodDnunxw CHINESE COURSES IN BARCELONA-SPAIN http://www.bindung.es/quienes.html http://www.instituteuropeu.com/ http://www.hexagrama.net/ CHINESE IN TAIWAN http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0505/study_chinese_in_taiwan.shtml MANDARIN TRAINING CENTER- NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY http://140.122.110.12/mtcweb/index.php?option=com_guoyu&task=show_information&id=29&menuid=105%E3%80%88=zh#method FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY http://140.136.240.107/english_fju/ EASTER & SUMMER COURSES http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/asianlangstudy/chinese.htm#University%20of%20London http://www.londonconfuciusinstitute.org.uk/courses.html

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CULTURE http://www1.chinaculture.org/library/library_government.html http://www.learnchineseok.com/2012/03/chinese-language-lessons-government.html XMAS CAROLS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uD8oHgr1Y0&feature=related 词典 DICTIONARIES ONLINE http://www.mandarintools.com/ http://www.chino-china.com/diccionario http://www.chino-china.com/diccionario one entry (zao)but >< sound = >< meaning http://www.chino-china.com/ http://pinyin.info/readings/texts/visible/index.html http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/07/22/441793.aspx http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/101/guide1.htm http://pinyinpractice.com/wangzhi/ http://www.yellowbridge.com/ http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php#word http://dict.leo.org/chde?lp=chde&search= TRANSLATIONS INTO ENGLISH http://www.nciku.com/ http://www.nciku.com/theme picture dictionary http://wap.iciba.com/ http://www.xina.cat/diccionari Catalan- Chinese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?title=Talk:Standard_Mandarin http://classes.yale.edu/chns130/Dictionary/index.html picture dictionary http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Lindict/ LIN YUTANG- English Chinese http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/index.html guoyu cidian (in Chinese) http://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary.php ***** ETYMOLOGY http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/character-etymology.php?searchChinese=1&zi=%E5%9C%8B http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterASP/mandarin.aspx http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterASP/why_study.aspx FAMILY & JOBS http://www.chino-china.com/metodo/18-familia-profesion.html FIRST CHINESE DICTIONARY (827 BCE- 782 BCE) SHI ZHOU PIAN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dictionary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shizhoupian FIRST MODERN CHINESE DICTIONARY ZIHUI 字彙 / 字汇 MING DYNASTY 1615 (33.179 characters) (radicals & strokes order) 14 fascicles (juan 巻 "scrolls") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zihui Mei Yingzuo (梅膺祚) KANGXI CIDIAN (214 radicals) -1716 Kangxi Emperor (Manchu Qing Dynasty) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangxi_Zidian FOOD & DRINKS http://www1.chinaculture.org/library/library_culture_food.html

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http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/chinese-new-year CHINESE NEW YEAR GAMES http://www.yellowbridge.com/games/ GENERAL CTCFL Centre for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language 牛 津 大 学 汉 语 教 学 中 心 http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/ Oxford Univ. GRAMMAR http://www.multilingualbooks.com/freelessons-chinese.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/index.shtml http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Chinese/index.html http://www.bluetec.com.cn/asp/mymandarin/class_book.htm HANZI ORDER http://www.popupchinese.com/tools/newsinchinese http://www.learn-with-youtube.blogspot.com/ http://www.fileguru.com/apps/interactive_chinese_learning_program http://sina.echineselearning.com/english/contents/index.html http://learningchineseonline.net/ A PRACTICAL CHINESE GRAMMAR – ONLINE BOOK http://books.google.com/books?id=aEtiSnbaQB8C&pg=PA207&lpg=PA207&dq=chinese+future+grammar&source=bl&ots=bGpC7kVm-4&sig=3UXCMLWSs15InIf6JG9dMG29lzU&hl=de&ei=e-22TNjGBJCQjAexwJiECg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CEYQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=chinese%20future%20grammar&f=false http://www.aulafacil.com/cursosgratis/curso/chino.html http://www.chineselearner.com/chinese-grammar/ CAUSAL CONJUNCTIONS http://resources.echineselearning.com/chinesetest/chinesetest-chinese-228.html

