Today, we want to talk about some best sites to learn Chinese words besides ChineseBay.com

#1 Nciku.com: The best website in English and Chinese to learn Chinese characters and words. ciku or ci3 ku4 词库, means the word warehouse. This site is “more than a dictionary”, you can lots of tools to learn the Chinese language with sound and animation to master the Chinese words character by character or in sentence examples. You can learn to write the characters stroke by stroke.
They have “Chinese Conversation of the Day”. For example, today they have:

Shanghai World Expo – home / expo

*A-Mei o 我有几个问题，我打算去参加上海世博会了。
o I have some questions because I am going to Expo in Shanghai….

They have “video notes” to illustrate the Chinese words too.

e.g. 摘[zhāi]Description:
摘 means to pick or to take fruit off a tree or plant. It is emphasized by separating the fruit from it’s original place.

If you take HSK ( the Chinese standard exame), you must find their Popular Vocab Lists such as HSK level 1 to level 4 very useful.

#2 Chinese-tools.com: A great collection of useful tools to learn Chinese.
Among the most useful and popular, you can find “Character of the Day”
Speaking Chinese
* Mandarin audio lessons
* Chinese vocabulary
* Online exercises
* Mandarin phrasebook
Writing Chinese
* Chinese characters
* Chinese writing lessons
* Visual recognition
…. so much more that you must visit it to see for yourself.
#3 MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary: Learn Chinese characters by writing, pronunciation and meaning. Take the Chinese quizzes and learn. You can also get portable dictionary on your cellphone.
You may get Cantonese pronunciation there too. Its alexa ranking is even higher than Chinese-tools.com, meaning more traffic and popular. It is another “must-have” for Chinese learners. Check it out: http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php

With these three great web sites and Chinesebay.com , your study on Chinese words would be very easy and efficient.