Pronunciation
Speaking of Chinese
This site focuses on resources for people who are studying or wish to study Chinese. It is especially useful for those engaged in self study.
SpeakGoodChinese
GPL cross-platform GTK Free Software which "listens" to your pronunciation of tones and gives you feedback
Livemocha
Vocabulary and phrase lists organized into lessons. Chinese lessons contain audio clips with the pronunciation of each vocabulary item. Social network features and userplane chat client let you find language exchange partners.
nciku.com
Chinese-English, English-Chinese dictionary search-able by pinyin, English, and characters. Has a handwriting recognition entry tool for entry and picking of characters. Female speaker pronunciations.
lost-theory.org Mandarin Chinese Phonetics
WAV audio files of mandarin pinyin pronunciation. Male speaker. Copied from Dr. John Jinghua Yin's sound files.
Dr. John Jinghua Yin's Chinese Phonetics
WAV audio sound files of Mandarin pinyin pronunciation of combinations of initials and finals in common speech. Male speaker. Hosted at University of Vermont (uvm.edu)
USC Chinese Department Character Animations
Stroke order animations and audio of pronunciation for both simplified and traditional characters
digchinese.com