CLASSIFIERS 量词 liàngcí http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_classifier http://digchinese.com/measure-words list http://www.flashcardmachine.com/chinese-classifiers-2.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_classifiers http://chinesenotes.com/ref_measure_words.htm http://www.chinesetolearn.com/chinese-measure-words-complete-list-common-measure-words-top-ten-measure-words-measure-words-flash-cards/ http://laowaichinese.net/top-10-measure-words-to-know.htm with Spanish explanation http://hablamenchino.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/introduccion-general-a-las-palabras-clasificadores-%E9%87%8F%E8%AF%8Dliangci/ http://profdechino.blogspot.com.es/2007/03/clasificadores-ms-usuales.html with Spanish explanation + examples http://dponz.com/jdp/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=190&Itemid=9 COMBINATION TABLE http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/pinyincombination1.cfm +SOUND http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_grammar DESCRIPTION

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COMPARISON 比, 比字句 比 http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Grammar%20exercises/Comparatives.htm http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chinese_%28Mandarin%29/Grammar/Comparisons http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Grammar%20exercises/Comparatives.htm http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Grammar%20exercises/Comparative%20Answeres.htm http://www.netplaces.com/speaking-mandarin-chinese/hosting-a-chinese-exchange-student/grammar-lesson-the-comparative-preposition.htm COMPARISONS WITH VIDEO http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2010/08/27/learn-chinese-comparatives-superlatives/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pTdXlXU-ZA http://learnchinesereviews.com/Learn-Chinese-Comparatives-And-Superlatives HSK SAMPLE TEST http://resources.echineselearning.com/chinesetest/chinesetest-chinese-163.html http://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/1063/using-%E6%AF%94-b%C7%90-for-comparison ENGLISH vs CHINESE http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/langdiff/chinese.htm EXERCISES http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Grammar%20exercises/ FINALS http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/pinyinFinals.cfm +SOUND FUTURE http://www.zapchinese.com/Chinese-lessons/Lesson16/Lesson16.htm http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese_Grammar_for_Pimsleur_Students/Future_tense GLOSSARY OF GRAMMAR TERMS http://www.chinese-tools.com/chinese/vocabulary/list/89/grammar.html GRAMMAR, LISTENING, SPEAKING, PRONOUNCIATION & SO ON http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/PCR/PCR%20index.htm INITIALS http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/pinyinInitials.cfm +SOUND LAS PALMAS State language school (EOI)LINKS http://chinolaspalmas.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html LOS CRISTIANOS(CANARY ISLANDS State language school TEACHER’S BLOG http://www.chinoeoiloscristianos.blogspot.com/ http://www.shufawest.us/language/tonedrill.html http://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chinesische_Grammatik in German http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chinese NEGATION 不 vs 没有 http://www.brighthubeducation.com/learning-chinese/54491-learn-negating-words-meiyou-and-bu/ http://mylanguages.org/chinese_negation.php http://mandarin.about.com/od/grammar/a/negatives.htm http://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Standard_negation_with_%22bu%22

bié 别 vs bú yào不要 NEGATIVE IMPERATIVE http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Learn-Chinese-%E5%88%AB-bi%C3%A9-%E4%B8%8D-1210337.S.166535801

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ORDINALS http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/chinese/03-numerals.html#h4 http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/games/numbers/chinese/one.html LISTENING PRESENT PERFECT you guo 有过 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLT6ndAYiGc PINYIN RULES http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/pinyin.html PRESENT PERFECT http://www.zapchinese.com/Chinese-lessons/Lesson17/Lesson17.htm PRONOUNS http://lost-theory.org/ocrat/chargif/pronouns.html SPELLING RULES http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/pinyinSpellingRules.cfm TONE CHANGES http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/tone-changes.html VERBS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_verbs STATIVE VERBS, ADVERBS & ADJECTIVES http://mandarin.about.com/od/grammar/a/stativeverbs.htm

SUBJECT 又yòu

STATIVE VERB 又yòu

STATIVE VERB (both)

SUBJECT 也yě

不bù

STATIVE VERB 也yě

不bù

STATIVE VERB (neither...nor) http://mandarin.about.com/od/grammar/a/descriptive_pairs.htm TESTS (ALL LEVELS) + EXPLANATIONS http://resources.echineselearning.com/chinesetest/chinesetest-chinese-228.html LANGUAGE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINA & TAIWAN http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071117171422AAZZoEq http://www.antimoon.com/forum/2003/3169.htm ZHÙYIN FÚHÀO literally "phonetic symbol" abbreviated zhuyin COLLOQUIALLY CALLED-> BOPOMOFO after the names of the first 4 initial symbols ㄅㄆㄇㄈ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopomofo http://www.omniglot.com/writing/zhuyin.htm LEARNING ONLINE http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/ BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/index.shtml BBC http://www.china.org.cn/ http://quizlet.com/subject/steps-1-chinese-4/

