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Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary

Miko869 - Today, 05:09 AM in Resources for Studying Chinese

Hi! I want to buy a new chinese dictionary, and I'm trying to choose between Collins Chinese Dictionary and Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary. While I can see some examples pages on amazon for the Collins, there's no way to look at some pages for the Oxford. Could somebody post a photo of two or three pages of this dictionary so that I can evaluate better which one to choose? Thank you!
Latest of 2 replies by skylee at Today, 01:53 PM.

Pocket Oxford Pocket Chinese Dictionary, wordlists and going over the intermediate stage

Miko869 - Today, 05:02 AM in Vocabulary, idioms, word lists . . .

Hi! I'm trying to find the "way" to go over the intermediate stage, and since my biggest problem is the number of unknown words I encounter in my readings, I want to increase my vocabulary in a more systematic and easy manner: instead of looking up for every word I don't know (which I find really boring), I want to learn all the words listed in a pocket/mini dictionary (usually the 15000 basic words). This way I could enjoy the language while I'm reading without worrying too much about cr...
Latest of 0 replies by Miko869 at Today, 05:02 AM.

CSC Scholarship Results - 2013

Brian US - May 22 2013 06:51 PM in Life, Work and Study in China in General

We have spent months putting together applications for the 2013 CSC Scholarship and now the waiting begins.  I want to once again thank the community here for another great round.  Each year we strive to improve and compile all the information to make it easier for all scholarship hopefuls. The CSC Scholarship - 2013 topic will have information on the application process.  Please keep discussion in this topic to the CSC Scholarship results.  Last year's discussion on...
Latest of 9 replies by Firashk at Today, 08:48 AM.

Hong Kong joining the US Visa Waiver Program?

skylee - May 22 2013 05:10 PM in Society

It has been reported that the reason why Hong Kong is not in the US Visa Waiver Program is that it is not a sovereign country.  And there is a proposal to amend this “technicality” to make it possible to include HK in the programme.  I have found a relevant senate bill proposed by a senator from Hawaii called Hirono. And then there are reports about some congressmen from Nevada proposing/ supporting (?) similar/ same (?) bills. I don’t know how these things work.  What are the next...
Latest of 2 replies by skylee at Yesterday, 08:57 AM.

Taobao search sucks?

Manuel - May 22 2013 02:44 PM in Chinese Computing and Electronics

I use Taobao a lot and yet I may be doing something wrong, but I often notice that products that can be found when browsed for manually within a Taobao store cannot be found by means of Taobao's search function. This means that if you search for all "intel" unfortunately you will not be presented with a list of all products whose title contain the word "intel", so someone should be fired at Taobao. I've contacted customer support three times about this and they do squat about it, they obv...
Latest of 2 replies by Manuel at May 22 2013 08:14 PM.

creating a frequency list

JustinJJ - May 22 2013 01:56 PM in Vocabulary, idioms, word lists . . .

Hi Can anyone tell me if there's a way I can create a frequency list of words used in a set text. Hoping there's a way I can paste text into a website e.g. from an article or manual and learn the words most frequently appearing. Cheers
Latest of 1 replies by gato at May 22 2013 02:01 PM.

Gift for a host? help please!

bluenailvarnish - May 22 2013 06:09 AM in Society

Hey everyone Ok, I'm going to China in a few months and I will be staying with two families for two weeks at a time. I was wondering: What would be a good thank you  gift to give them? I think money may be too crass, so I was thinking some gifts from England (home)? Unless there is another gift you should give them? Is there a standard amount you should spend on a host family etc? I don't want them to think I'm a freeloader!! Apologies if this is already a topic of conversation....
Latest of 11 replies by abcdefg at Yesterday, 10:40 AM.

Online reference to find "vernacular readings" of the components of a Chinese character?

tooironic - May 21 2013 08:07 PM in Chinese Characters

Is there an online reference where I can look up the components of a Chinese character with their "vernacular readings" noted? Let's say I look up 壮 at chineseetymology.org. The reference tells me that the character is made up of the phonetic 爿qiang2, but since what I really want is to be able to explain in Mandarin how to write the character (this is actually a useful skill), the information "爿qiang2" is not terribly practical. Rather, knowing that it is written with a 将字旁 is much more usef...
Latest of 6 replies by tooironic at May 22 2013 10:25 AM.

Chinese learners/communities on Twitter

sbelous - May 21 2013 07:46 PM in Resources for Studying Chinese

This forum already has a great community and is a growing storehouse of knowledge for Chinese learners. But, does anyone know of any Twitter communities that are similarly awesome? That is, are there any accounts to follow that provide great content based on retweeting their followers' great content? I guess I'm looking for a way to interact with the chinese-learning community via Twitter since it's something I already use and helps keep everything in one place.  Of course, I think forums...
Latest of 4 replies by Angelina at Yesterday, 07:56 AM.

There are two ways to pronounce 3rd tone followed by neutral tone, how do we chose?

chajadan - May 21 2013 06:35 PM in Chinese Pronunciation, Pinyin, and Audio Samples

Hello, When 3rd tone is followed by neutral, I am taught to do a half 3rd tone, followed by a high neutral tone, but sometimes I hear it pronounced like a 2nd tone followed by a a half 3rd. Certain words seem to prefer one over the other, but I found a case where I am given both: http://www.forvo.com...com/word/喜欢/#zh Are there any general rules about which form is encountered where or when? Is this phenomenon something you are familiar with, or are you used to 3rd+neutral sounding the same in all instances?...
Latest of 2 replies by 陳德聰 at Yesterday, 06:20 PM.

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