Chinese Tools

Tools for Learning Chinese

Add Pinyin to Web Pages
Add pinyin to any Chinese web page!

Beta Java Version
Look up Chinese characters by English, pinyin, radical/stroke, and Cantonese.

Chinese/English Dictionary
Look up words in Chinese by pinyin or English

CEDICT Chinese/English Dictionary
Freely available Chinese to English dictionary.

Learn to Draw Chinese Characters
Links to character writing resources on the Web

China Reference Tools

Get a Chinese Name
Get a Chinese name inspired by your English name

Chinese Family Relationships
Find out how to say "father's older brother's wife" in Chinese

East Asian Currency Converter
Convert between US Dollar amounts and 6 East Asian currencies

Repair Corrupted Chinese E-mails
Many e-mail programs corrupt Chinese text. Use this program to restore the orignal.

Computer Tools

Word97 Chinese Input Macro
A free macro to input Chinese into Word97 documents without a separate Chinese system.

Zhuyin Macro
A Word97 Macro that converts pinyin next to a character into Zhuyin (i.e. BoPoMoFo) or moves the pinyin underneath the character.