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http://animation.archchinese.com/arch_flashcard.html flashcards with pronunciation +Engl translation http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/PCRopen/selftest.htm California State Univ. http://www.colby.edu/personal/k/kabesio/exindex.html Colby College USA http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Chinese/index.html CTCTL Oxford UK THE INTERNET TSL JOURNAL http://iteslj.org/v/c/ English- Chinese Vocabulary Quizzes TING – CHINESE- ENGLISH DICTIONARY CENTER http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/games/games.php Univ of Maine http://faculty.virginia.edu/cll/chinese/ Univ of Virginia http://faculty.virginia.edu/cll/chinese/ http://www.quia.com/shared/search?category=9&adv_search=true QUIA.COM http://www.learnchineseok.com/2012/03/chinese-language-lessons-government.html http://learning.chinese.cn/en/node_14424.htm CCTV-100 UNITS http://cctv.cntv.cn/lm/learningchinese/program/index.shtml Growing up with Chinese http://www.loecsen.com/travel/0-en-67-2-18-free-lessons-chinese.html http://www.graspchinese.com/learn.aspx http://www.graspchinese.com/learn/airport-arriving/8.aspx http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-Mandarin-Chinese http://www.freechineselessons.com/ http://www.chinese-outpost.com/language/ LEARNING WITH VIDEOS 1st STEPS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNoOdNvdZlg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEHVLuhQ9aU&feature=related BASIC VERBS- TELL / SAY / NEED / COME / GIVE / KNOW / KNOW SB / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk5lyXSOHTw&feature=related BARGAINING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVn9I5WjUM8&feature=related BUT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdlsz2AsrCU&feature=related COUNTRIES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctvv12hVQAg&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-O7kfny5Bg&feature=related DIALOGUE CCTV-100 UNITS http://cctv.cntv.cn/lm/learningchinese/program/index.shtml Growing up with Chinese FAMILY MEMBERS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKmN2yqyHG0 FEELINGS – ANGRY / HAPPY / SAD / ENVY/ NERVOUS /LONELY/ EXCITED http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZfB8mby1zI&feature=related FREQUENCY WORDS- USUALLY / ALWAYS/ SOMETIMES / NOW / EVERY DAY / HOW LONG? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta6uM-QZh-E&feature=related FUNCTION WORDS- IF/ MAYBE / BECAUSE / HAVE TO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Im8dvRPpps&feature=related I CAUGHT A COLD -COLD/ UNCOMFORTABLE /FEEL/ HEADACHE / PHARMACY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey5WFytU1c0&feature=related

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WORDS MEANINGS & ORDERING DRINKS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ubgu5DR3vE&feature=related LINKS http://www.mandarintools.com/ http://www.uni.edu/becker/chinese2.html http://www.uni.edu/becker/chinese.html http://www.chineselearner.com/writing/characters/radicals/index.html LISTENING http://adult.chinese.cn/en/ http://www.learnchineseok.com/search/label/FS%20-%20Listening https://web.duke.edu/chinesesoc/index.html INTERMEDIATE http://www.shufawest.us/language/tonedrill.html http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Lang%20work/2nd%20Assign/Listening/China%20tea,%20Sijiqing%20village.htm http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/PCR/PCR%20index.htm http://www.pinyinpractice.com/initialsChoose.swf CHOOSE THE RIGHT INITIAL http://dict.leo.org/chde?lp=chde&search= after having clicked on the sound you can click on animated &/or expanded strokes http://www.xcn-chinese.com/app/showarticle.asp?id=2037&includeid=&siteid= http://www.xcn-chinese.com/ http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Lang%20work/MT04/Second%20year%20language%20assignments%20for%20MT04.htm http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Lang%20work/2nd%20Assign/Listening/China%20tea,%20Sijiqing%20village.htm http://learning.chinese.cn/en/article/2011-03/09/content_200407.htm http://learning.chinese.cn/en/node_14449.htm MUSIC HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYRICS http://www.chinese-tools.com/songs/song/291/shenri-kuaile.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z08jGpgr43Y MUSIC XMAS JINGLE BELLS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcxtQD6caoA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG5pCwXOWEI JOBS IN CHARACTERS, PINYIN & TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH http://www.todachina.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=13990 REGISTRATION NEEDED NAMES http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/hbnames-u.html HOW TO PRONOUNCE CHINESE NAMES http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~zhuxj/readpinyin.html NEWSPAPERS http://www.snwjzx.com/ http://www.chinaview.cn/index.htm CHINA VIEW you can change the language into Chinese http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/30/content_12137280.htm Tibet TV

