Difference between revisions of "Main Page"

Revision as of 03:34, 31 December 2014

initials-mockup finals-mockup syllables-mockup

Your practical, free, comprehensive online resource for Chinese pronunciation, tones, and pinyin. 599 articles and growing!

Beginners Start Here!

If you've just started learning Mandarin Chinese, you're probably confused by all the conflicting information out there. Well, you've come to the right place. We'll give you all the information you need at each stage of your learning progress and help dispel some of the misinformation out there. Pinyin is definitely the place to start!

Learn Pinyin

The Four Tones

Pronunciation Misconceptions

Have you Learned Pinyin?

Pinyin Popup Plugins

Congratulations! That's the first major step to learning Chinese. With the right free browser plugins installed, you can now start making sense of any Chinese text you encounter on the web.

Try it out with this: 你会中文吗？

Pinyin Syllables

Certain Chinese words appear in lots of different grammar points. Get clear on how these words work in different ways by examining the keyword pages. Here are some examples to get you started:

English Translations

Sometimes it's useful to start with English words and look at the different ways those English words can be translated into Chinese. Here are some English words worth a closer look in translation:

There are about 100 English translation words in the full list. Check it out.

We got your Textbooks Covered

This is the Internet Age, but it's not yet time to throw out those textbooks! We see the value in textbook grammar explanations and exercises, and are doing our best to link textbook to the Chinese Grammar Wiki content. To see how it works, try finding your own textbook in our list, and then seeing what it links to. Purchasing these books by clicking on the textbook references linked within this website will also help to support this project.

About AllSet Learning

AllSet Learning is a Shanghai-based learning consultancy dedicated to helping foreigners better learn Mandarin Chinese. This wiki is maintained by John Pasden and the rest of the team at AllSet Learning. While many of the company's services are only available to clients physically in Shanghai, this wiki is open to the public through a Creative Commons license.

You can also find us on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Google+.

All content on this wiki © AllSet Learning, and may not be reproduced without attributions or used for commercial purposes.

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 {{#seo:keywords=chinese,chinese pronunciation,chinese pronunciation wiki,pronunciation wiki,pronunciation guide,learning chinese,learning chinese pronunciation,hanyu,hanyu pinyin,china pronunciation,pinyin,chinese wiki
 |description=A comprehensive, free resource comprehensively covering Mandarin Chinese pronunciation, tones, and pinyin for learners of all levels.}}
+[[initials-mockup]] [[finals-mockup]] [[syllables-mockup]]
 <span style="font-size:120%">Your practical, free, ''comprehensive'' online resource for Chinese pronunciation, tones, and pinyin. '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles''' and growing!</span>