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Learning Chinese and culture through street signs

This website offers self-contained learning materials for street signs in China. Here you will find photos of various street signs taken from China grouped under three categories: Travel by train; public services and hosptial visit. Both keyword(s) and cultural notes are offered for each photo. By browsing through those images and studying the companion text and notes for each sign, we hope that you can not only learn the language but also pick up some cultural knowledge associates with them. A set of quizzes is also offered so that you can double check your comprehension after studying the materials available at this site.
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Standard Chinese
Simplified characters
Vehicular language
English
Young learners
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Interesting webpage with street signs taken in China, with their pronunciation and some notes. There are some quizzes to practices and extra pictures related to many topics. Pinyin is not transcribed accurately, though.

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