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NUMBERS http://www.mandarintools.com/ PHILOSOPHERS CONFUCIUS- 孔夫子 Kǒng Fūzǐ – master Kong / Kǒng Zǐ (孔子) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%94%E5%AD%90 PINYIN KEYBOARD/EDITOR http://www.chino-china.com/herramientas/editor-pinyin.html http://www.chino-china.com/herramientas/editor.html PINYIN-CHINESE CHARACTERS IN YOUR PC http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/Language/asianlanguageinstallation_XP.html PINYIN INPUT FIREFOX EXTENSION http://toshuo.com/chinese-tools/pinyin-input-firefox-extension/ PINYIN-SELF QUIZ http://www.pinyinpractice.com/selfquiz.htm PINYIN INPUT FIREFOX EXTENSION http://toshuo.com/chinese-tools/pinyin-input-firefox-extension/ PRONUNCIATION & PINYIN http://pinyin.info/readings/index.html books http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/ very very useful for theory http://pinyinpractice.com/wangzhi/2005/12/ YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE http://pinyin.quickmandarin.com/learn_chinese_quiz/tones_drill/ useful to improve your listening WADE-GILES SYSTEM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles POLITICS & LANGUAGE POLITICAL STATUS OF TAIWAN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan POLITICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ROC & PROC http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071202011128AAOeekF http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110311213503AAX3l3L LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINA & TAIWAN http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071117171422AAZZoEq http://www.antimoon.com/forum/2003/3169.htm LANGUAGE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/07/content_5812838.htm ZHÙYIN FÚHÀO- COLLOQUIALLY-> BOPOMOFO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopomofo PRONUNCIATION http://zhongwen.com/ INITIALS http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/23997957-1311465811.html KIDS’ VIDEO FINALS http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/pinyin-finals.html#a

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PINYIN PINYIN KEYBOARD/EDITOR http://www.chino-china.com/herramientas/editor-pinyin.html http://www.chino-china.com/herramientas/editor.html PINYIN-CHINESE CHARACTERS IN YOUR PC http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/Language/asianlanguageinstallation_XP.html PINYIN INPUT FIREFOX EXTENSION http://toshuo.com/chinese-tools/pinyin-input-firefox-extension/ PINYIN-SELF QUIZ http://www.pinyinpractice.com/selfquiz.htm PINYIN INPUT FIREFOX EXTENSION http://toshuo.com/chinese-tools/pinyin-input-firefox-extension/ PRONUNCIATION & PINYIN http://pinyin.info/readings/index.html books http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/ very very useful for theory http://pinyinpractice.com/wangzhi/2005/12/ YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE http://pinyin.quickmandarin.com/learn_chinese_quiz/tones_drill/ useful to improve your listening http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Pinyin_Notes.htm http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Pinyin.htm PRONUNCIATION & PINYIN http://pinyin.info/readings/index.html books http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/ very very useful for theory http://pinyinpractice.com/wangzhi/2005/12/ YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE http://pinyin.quickmandarin.com/learn_chinese_quiz/tones_drill/ useful to improve your listening SIX VOWELS WITH MOUTH POSITION http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/24007040-1311465811.html KIDS’ VIDEO TONES http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/24311488-1567519763.html KIDS’ VIDEO TONE CHANGES RULES http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/tone-changes.html PROVERBS http://www.chinesesymbolsmeaning.com/chinese-proverbs.html NAMES http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~zhuxj/readpinyin.html NEWS http://www.todachina.com/ in Spanish http://chinochano.zoomblog.com/ in Spanish NUMERAL SYSTEM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerals

(214) RADICALS -bù shou - 部首 find the radical which corresponds to the character http://www.mandarintools.com/chardict.html 40 MOST COMMON RADICALS http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/40-most-common-radicals 40 RADICALS & MEANING FLASHCARDS

