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LinZi covers the drills; these cover everything else. The grammar books informed our Pills, the lists inform our curriculum — all of it free or worth the shelf space.

Grammar references 語法

AllSet Chinese Grammar WikiThe best free grammar index — every point graded A1–C1 with examples, a great checklist next to our Pills.
Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar — Yip Po-Ching & Don Rimmington (2nd ed., 2015)The reference grammar: exhaustive on complements, 把/被 sentences and clause structure.
Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar — Claudia Ross (2nd ed., 2014)A practical guide organized by communicative function, with both scripts throughout.
Yufa! A Practical Guide to Mandarin Chinese Grammar (2nd ed., 2017)Clear pedagogical ordering with workbook exercises — good teaching sequence.

Vocabulary & characters 字彙

Mandarin Bean · New HSK listsThe HSK 3.0 wordlists by level — the same curriculum our HSK index covers.Learn Chinese EZ · 4,000-character master listA frequency-ordered character syllabus — our character map covers the same ground with etymology.

Reading & immersion 閱讀

Heavenly Path · reading guideA graded ladder from learner texts to native novels — our stories cover the first rungs.Heavenly Path · main listMedia, tools and study notes for Mandarin learners.Refold Mandarin resourcesThe immersion-method community list: decks, media, tools.

Listening & watching 聽力

Mandarin CornerStreet interviews and podcasts sorted by learner level — natural-speed listening with subtitles.Zero to Hero · TV showsShows with interactive subtitles for listening practice.Mandarin podcast directoryLearner podcasts ranked and reviewed.YouGlish ChineseSearch a word, hear it inside real YouTube videos — pronunciation in the wild.

Dictionaries 詞典

LinZi dictionary (ours)Characters, words, radicals, stroke order and audio — free on this site.Youdao 有道Crowd-pleaser dictionary with example sentences and usage in context.WiktionaryEtymology, pronunciations and the deep word entries.Purple Culture · dictionaryDetailed word entries with decomposition.Purple Culture · sample sentencesTwenty example sentences per word — context at volume.