http://www.trainchinese.com Flashcards and Dictionary to learn Chinese on your PC (on-/off-line), iPhone or other mobile phones. en-us Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:16:05 +0800 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:16:05 +0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss trainchinese cs@trainchinese.com (Klaus) cs@trainchinese.com (Klaus) http://www.trainchinese.com/v1/RSSfeeds/images/logo.gif http://www.trainchinese.com trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com The trainchinese team would like to send you all a very special 春节快乐 and we hope that your next year is full of good fortune! We appreciate all of your support and help in making our products better with all your feedback and ideas. With the addition of our Spanish language version of trainchinese and the new list-based learning system this has been one of our best years yet! During this special time of the year in China we invite you all to learn new greetings and New Year vocabulary with our Chinese New Year Greetings list available in the "For Specific Occasions" section. If you are travelling over this chun jie be sure to check out our Airport and Train lists also in the "For Specific Occasions" section to help make your travels hassle free! As always we wish you success in your Chinese studies and a very happy New Year. 恭喜發財, the trainchinese team http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#74 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:44:53 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com Trainchinese now is multi-lingual and can be switched between Spanish and English. You can search in either language all of our dictionary. Also your flashcards are bilingual. You may have noticed the top right corner of the screen? Just choose the language you prefer! http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#72 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:08:59 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com Today a mayor change was made, which gives users to possibility to select which of their private lists to use to learn. This functionality is now available on the website and for users with the new update of the iPhone/iPad application. Users who have words in their own word lists and do not have created corresponding flashcards will notice that those flashcards are now created as soon as they use the iPhone/iPad application. This newly created flashcards do not affect the weekly limits. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#71 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:57:46 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com The Update of the Chinese Writer (a fun game to learn to write characters) now including Traditional Chinese and custom character packs has been released today - get it from iTunes (search for trainchinese Chinese Writer). http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#69 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:55:52 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com You may have discovered the new search box in the top line of all the trainchinese pages. There you can search for Chinese (written using Pinyin or characters) and English words (just include words separated by blanks if you look for sentences). Click on one of the search results to see examples and get the audio, find out details about each characters by pointing your mouse on the corresponding character and (as long as you are logged into trainchinese) add the word to your flashcards or any of your personal lists. In case that you want to import many words at once into one of your lists, then go to Content open Your Lists and click on the link below the search box. You can import up to 100 Chinese words at a time in a very comfortable way. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#67 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:41:31 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com Mac users who are updating older versions of the trainchinese application may experience problems with a message saying: This application cannot be installed because this installer has been mis-configured To solve this problem please: 1) open the Finder window and go to Applications and drag the trainchinese app to the trash. 2) Once dragged to the trash, click on the Finder menu and then Empty Trash... 3) Download trainchinese.air directly from our site: trainchinese.com/desktop_sw/trainchinese.air and double-click that file to install it. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#63 Thu, 26 May 2011 13:49:05 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com The successful Pinyin Trainer introduced some time ago on iPhone is now available for Android phones and tablets. If you have problems in picking up the right tones or if you easily confuse initials, then this is the right tool for you! Listen to spoken Chinese words and verify if you could get the tones used. Includes a new feature which lets you practice similar initials (zh, ch, ci ....) Get the application from the Android Market at: market.android.com/details?id=com.molatra.pinyintrainer http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#60 Fri, 13 May 2011 10:12:42 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com The trainchinese application for iPhone and iPad with support for traditional Chinese is available on iTunes! It now also includes many more words in the dictionary and more stroke animated characters. If you already are using the trainchinese app then just Update that application, otherwise you can get it from the appStore (just search for trainchinese) http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#57 Wed, 04 May 2011 09:15:03 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com The new trainchinese Android application is available as of today, important improvements: Support of traditional characters Can be completely stored on SD card Build in dictionary now includes 42,000 entries http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#54 Tue, 03 May 2011 16:06:32 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com The new trainchinese Android application is available as of today. The mayor improvements are: Support of traditional characters Can be completely stored on SD card Better dictionary with 15% more entries You can get the new version directly from the Android Market or from our website (just choose Applications from the top right of the web page) http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#56 Tue, 03 May 2011 16:06:32 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com Since Sunday trainchinese (website) supports both traditional and simplified characters. Choose your preferences on Settings of the website. You even can train with our flashcards using both simplified and traditional! http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#53 Tue, 03 May 2011 16:02:44 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com Now you can learn thousands of characters on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. A really cool educational game! The Free version already includes hundreds of Characters! Get it from the on the iTunes store. