Monday, November 17, 2008

How to look up a Chinese Character in a Chinese dictionary?

How to look up a chinese character in a Chinese dictionary?
Copy the following link and Paste it on the address bar. It will take you to the web page.

http://classes.yale.edu/chns130/OnlineTutorials/UseDictionary/Index.html

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Sample word searching in online Chinese-English dictionary

How to look up a character?

1. Copy into address bar
2.It will take you to the dictionary site, then type in any English word you desire
3. click on "search"
4. A sample below is demonstrated.

Cheng Laoshi

Friday, November 14, 2008

Online English-Chinese Dictionary

The following online English-Chinese dictionaries can help you to find the characters.

1. Basic word dictionary
This dictionary allows you input English and comes out traditional/simplified Chinese characters, pinying, also it speaks.
 
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php



2. Traditional/Simplified online Chinese-English Dictionary
This dictionary allows you to input English, and comes out either simplified or traditional characters at your choice, and the related   words. 
http://eyegene.ophthy.med.umich.edu/hanyu/index.php



3. Chinese/English Picture Dictionary
http://classes.yale.edu/chns130/Dictionary/index.html
This dictionary shows you picture, pinyin, English and Chinese simplified characters.




Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Unit 7 Preparation sheet- Homework Nov.10-13

Make sure you prepare these pages for Unit 7 exam. Answer the questions by writing "yes" to confirm your preparation.
After completing it, hand it to your TA on Thursday (Nov.13)!