Website Update

I’ve added a few links to my website. They are all links to sites that I have mentioned on this blog previously. Here is list of what I added.

DimSum Chinese reading assistant and dictionary - This usefull software allows you to cut and paste Chinese into it, then by moving the mouse pointer over the text DimSum translates it word by word into both English and pinyin.

ALBIS Force-feed your brain - This is an interesting tool for learning Mandarin, and it seems to be free at the moment. They have freelance native speakers maintaining various modules of the various languages.

China Rant - Public Blog for people who are living in China but having a bit of trouble coping with the cultural differences.

Chinese calendar - Allows you to convert any date on the Gregorian to the Chinese calendar and vise versa.

Chinese Calligraphy - Shows how Chinese characters have evolved over the last 3 or 4 thousand years, how simple characters are used to make up more complex characters and ideas, and some advice on how characters should be written.

ChineseNames.org - This web site lets you look up your name and see how it is written in Chinese.

Hanzi Smatter - Dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters.

OrientalPost - A local West Australian Chinese language newspaper.

What’s up in Taiwan - Podcast about the experiences foreign guests of the show have had while travelling or living in Taiwan.