Welcome, and indeed 14911欢迎huān yíng/to welcome/welcome/ ​, to Fozza.com, the site dedicated to learning Chinese for the beginner and novice. Here, you will find useful tools such as the Pinyin converter, Chinese dictionary, and numerous other learning resources. This site is intended for those interested in learning 26110普通话pǔ tōng huà/Mandarin (common language)/Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)/ ​, using Hanyu Pinyin, or simplified Chinese characters.

Can't see the 13588汉字Hàn zì/Chinese character, kanji/ ​? Then you'll need to install Chinese text support in your operating system. If you can see the Chinese, then hover your mouse over the characters to see the hanyu-pinyin representation, and an English translation (requires Javascript).

Please do take the time to register. Once registered, you'll be able to save your favourite Chinese words and create customised tests to help improve your vocabulary.

News

26th August 2008

Added two new pages: Chinese numbers 10-99, following on from my basic numbers guide. I've also added a well-known number tongue twister that will really test your tone pronunciation!

25th August 2008

The new Fozza.com has gone live! I've been busy rewriting my site with my new web system that gives me much more flexibility than my old Wordpress-based one. The dictionary has been given a facelift, and now shows you tone marks on Pinyin. The pinyin character converter now creates correct Pinyin - thanks to those who pointed out the previous version was wrong.

Most importantly, on the new site, you can now click any Chinese word and see an instant translation. You can also add it to your own personalised My Zhongwen database, which maintains a list of words you want to learn.