The Five Senses in Hanyu

The Google Kingsoft Powerword is a free online English Chinese Japanese Translator. This is a handy tool to assist Hanyu vocabulary learning. The dictionary section has instant look up feature for new vocabulary. Point to any Chinese words, a window with English meaning and Hanyu Pinyin will pop up instantly.

However, this function doesn’t support traditional Chinese characters. The workaround is to use the translator to convert traditional Chinese into simplified Chinese before using the pop up dictionary.

The translator is trilingual in English, Chinese and Japanese. It enables bidirectional translations for English-Chinese, Japanese-English pairs and bidirectional conversion between Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese Characters.

Download latest version: Kingsoft Powerword 2008 – Free Beta Version

Learn Hanyu Pinyin at languagepractitioner.com so that you can use a Hanyu dictionary efficiently.

Google Pinyin IME is an Chinese input method editor (IME) developed by Google China Labs for computers.

By installing Google Pinyin IME, computers are allowed the input of Hanzi (Chinese characters) using standard keyboards.

For English speaking learners of Hanyu, Google Pinyin IME can be a good learning aid as typing practices of Chinese text is always an helpful way to pick up the language, both the spoken and written forms.

• Download Google Pinyin IME for Windows HERE

Good command on Hanyu Pinyin Phonetic System is the prerequisite to using Google Pinyin IME for electronic inputs of Chinese text. Visit languagepractitioner.com to study a free and comprehensive Hanyu Pinyin Multimedia course now.

Learners are recommended to use Google Pinyin IME for typing practices of Chinese text during Hanzi lessons scheduled right after the Hanyu Pinyin course.