Chinese Boost
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Chinese Boost is a Chinese learning website with free grammar articles, thousands of example sentences and a dictionary for learners at any level.
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Trace each HSK 1 character, then write it from memory, or practise using 了. No account needed.
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Save all 300 HSK 1 words, with example sentences and recordings. Get 20 复习 cards and 5 new Exercises a day, with 1 List 词单 in progress at a time. Export to your flashcards free for good.
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Chinese example sentences
Each example sentence has simplified and traditional hanzi, pinyin, bopomofo and an English translation. You can copy any of them with a copy button and paste them into your flashcards.
Chinese dictionary
The dictionary is structured for accuracy, correctly distinguishing different senses and different readings. English translations are grouped under each corresponding sense.
Chinese learning tools
- Hanzi to Pinyin Convert hanzi (Chinese characters) to accurate, tone-marked pinyin with correct word spacing, and copy it with the tone colours intact.
- Word Segmenter Paste any Chinese text and see the individual words it is made of, with counts, pinyin, English meanings, HSK level and a link to each word's dictionary entry.
- Chinese Numbers Convert numbers to Chinese characters and pinyin for quantities, digits and percentages.
- Simplified / Traditional Convert Chinese between simplified and traditional and get all three at once: 简体, Taiwan's 繁體 and Hong Kong's 繁體.
- Romanisation Systems Convert pinyin to bopomofo, Wade-Giles, Yale, Gwoyeu Romatzyh or IPA.
- Bopomofo Convert bopomofo (zhuyin fuhao, 注音符號) to pinyin with tone marks, and to Wade-Giles, Yale, Gwoyeu Romatzyh or IPA.
- Browser Extension Look up Chinese words on any web page.