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#52 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:05:43 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com On February 3rd the Year of the Rabbit starts in China. We wish all of our users 年年有余 (Nian Nian You Yu) and 恭喜发财！(Gong Xi Fa Cai) You can check this and other words or phrases related to the lunar new year in the list 'Chinese new year greetings' which is in the 'Useful for specific situations' folder under 'Chinese festive days'. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#49 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:11:45 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com Any lists of Chinese words can be now imported to your own lists. To use this function go to the Contents page of the website and select: Your Lists, then you will see the link to use that function. The words imported will automatically include the Pinyin, translations and audio from our dictionary. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#47 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:09:47 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com Our new Dictionary and Flashcards application for android is now available. It includes the newest Trainchinese Dictionary with more than 30,000 entries and Stroke-by-Stroke character writing functionality. You can get the new application from the Android Market (search for Chinese Dictionary+Flashcards) or from our website (at www.trainchinese.com) http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#44 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:07:15 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com The new version is available on iTunes appStore, with animated Characters and a very nice input and verification method for writing during Dictation mode - this one really is fun! The new version includes other improvements too, such as supporting the personal notes for each word and an improved dictionary interface. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#43 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:24:04 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com With the new tweet button you can share any word you are learning. In the list of Your Flashcards the twitter button is at the end of each line. When you practice you can use the button to tweet the current flashcard at any time. Just press the button and the complete card (Chinese, Pinyin and Translation) will be tweeted! http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#40 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:04:25 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com For all users with Facebook accounts, now you can sign into trainchinese using that Facebook account. If you already have an trainchinese account you just need to press 'Sign in using Facebook' and then you can link your existing account with trainchinese to your Facebook account. When you link both accounts, then we will include the email address you used with Facebook into our database, so just make sure you use that (Facebook) email address in the trainchinese applications (as on iPhone/Ipad your Phone or the Desktop application). We still do keep a separate password (which is not linked to Facebook) to make sure that only you are able to access your trainchinese data from the application. The biggest advantage though is for new users. If they register using Facebook then we do not need to verify their email. So they can start using trainchinese right away! http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#39 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:00:51 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com The new version for our Desktop Application based on Adobe Air is available now! If you already installed the desktop application then you will be asked to update it the next time you run the application. This version includes: - Improvement in handling large amounts (thousands) of Flashcards - Faster Synchronizations when you Update Cards - Minor bug fixes http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#37 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:55:37 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com Good news for our paying users! They now can learn up to 26,000 cards a year! We found that some very active users were frequently reaching the weekly limits, and as we don't want to restrict their learning we've increased the weekly limit for paying users to 500 cards. By increasing the limits that high we want to allow the paying users to add cards whenever they need them. We nevertheless do encourage new users to choose flash cards carefully; experience tells that learning 50-100 cards a week is a good target! Don't get carried away adding extra flashcards before you've learned existing ones! http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#36 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:31:43 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com Now you can build up your Chinese listening skills on your iPhone! Get tested on all of the tones, initials and finals - answer questions by tapping or sketching out tone marks with your fingers. Plus: a complete guide to Pinyin built right in, with a full index of Chinese sounds. Check it out on the App Store. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#33 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:52:18 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com Thanks to all who made suggestions and - of course - to the teachers who provided the translations and the audio recordings! We now feature 25,000 words and phrases, all of them organized into different lists - so that the users do not need to select one by one. Of course our teachers haven't stopped working and you can expect more and more additions in the coming weeks. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#32 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:18:38 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com Any update of cards to a device (iPhone, iPod, Mobile Phone or Desktop application) performed between June 16, 17:00 Hong Kong time (10:00 GMT) and June 18 12:00 Hong Kong time (05:00 GMT) did not transmit the information correctly and resulted in cards with non readable Characters. This happened because of a problem on the server which in the meantime has been solved. In case you are affected by this situation please: Update cards (to ensure your counters are updated on the server), Change the user name in your settings and save it (that way all cards on the device will be erased), Include your original name again and save it,Update your cards. We are very sorry for any inconvenience produced. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#29 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:49:36 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com Use the Pinyin trainer to practice the recognition of pinyin! Just open the Practice page and then click on the bar at the top of that page. We think this is quite useful for those staring to learn the language. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#25 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:38:45 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com A new practice page is on line since end of last week. We introduced a new progress bar that shows specifically how many cards you have selected and how many of them you did learn on that particular day. Additionally we resolved some problems with the previous page experienced by individual users. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#23 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:56:55 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com The Chinese school 1on1 Mandarin is the first school to suggest the usage of trainchinese as a tool for all of their students. Any student enrolling with 1on1Mandarin can use the memorization tool from trainchinese for one month for free. 1on1 Mandarin is a professional language school based in Beijing and specializes in practical Mandarin, the spoken word, and proper pronunciation. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#22 Sat, 29 May 2010 14:28:28 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com The trainchinese team is now offering a new application which is targeted to those who are travelling, visiting or living in China - but do not speak (enough)Chinese to get around. The application provides hundreds of phrases and words which can be used for daily communication. The basic application is free and can be found on iTunes (search for 'My Chinese Library') or usingthe following link My Chinese Library on iTunes Main features of my Chinese Library: unique and comprehensive guide to Pinyin pronunciation bookmark phrases by rating them for fast access from listings and the main menu "show" mode: present the phrase in large easy-to-read characters with more than 50 bi-lingual answers sorted into categories turn your device sideways for easy access to audio controls a search bar at the top of every menu, so you'll always have the right words at your fingertips The basic Phrasebook includes approx. 200 phrases, additional phrasebooks can be downloaded from the iTunes store. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#21 Sun, 16 May 2010 17:18:32 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com To all the mother's within our user base: We wish you 母亲节快乐！ mu qin jie kuai le ! Happy Mothers's day! http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#20 Sun, 09 May 2010 12:45:50 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com During the week which just passed our team of teachers continued to add words and phrases to trainchinese. Now there are more than 22,000! Currently we are recording the last 1% of the words added so that all of them also include audio. We will continue to add words and phrases and also new word lists for specific situations or environments, so that you always may find what you are looking for. And we will keep you updated on the progress. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#19 Sun, 09 May 2010 07:52:19 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com As of today we've added the possibility to follow us on Twitter and also to use our Facebook pages to share your trainchinese experience. If you subscribe to the Twitter feeds, you will be updated on issues relevant to this page (such as this one). Are you a member of Facebook? Then use the button to link this page. You may also become a fan of it! http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#17 Tue, 04 May 2010 17:01:38 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com As of today, we are able to process Visa and MasterCards directly (in addition to Paypal and Moneybrookers which still are available). When you Update or renew a subscription just click on the Credit Card logo and you will be directed to a secure webpage where you effect the payment. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#16 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:45:50 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com If you have an iPhone of iPod touch (or another PDA with safari browser), you can try out our completely new web pages, specially designed for those products. Just type www.trainchinese.com into the safari browser of your phone and you will be directed automatically onto the new pages - which are perfect for small screens! http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#15 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:45:11 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com As you can see, the first page now gives you an up-to-date summary of your trainchinese, including some additional teasers such as a "List of the Day" and the most recent questions from trainchinese users. We continue to work on improving the design of the other pages - you will see this if you browse through the site! Please feel free to send us feedback on the new designs. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#14 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:44:33 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com We've introduced a Q and A section. Any user may post questions or answer questions. If you read a questions or answer which you think is useful you can rate it. This rating helps us to rank the questions and provides feedback to the authors. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#13 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:44:11 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com Enjoy this major improvements: Search for any vocabulary directly from the application, copy selected search results into your flashcards without need to open any browser. No limits on the number of cards stored on the device (only for paying subscribers). History of cards studied with possibility to go back to correct your decision. Size of the desktop window is now variable and can be adjusted according to your preferences. Filter Function to only study words according to the list (Card deck). The filter is only available to paying subscriptions. To set the filter, visit the "Content" section and choose "Your Flashcards". http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#12 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:41:26 +0800 trainchinese news http://www.trainchinese.com If you have many words to learn, you may want to separate them based on the word list (or card deck). If you apply the filter it will only show you words that are part of the lists included into the filter. To set the filter, go to "Content"->"Your Flashcards". The same filter also is used when you "Update Cards" from any of our applications. When Updating Cards only cards which comply with the filter will be loaded on the device. http://www.trainchinese.com/feed#11 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:39:39 +0800