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http://quizlet.com/1097535/chinese-radicals-1-40-meanings-flash-cards/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_%28Chinese_character%29 http://www.albany.edu/eas/205/205%20radicals%20of%20chinese%20characters.pdf http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chinese_radical_index http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/radicals.php http://www.chinese-tools.com/resources/radicals.html http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Lang%20work/Radicals/Strokes&Radicals.htm position http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ealac/sobelman/radicals/ http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/radicals.html http://www.archchinese.com/arch_chinese_radicals.html http://www.code2000.net/chiradtest.htm radicals chart with strokes number http://www.living-chinese-symbols.com/chinese-radicals.html http://everything2.com/title/Chinese+Radicals http://www.mychineselessons.com/complete-list-of-chinese-radicals.html http://www.zapchinese.com/Chinese-lessons/Lesson08/Lesson08.htm PART 1 http://www.zapchinese.com/Chinese-lessons/Lesson09/Lesson09.htm PART 2 http://mandarinposter.com/radicals/ AFTER STROKES No http://www.archchinese.com/arch_chinese_radicals.html http://chinesehacks.com/resources/web/simplified-chinese-radicals-list-free-printable-reference/ http://www.chineselearner.com/writing/characters/radicals/index.html http://www.clearchinese.com/chinese-writing/radicals1.htm 214 RADICALS & PINYIN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kangxi_radicals http://mandarinposter.com/radicals/ POSTER with English translation http://chinesehacks.com/resources/mobile/daily-word/ http://www.chtsai.net/radicals/ http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Script/radicals.html http://www.learnchineseok.com/2012/05/write-chinese-radicals-symbol-letters.html READING http://www.clavisinica.com/zika.html FLASHCARDS http://www.chineselearner.com/reading/ http://readchinese.nflc.org/ Univ. of Maryland SEARCH ENGINES http://mandarinportal.com/chinesesearchengines.php SEVERAL http://www.yellowbridge.com/ http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/76594-mandarin-chinese-links-to-free-lesson-plans-worksheets-and-other-resources/ SPEAKING INTRODUCTION http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/chinese-phrases-for-introduction.html FOOD http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/chinese-phrases-for-food.html GREETINGS http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/chinese-phrases-for-greetings.html SHOPPING http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/chinese-phrases-for-shopping.html TONE CHANGES RULES http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/tone-changes.html http://www.chineselearner.com/speaking/

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SUMMER COURSES TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME TUITION $800 http://nd.edu/~ois/location/?locid=35 NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY - TAIPEI http://iclp.ntu.edu.tw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20%3Astudent-dormitory&Itemid=8

TCM- TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE 推tuī

拿ná

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuina http://www.tcmbasics.com/basics_5elements.htm THE 10 HEAVENLY STEMS & THE 12 EARTHLY BRANCHES http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/listsearch.php?listID=47 http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/gem-projects/hm/0203-1-73-eight_characters.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_stem TESTS http://hi.nciku.com/space.php?do=test http://www.easymandarin.cn/beginner-online-mandarin-level-test/ http://www.easymandarin.cn/intermediate-online-mandarin-level-test/ TEXT BOOKS http://www.cheng-tsui.com/ INTEGRATED CHINESE (US publisher) http://www.chinasoft.com.au/nihao.html NIHAO (Australian publisher) http://www.chinasoft.com.au/nh2/nh2.html Elementary TIME ZONES FIND YOUR OWN & OTHER TIME ZONES http://www.wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/ TOOLS http://www.mandarintools.com/ TRADITIONS http://traditions.cultural-china.com/ http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/topicsub_traditions.htm http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/china/chinese-traditions-culture/1778 http://www.chinatoday.com/culture/a.htm http://www.chinatownconnection.com/chinese-society-traditions.htm TRANSLATION http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php http://www.postmeta.com/ http://www.lexicool.com/translate.asp?IL=3 http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/christmas.htm R ******* TRAVEL TO CHINA

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http://chinolaspalmas.blogspot.com/search/label/Viajes TV CHANNELS http://www.chinese-channel.co.uk/en/prog_1.php http://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/19/watch-tv-with-your-pc/ instructions about how to download TV channels on your PC http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b3918.htm CCTV3 music & dance http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b5479.htm China weatherTV http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/7229.htm CCTV1 documentaries http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b4725.htm CCTV10 science & education http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/2077.htm CCTV9 news in English http://english.cctv.com/01/index.shtml http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b3916.htm CCTV news http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b3920.htm CCTV 7 for children http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b5484.htm SMGMB cartoons http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/7201.htm advertising http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b5480.htm Luoyang 1(lytv.com) http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b5481.htm Luoyang 2 lytv.com) http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/7201.htm films http://fgmtv.net/ FGM TV FangGuangMing http://www.huaihai.tv/ http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b5486.htm CSNP sports bad sound http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b5485.htm HBTV general channel http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/6958.htm QTV1(army???) - Qingdao http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b4980.htm HNTV1- Zhengzhou http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b3519.htm NC news http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b2424.htm New Tang Dynasty TV http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/7201.htm NY Nanyang TV http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/China.html ChineseTV Sat list http://www.hkatv.com/v3/index.html ATV Hong-Kong

