Mandarin Resources (free) Beginner.

Mandarin resources (free) Beginner.

Index for this post:

HSK word list

Tones

Pinyin

Web courses

Flashcards

Dictionaries

Sentences

Extensions (Chrome-Firefox)

Book recs

Input (Reading/Videos/TV shows and Films)

Other

Last edited/updated:  19 / Feb / 2022 = (edit 16)

HSK word list

HSK 1 Hsk.Academy Simplified and Traditional (with pinyin), exercises and sentences examples.

HSK 2-6

1500 Most Common Chinese Characters (edit 17): Definitions and audio pronunciations + search in the dictionary link.

TONES

Digmandarin *Tone explanation (but with words with more than 1 syllable, which is great because the hard part is when a word has 2 o more syllables) 

Sinosplice More tones! (pair drills)

*Youtube vid explaining tones and exceptions (like tone modification and the half 3 and 4 tones) Link Link2  (edit 1)

** Tone pairs youtube vid by Yoyo Chinese (Individual tones 0:00-8:30 // Tone pairs 8:30-27) Link (edit 10)

Tone pairs chart + Exercises from said chart (edit 9)

Tone pairs + audio for all the tone combinations  Link (Edit 11)

*Exercises: (edit 7)

which tones do you hear (tone pairs)

another which tones do you hear (single syllab or tone pairs) 

match pinyin + tone to the sound

match the sound to the pinyin + tone

differenciate between tones

tone speaking practice (listen and repeat recording yourself)

Seguir leyendo

好久不见!

I've been exceptionally busy the past week so I've missed you all! Going over a few essential Mandarin Chinese vocab because I realized I'd somehow forgotten to post something so important.

Happy studying everyone and good luck!!

<3<3<3

Dear Discord,

"Do not disturb" is a cool status and all but they should make a "Not interested" option. Like, it's not that I'm busy or anything I just think you talk too much.

(Does anyone actually acknowledge "Do not disturb"?)

Hey guys, look at this chinese poem I found!

Hanzi:

施氏食狮史

石室诗士施氏, 嗜狮, 誓食十狮。

氏时时适市视狮。

十时, 适十狮适市。

是时,适施氏适市。

氏视是十狮, 恃失势,使是十狮逝世。

氏拾是十狮尸, 适石室。

石室湿,氏使侍拭石室。

石室拭, 氏始试食是十狮。

食时, 始识是十狮, 实十石狮尸。

试释是事。

Pinyin :

Shīshì shíshī shǐ

shíshì shī shì shī shì, shì shī, shì shíshí shī.

Shì shí shíshìshì shì shī.

Shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì.

Shì shí, shì shī shì shì shì.

Shì shì shì shí shī, shì shī shì, shǐ shì shí shī shì shì.

Shì shíshì shí shī shī, shì shíshì.

Shíshì shī, shì shǐ shì shì shí shì.

Shí shì shì, shì shǐ shì shí shì shí shī.

Shí shí, shǐ shí shì shí shī, shí shí shí shī shī.

Shì shì shì shì.

English translation:

Shi's history of eating lions

Shi Shishi, a poet in the stone room, was fond of lions and swore to eat ten lions.

It is always appropriate to see the lion in the city.

At ten o'clock, the ten lions are suitable for the city.

It's time for Shishi's market.

Shi regarded the ten lions as ten lions, and lost his power, so that the ten lions died.

Shi Shi is ten lion corpses, suitable for stone chambers.

The stone room was wet, so the clergyman wiped the stone room.

The stone room was wiped, and Shi Shi first tried to eat ten lions.

When eating, the first consciousness is ten lions, which are actually ten stone lion corpses.

Explanation is a thing.

•••

I am not ok-

I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!

So at my school, there is a Chinese girl in my baking class that I've been getting along with for a while. She just moved to Australia earlier this year and speaks very little English just like many other students here at my school. Ive calculated about a third of my entire school is asian (many of which are Chinese international students) and on the senior campus, just under 50% are asian. Many of the Chinese students can't speak much English and they sort of just keep to themselves in their ethnic groups in classes and during break due to the language barrier. This one girl however, is the only Chinese speaking student in my baking class, and me, studying Mandarin, finally built up the courage to attempt "breaking the ice" with her; I wanted to practice my Mandarin with her so that maybe she'd feel more comfortable. Guess what? it worked! Ever since then, we've been having conversations in every class together, with her broken English and my broken mandarin, helping each other out along the way, making jokes, and even walking home together after a long day at school. Today she gave me a big hug and told me I was a good friend for the first time. I'm so, so happy.

Yes, this absolutely is yet another back to basics study session post from the start of my Mandarin Chinese journey. Hope you find this useful, I love you all <3<3<3