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Chinese Converter has nearly 40 resources and converters for learning and teaching Chinese. All of them are free to use! Some resources and worksheet creators have add-ons for Patreon members. We have used all the experiences from years of Chinese study to develop and improve the best materials.
Starting learning Chinese
These resources are great for Chinese beginners.
Printable worksheet creators
Create Chinese character practise writing sheets
This is a great resource to create your own practice sheets for Chinese characters. You can choose the hanzi, whether to show the stroke order, and add pinyin to the worksheet. The settings are very comprehensive, allowing you to customize the worksheets exactly how you want.
Jumble up Chinese sentences
This worksheet creator changes the orders of sentences in Chinese so that students can work out the correct order in which the words should appear.
Chinese Sentence Fill In The Gap
Create Chinese fill in the gap worksheets. These are very useful for teachers testing comprehension or even grammar. For these worksheets, there is only one right answer for each gap.
Create Chinese Number Bingo Sheet
Create bingo sheets by typing in specific numerals and the grid size you want. They will then appear as Chinese numbers on the bingo sheets. You will have the option to print an answer sheet and however many sheets you want without answers.
Create Chinese New Year scrolls
Create sets of 春联 (3 banners) with lots of different options. Great for teaching students about Chinese culture.
Test stroke order with word searches
This resource creates very hard "word searches" using Chinese stroke order. If the character has 7 strokes, it will appear across 7 squares. Separately, you will get an answer sheet highlighting the answers available.
Create Chinese Random Number Bingo Sheet
Create bingo sheets from a range of numbers (e.g. numbers between 1 and 100). These will then appear as Chinese numbers in the bingo sheets. These Chinese bingo sheets are designed for use in classrooms. If you want, you can also print an answers key.
Chinese Vocabulary resources
Chinese Periodic Table
Chinese Chengyu (Idioms) Look Up
Chinese family terms
Look Up Chinese antonyms
Turn digit numbers into Chinese text numbers
Chinese Numbers to English Numbers
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Chinese Periodic Table
You can search and find the Chinese names for the elements in the periodic table.
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Chinese Chengyu (Idioms) Look Up
You can search chengyu by character to see what chengyu have that character in them. You can also search by a phrase or specific character, e.g. the 4th character in the chengyu. This resource works for simplified and traditional Chinese, as well as pinyin.
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Chinese family terms
In Chinese, family relations can be confusing, and it can be difficult knowing exactly how to refer to someone. With this resource, you can select the relative and their link to you and look up the appropriate Chinese word to use.
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Look Up Chinese antonyms
Enter the word that you want to find the opposite to (antonym) and you'll get the antonym with the pinyin.
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Turn digit numbers into Chinese text numbers
You can convert Arabic numerals (e.g. 1401) into Chinese numbers or Chinese formal numbers (used in banks). You can also convert Chinese numbers back to Arabic numerals. This converter makes Chinese numbers so much easier to understand and memorize!
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Chinese Numbers to English Numbers
You can convert English word numbers into Chinese numbers. You can also convert Chinese numbers back to English numbers. For example forty five million six thousand one hundred and twenty two becomes 四千五百万六千一百二十二. This resource can do very large English and Chinese numbers!
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Chinese FAQ
The word order in Chinese is similar to that of other languages like Cantonese (but different to European languages). The basic word order is Subject-Verb-Object. However, the order is often changed for emphasis or to add variety.
Here are some examples:
Subject - Verb - Object
你好，我是一个学生。
你是学生吗？
学生们在图书馆。
我的朋友- 今天- 来了。
As you can see, the word order is different from many other languages, but it is not difficult to get used to. Just remember that the subject usually comes before the verb, and the object usually comes after the verb. You will also notice that there are no articles in Chinese. This can take a little getting used to, but it is not difficult once you get the hang of it.
Chinese can have a different word order when asking questions. In Mandarin, the question word (who, what, where, etc.) comes at the beginning of the sentence, followed by the subject and then the verb. For example:
Question word + Subject + Verb
谁是学生？
什么是 图书馆？
哪儿是学生们?
In these cases, it's remembering that the question word comes at the beginning of the sentence, followed by the subject and then the verb.
There are other romanisation systems for Chinese, but pinyin is by far the most common. It was developed in the 1950s and is based on the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese. Pinyin is used to help people learn and pronounce Mandarin Chinese, as well as to write Chinese characters using a keyboard, look things up in a dictionary and learn how to speak Chinese.
