Chinese Language Tools (中文工具)

To do well in anything, it is important to have the right tools. Recently, I purchased a Creative Zen V Plus MP3 player with 2GB storage. With this player, I could carry with me ton of audio books and songs so that I could listen to self-improvement books and study Mandarin wherever I go.

Repetition is the mother of learning. I am confidence to say that I could now sing the song (one of the best way of learning languages) 老 鼠 爱 大 米 well with understanding.

Nowadays, there are so many websites. Thus, we just need to go to some websites and learn almost anything. Younger generation this day don't face problem like those days where knowledge is scarce. One just need to spend time, put in effort and know how to be more selective. However, only when we apply the acquire knowledge, we will then benefit from it.

Below are some tools and websites that I used to study Mandarin:

• ZDT (Zhongwen Development Tool) - an opensource (free)
  - allow you to create your own word lists
  - learn words using three different flashcard modes.
  - a dictionary for word searching
• Wenlin - a full blown software for learning Chinese
  
• On-line Chinese Tools - with lots of useful tools to assist you in learning mandarin
  

What about you? Do you know of any good tools or sites to learn Mandarin?