艾墨本 Posted October 12, 2020 at 12:12 PM Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 at 12:12 PM @Luxi Is there any option to disable the "shadow" of the character when learning strokes? I liked how Inkstone left it blank and moved your strokes into the right place to suggest better placement. Skritter does something similar but... that price tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxi Posted October 12, 2020 at 12:20 PM Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 at 12:20 PM 3 minutes ago, 艾墨本 said: any option to disable the "shadow" The shadow disappears after the first 1 or 2 'reviews' of the character. Sometimes tends to disappear too early for my taste, but there are ways to 'unlearn' characters to keep on practising them. @艾墨本，may I assume from your post that you can access TL in China? Website or app? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
艾墨本 Posted October 12, 2020 at 12:22 PM Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 at 12:22 PM 1 minute ago, Luxi said: The shadow disappears after the first 1 or 2 'reviews' of the character. Sometimes tends to disappear too early for my taste, but there are ways to 'unlearn' characters to keep on practising them. That's great! 1 minute ago, Luxi said: @艾墨本，may I assume from your post that you can access TL in China? Website or app? Yes. I can access it on an iPhone in China. No VPN. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furiop Posted October 12, 2020 at 01:45 PM Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 at 01:45 PM 2 hours ago, 艾墨本 said: On another note, has anyone used inkstone recently? I'm in China and have just discovered it is not available in this region. It's a strange destiny: an inexpensive but vey valuable project like Inkstone cannot have a market! No one is interested in developing the original project, no one tryied to buy it and sell it. But it's a very genial tool. Skishore aka K. Shaunak https://www.skishore.me/ abandonet it without trying the crowfunding... https://github.com/skishore/inkstone/blob/master/README.md Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
艾墨本 Posted October 17, 2020 at 07:14 AM Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 at 07:14 AM Is anyone getting a "403 forbidden" on Jukuu? It doesn't seem to be a VPN thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnySideUp Posted October 17, 2020 at 07:34 AM Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 at 07:34 AM Same for me. I can open the site just fine and click on their featured words, but then get hit with a 403. This is on firefox. Tried to open in chrome just for the fun of it ... and lo and behold... it works. Does chrome work for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Finster Posted October 24, 2020 at 09:35 AM Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 at 09:35 AM On 7/30/2017 at 2:37 AM, mlescano said: I propose complementing this topic with a poll that allows multiple selection. With names of voters shown. And every time a new resource is recommended by at least 3 people, add it to the poll. It would really be interesting to do a poll that allows multiple answer selection for this topic. @roddy & @imron is this possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
china-euro Posted March 24, 2021 at 03:09 PM Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 at 03:09 PM wow and ummmm I have not used 50% of these resources...but i will try all and see what takes me from hsk 4 to hsk 5-6 These resources took me to hsk 3 in a year. -chineseskill -hanping -debo chinese ......pdfs of all hsk words...... + -trainchinese.com -Pin1yin1.com music, tv, shows, news sites took me to hsk 4-5 ish. I did not like these for various reasons: Hello Chinese skritter anki memrise duolingo I will check these out tgis week and give updates: arch Chinese jukuu zdic Talki MDBG Perapera Pimsluer audio NPCR Ink Stone Lingq.com https://cn.bing.com/dict/?mkt=zh-cn https://context.reverso.net/translation/ Tofu Learn Ninchanese Pimsleur EdX Beginner Chinese Coursera Beginner Chinese EdX Intermediate Chinese EdX Business Chinese New Practical Chinese Reader Google Chrome: Zhongwen Mozilla Firefox: Perapera Chinese YellowBridge Jukuu Wenlin Pleco Built-in-dictionary - (MacOS) Chinese Grammar Wiki Hacking Chinese Tone Trainer SpeakGoodChinese What helped you to hsk 6? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laowai-guide Posted January 22, 2022 at 05:27 PM Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 at 05:27 PM Hi @艾墨本 , would you be able to add the Laowai's Unofficial Chengyu Guide to the list of resources? It's a free online database that I launched a few months ago whose entries include not only the translation of the story behind Chinese idioms (if applicable), but also usage examples, English-language equivalents, origin details, and more. I created the website because I knew that English-language chengyu resources were lacking. I certainly had a love-hate relationship with chengyu when I was a student, but once I figured out that chengyu came from stories, historical events, or pieces of literature, everything suddenly started making sense, and I wanted to share that with others. You can see my original Chinese Forums post announcing the launch of the website here. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTH123 Posted April 9, 2022 at 08:40 PM Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 at 08:40 PM On 7/11/2016 at 11:35 PM, 艾墨本 said: SpeakGoodChinese (program for training tone pronunciation, see discussion) [free?] This is a really helpful thread. Thank you for it. Is SpeakGoodChinese currently worthy of being on your list? Is there a better alternative these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteo Posted February 21, 2023 at 07:33 AM Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 at 07:33 AM I'd like to recommend this podcast channel, targeted at learners at HSK 4-5 level. https://www.youtube.com/@ChinesePodcastWithShenglan The podcasts are weekly and discuss about several topics - more or less current - with focus on explaining the "Chinese point of view" on the matter. The language is simple and the speech very slow (maybe a tad too slow, I usually prefer to increase the speed a bit), which makes it really suitable if you are looking to get a lot of listening input in at a comfortable comprehension level. What makes the podcast stand out in my opinion is that in spite of the simple language, the discussions are interesting and not overly dumbed-down. The author of the podcast, Xiao Shenglan 肖胜兰 , is also a teacher on Italky. I've had a few lessons with her and so far I'm very positively impressed. She is very prepared and uses the podcase as a base for conversation, which has the double advantage of forcing you to spend time listening before the lesson, and making sure you always have something interesting to talk about. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Finster Posted February 21, 2023 at 07:26 PM Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 at 07:26 PM On 2/21/2023 at 8:33 AM, matteo said: The author of the podcast, Xiao Shenglan 肖胜兰 Her podcast is an underrated gem. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laoyumi Posted July 24, 2023 at 08:45 AM Report Share Posted July 24, 2023 at 08:45 AM We just launched Dtlingo, an online Tutoring platform aiming to help more Chinese language learners to learn in a smarter and more efficient way. Hope that our website can be added to the list. The website link is https://www.dtlingo.com/. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Alex60 Posted October 11, 2024 at 12:58 AM New Members Report Share Posted October 11, 2024 at 12:58 AM Wow, that's quite a list! It's amazing how many free resources are out there for studying Chinese. First of all thanks for this pic goes to @alanmd appreciate it! I used the official tool from chinesetest to check the difficulty level of the vocabulary in my text. https://hyq.zzchinese.com/play/gjzwdj 查询文本中词汇所在的等级 (free) I generate the texts for free using the AI assistant in https://classroom.laoshi.io/users/chat/ (free) In the near future, this method will be a great way to prepare for the HSK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malazann Posted October 21, 2024 at 04:31 AM Report Share Posted October 21, 2024 at 04:31 AM I found a pretty useful new app recently that transcribes video/audio fairly well (doesn't distinguish between speakers though), offers translation and you can query an LLM to get a breakdown of the sentence or just ask questions about it (the developer instructions make the latter a bit annoying though) https://miraa.app/ The ability to transcribe youtube videos is pretty useful. I think this app is especially useful for beginners. It even has a shadowing feature called "echo" that lets you work on pronunciation by listening and recording single lines. I know that this is just one of many recent language learning LLM-enhanced apps, but I am willing to pay the $10/month for the 30 hours transcription limit. You start with a couple hours for free I believe. Has anyone come across any new apps worth mentioning? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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