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The Best Chinese Grammar Checkers All Mandarin Learners Need to Bookmark
Chinese grammar is both extremely similar to and ridiculously different from English grammar, which can leave even advanced learners scratching their heads.
There’s a lot to absorb between word arrangement, morphology, sounds, tones, semantics and sentence structure—but it’s not an impossible feat.
To help you on your grammar-learning journey, I’ve put together a list of some seriously helpful (and free!) Chinese grammar checkers available online.
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Sentence Checker
Yet again, we have a Chinese grammar checker that’s based on LanguageTools! But just like Plagly, Sentence Checker has its own unique benefits to suit your needs. Namely, it’s incredibly sleek and simple. If you’re looking for a sentence checker that checks sentences quickly and doesn’t take a long time to load (which LanguageTools can have a tendency to do) then you should give this application a shot.
Like LanguageTools, you can check, correct, look at or even ignore examples of correct grammar based on what you’ve written. That’s about all this Chinese grammar checker does, but it does it with speed, impeccable precision and a user-friendly interface. If you’re a translator rather than a Mandarin language learner, this is the one for you!
Like all of these great grammar checkers, there are some downfalls to Sentence Checker. It doesn’t have a lot of additional features, and there isn’t an option to report discrepancies within the application. It’s also not the most ideal grammar checker for those who are just starting to learn Chinese, but it’s still quite a handy tool.
Why Do I Need to Use a Chinese Grammar Checker?
- Chinese grammar can be very different from English grammar, so being able to correct grammar mistakes is crucial for improving fluency. Understanding vocabulary and other aspects of Mandarin Chinese is very important while learning the language, but you won’t get very far by exclusively memorizing words and phrases. Grasping Mandarin grammar and using a checker is vital for fluency.
- When translating chunks of Mandarin text, it’s vital to have a fast, accurate Chinese grammar checker handy. If you’re a translator who needs to translate Chinese text on the fly, a grammar checker is great to have on hand in case you let a grammatical mistake slip.
- As a language learner, it’s always useful to check your own work to make sure you’re on the right track. Whether you’re just a beginner or can write an essay about the Qin Dynasty in Mandarin, grammar mistakes happen. Adding a grammar checker to your collection of Mandarin-learning tools is a wise choice to make.
Don’t feel too down on yourself for needing to use a Chinese grammar checker. After all, learning a language is a long—and sometimes difficult—journey. There’s no shame in needing a little bit of help along the way!
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