Undergoing Maintainence

 

Dictionaries:

 

• Pleco: iOS and Android (dictionary, OCR, flashcards, all round ultimate resouce)

 

• MDBG: Great for quick definitons

 

• Tatoeba: Excellent resource for example sentences in many many languages.  You can easily export these to Anki or evernote etc for review.

 

 

Learn:

 

• Anki: one of the best resources out there (SRS).

 

• Memrise: Learn chinese characters with handy mnemonics. (traditional character support not great)

 

• Pleco: Best Chinese and Cantonese Dictionary for iOS and Android.  Amazing Add-on Features like OCR and SRS flashcards

 

• Skritter:  Web and iOS app.  The most beautiful app on the App Store.  Learn how to write Japanese and Chinese characters with correct stroke order and helpful mnemonics and example sentences   Uses a SRS algorithm for smart learning.  They offer a free trial and then a paid subscription model.

 

 

People I Like:

 

• Chinese with Mike: great free resource and fun entertaining video series, now in its 3rd season.

 

• The Mimic Method: Breaks down languages into its component parts and helps you learn via music and rap.

 

• chinesehacks.com: Taiwan based blogger.  Full of useful tips on learning and helpful resources.

 

• Hackingchinese.com Want to learn Chinese quickly?  This blog will help find shortcuts to becoming a Chinese master.