Sunday 23 March 2014

三字经

三字经 Three Character Classics

With Pinyin and English translation


Learning about Chinese Characters


1500 Most Common Chinese Characters
An awesome list of the most common Chinese characters  Click on a row to view individual characters details and associated vocabulary, or search for simplified, traditional, keyword or poster coordinates.




Just Learn Chinese - Learning about Chinese Characters
Each lesson comes with pinyin,definition in English and online quizzes to help consolidate your learning.



The World of Chinese -Read about Character Stories




Saturday 22 March 2014

Text to Speech

Do you know you can convert text to speech in Microsoft Word, Powerpoint etc? !

1. Next to the Quick Access Toolbar, click Customize Quick Access Toolbar.
2. Click More Commands.
3. In the Choose commands from list, select All Commands.
4. Scroll down to the Speak command, select it, and then click Add.
5. Click OK.
6. When you want to use the text-to-speech command, click the icon on the Quick Access Toolbar.
7. You can hear single words or blocks of text spoken by highlighting the text you want to hear, and clicking the Speak command.

Quick Access Toolbar Speak command


 http://office.microsoft.com/en-sg/word-help/using-the-speak-text-to-speech-feature-HA102066711.aspx

Watch online discussions

Watch discussions on hot topics and learn Mandarin

omy Buzz Talk: 网络唱谈
不让座就没爱心?名嘴: 要先开口问!