Misc Links

[an error occurred while processing this directive]

Online Chinese Dictionaries

CCDICT
Dictionary that allows you to search for words by kangxi radical, various Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hakka romanizations, definition and more. When you click on a character, it will give you more info about the character, including links to sound files.

zhongwen.com
Unique dictionary that's arranged according to a character's etymology (word origin).

Chinese-Cantonese Syllabary
Cantonese dictionary with sound files. Site is in Chinese.

mandarin tools
Another dictionary.

Cantonese Radio and TV

RTHK homepage
Radio Television Hong Kong offers live webcasts of 6 radio stations: 3 Cantonese, 2 English, and 1 Mandarin. It also offers a live TV Webcasts during certain hours of the day. This site is in Chinese and English.

MetroRadio
Offers live webcasts of two Hong Kong radio stations and a pre-recorded hourly news update. This site is in Chinese.

881903.com
Live radio webcast of two Hong Kong stations. This site is in Chinese.

Fairchild Radio
Canadian broadcast company with 5 stations that offer live webcasts. These stations offer programs in a variety of languages, so you will need to check each stations' schedule to find out when the Cantonese programs air. This site is in English and Chinese.

Cantonese Opera Home Page
Streaming webcast of Cantonese opera. Yuck. I'm not sure if they play different songs everyday or if they just loop the same playlist over and over...I've never been interested enough, or drunk enough to sit through the screeching to find out. But my dad likes it. The site also talks about the history and some of the famous actors of Cantonese Opera. Site is in Chinese and English.

*hint - To save time, instead of going to the stations' site everytime you want to hear a broadcast, just take the small streaming audio file that is automatically downloaded to your computer cache or download folder when you log on, and put that file on your desktop for easy access. I did this for my parents, and even though they barely know how to turn a computer on, they now listen to these stations all the time simply by double clicking the desktop icons.