Education Languages Chinese

Learn Chinese - Clear and Easy Mandarin Lessons - A good intro for travelers in 15 chapters covering typical conversational Chinese with audio pronunciation guide. Includes a searchable English Chinese dictionary.

BBC Languages - Learn Chinese - Introduction to Mandarin in ten audio-video chapters covering greetings, getting around, finding a hotel, restaurant ordering, shopping and more with related resources

Chinese Phrases for Travelers - Basic greetings and salutations, with lessons on how to ask for directions, find your hotel, order restaurant meals, go shopping and other useful beginner phrases for getting around, in English text & Chinese characters with audio pronunciation.

Learn Chinese - Free online mandarin audio courses - 40 online lessons in mp3 & text format including reading, speaking, writing, vocabulary, grammar, calligraphy, examples and exercises. Surf around for more on writing Chinese characters, an online phrase book, and related resources.

Learn Chinese Characters - Extensive intro to Chinese characters and pronunciation, although hard slogging through the site's frames navigation. Also includes English-Chinese dictionary, annotated practice readings, related resources.

Manarain Chinese: Vocabulary Guide - Move your cursor over words, pictures or numbers to hear clear Chinese audio pronunciations.

Introduction to pinyin - A quick course in Romanized spelling of Chinese with pronunciation, tone & syllable guides.

also see -> Chinese New Year | Chinese Horoscopes | Chinese Zodiac

China Tourist Attractions | Hong Kong Travel | Beijing Travel Guide