UNIVERSITIES 大dà

学xué

UNIV LIST IN THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA(ROC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_of_the_Republic_of_China FUDAN UNIV. SHANGHAI http://www.fudan.edu.cn/englishnew/ NTU- NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIV. http://www.ntu.edu.tw/engv4/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Taiwan_University http://www.oia.ntu.edu.tw/oia/index.php/ PROC - PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA Shanghai University of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)SHUTCM http://www.at0086.com/STCM/ TNUA- TAIPEI NATIONAL UNIV OF ARTS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_National_University_of_the_Arts

VACCINATIONS 接jiē

种zhòng

疫yì

苗miáo

http://www.guiadeviaje.net/china/preparacion-vacunas.html in Spanish VISAS http://www.guiadeviaje.net/china/preparacion-visado.html in Spanish VOCABULARY http://www.chinese-tools.com/chinese/vocabulary

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http://www.chinese-tools.com/phrasebook http://www.1jn.com/chinese/engchi.html English/pinyin/pronounciation http://www.china-learn.info/Hanyu/Flashcard_Menu.html explanations & flashcards http://animation.archchinese.com/arch_flashcard.html flashcards with pronunciation +Engl translation http://es.syvum.com/idiomas/vocabulario/Chinese_Pinyin/ QUIZZES & WORDS LISTS http://learnchinesereviews.com/Chinese-Vocabulary-Lessons CLOTHES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE0b3TCl2jQ FRUIT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09p6Ae_02-s VEGETABLES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvYaWXlKMdo WEATHER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOvtr_cVMZI WEATHER http://weather.china.org.cn/english/ TEMPERATURE IN FARENHEIT WRITING 中文 http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mandarin.htm explanation & a lot of interesting links****** http://animation.archchinese.com/arch_flashcard.html flashcards with pronunciation +Engl translation http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/chinese-characters.html# writing rules http://lost-theory.org/ocrat/chargif/menuc6.html animated writing R****** http://faculty.virginia.edu/cll/chinese/index.html strokes order. Int. Univ of Virginia http://www.omniglot.com/writing/chinese.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_character http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_written_language http://writeinchinese.com/ STROKES http://www.mandarintools.com/ http://chino.nicoweb.com/2007/11/16/%C2%A1-aprender-a-escribir-chino-en-7-minutos/ WRITING PINYIN ON YOUR PC http://www.pinyinpractice.com/PinPracTonesSingle.swf PINYIN TONES http://www.zapchinese.com/Chinese-lessons/Lesson08/Lesson08.htm http://zhongwen.com/ http://www.language.berkeley.edu/fanjian/tier3.html http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/azi/page1.htm CA Univ. Long Beach http://www.usc.edu/dept/ealc/chinese/character/ very good to start writing in the right direction http://writeinchinese.com/ http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/24311488-1567519763.html http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/24007040-1311465811.html http://ocw.usu.edu/Languages__Philosophy_and_Speech_Communication/first-year-chinese-i/Writing_Lessons.html WRITING & LISTENING. Univ. of Utah PINYIN-CHINESE CHARACTERS INSTRUCTIONS http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/Language/chinese_write.htm http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/PINYIN/pinyin.htm http://www.euroasiasoftware.com/english/chinese/ http://www.euroasiasoftware.com/ http://www.newconcept.com/Reference/how_input_chinese.html http://dict.leo.org/chde?lp=chde&search= after having clicked on the sound you can click on animated &/or expanded strokes http://dictionary.kaide.net/#requirements PC TIPS

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http://dictionary.kaide.net/#links SAMPLE WRITINGS- SEVERAL TOPICS http://www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com/Public/PublicResources.html?direction=b-zh-en&sp=S/oldo/resources/zh/sample-correspondence-public-zh.html YIN-YANG 5 ELEMENTS

metal shǔ, water shuǐ, wood mù, fire huǒ &和 earth(soil) tǔ http://www.philtar.ac.uk/encyclopedia/taoism/yinyang.html YIN-YANG & WUSHIN http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/5Elist.htm http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/5EBasic.htm YOUR NAME IN CHINESE http://www.chino-china.com/nombres/lista.html http://www.mandarintools.com/cgi-bin/chinname.pl ZODIAC http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/zodiac/ Zodiac Find the animal your date of birth is related to http://www.springsgreetingcards.com/catalogs/store.asp?pid=256628