Resources
1. Integrated Chinese Vocabulary Flashcards (Yellow Bridge): http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/fc-options.php?deck=ic3-2-1
2. Chinese computing: http://www.pinyinjoe.com/pinyin/pinyin_setup.htm (My preferred Chinese input programs are Google pinyin and Sogou pinyin input, both of which can be downloaded online free)
3. Online dictionary:
http://www.nciku.com/ (A fun and user-friendly site that allows you to look up the character using your own handwriting. Only simplified characters L)
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php (On-line two way dictionary, translation, pinyin input, annotation, and many other tools)
http://www.zdic.net/ (A good online Chinese dictionary)
http://www.youdao.com/
(great online dictionary with pronunciation and sentence examples)
http://pleco.com/ (Works on both iPhones and Android phones)
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4. Other learning tools
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/chinese/chinese-learning-tools-2/
https://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Chinese/index.html （multimedia Chinese for beginning and intermediate learners）
http://fast.eon.com.hk:1818/estroke/ (Stroke order animation. Internet explorer is recommended to run this program. Very cool program!)
http://csulb.edu/~txie/azi/page1.htm (Learn to write Chinese characters)
http://www.archchinese.com/ (An online Chinese character learning tool with a rich set of features including animated stroke order for ALL characters, pronounciation, flashcards, radical tables, etc)
http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ (A most widely used free speech analysis software among phoneticians)
http://soundcloud.com/ (Cool and free online recording program. Need to register)
http://vocaroo.com/ (Free online recording program)
https://www.lingq.com/zh-cn/learn-chinese-online/courses/ (reading materials for learners at different levels)
5. Other resources
Chinese links: http://chinalinks.osu.edu/
Best Chinese websites: http://www.uni.edu/becker/chinese2.html#grammar
http://www.clavisinica.com/resources.html
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online2.htm
Chinese Tea: Types, Benefits, Tea Ceremony, History, Selection (travelchinaguide.com)
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp
6. apps for Chinese readings