Chinese Language Resources
In-library print resources to help you learn and practice Mandarin Chinese.
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Beginning Chinese ReaderCall Number: PL1115 D4 1977Introduces some of the main varieties of Chinese as found before and after the establishment of the People's Republic of China -
Intermediate ChineseCall Number: PL1117.D4 1964 -
Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference GrammarCall Number: PL1107.L5 1981
Online
Online resources to help you learn and practice Mandarin Chinese.
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Read ChineseThe Read-Chinese! Internet lessons have been developed at the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) at the University of Maryland
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HelloChinese (App)Free Chinese language-learning app available through App Store or Google Play.
Dictionaries
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Oxford Chinese DictionaryCall Number: Ref. PL1455.O88 2010 -
Mandarin Chinese English Bilingual Visual DictionaryCall Number: CFL Floor 2 New Books (PL1455 .B55 2015)Publication Date: 2015-06-02 -
Chinese Dictionary of VerbsCall Number: Ref. PL1235.W33 1989
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Information on Chinese language, literature, and history can be found on the third floor of the library in the following call number ranges.
| PL1001-3208 | Chinese language and literature |
| PL1001-1960 | Chinese language |
| DS701-799.9 | China |
| DS730-731 | Ethnography |
| DS733-779.32 | History |
Internet Resources
Online texts, sites, and sources about China and Chinese languages.
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Silk Road Narratives: A Collection of Historic TextsA project of the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington. Silk Road Seattle is an ongoing public education project using the "Silk Road" theme to explore cultural interaction across Eurasia from the beginning of the Common Era (A. D.) to the Seventeenth Century. See more project links at Silk Road.
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Cornell East Asia SeriesA collection of online books, in searchable, downloadable format. Though of lasting literary and historical value, many of these titles have been long out of print and unavailable. Collection may be searched or browsed. Program founded in 1972. Online publications include those which have since gone out of print.
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The International Dunhuang ProjectIDP is a ground-breaking international collaboration to make information and images of all manuscripts, paintings, textiles and artifacts from Dunhuang and archaeological sites of the Eastern Silk Road freely available on the Internet.
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Mao Tse-tung (Zedong) Internet LibraryOnline full text of works translated into English.
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YeeyanFounded in 2006, Yeeyan is the largest website for foreign translations into Chinese. News, books, journals, and other internet content is available.