Printable Word Flashcards
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Unlike Chinese character flashcards, which focuses on individual characters, this printable flashcard maker allows you to create paper flashcards for words and phrases on perforated business card paper or regular paper.

You can use an image on the back side of the flashcard. This tool supports both simplified and traditional Chinese characters.

Note that empty or partially-filled rows will be ignored in the generated flashcards. At least one row must be completely filled in. Otherwise, the flashcard PDF file will not be generated. Optionally, you can provide a name for the flashcard set. If you want to save the flashcard set to the server, an unique name is required to identify this flashcard set.

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  Chinese
(e.g. 你好)		 Definition
(e.g. Hello)		 Pinyin
(e.g. ni3 hao3)		  
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  Add Rows  Auto Add    Save  Import  Sort By    Clear  

Printable Flashcard Settings  Last-used  Reset

Flashcard Size:
       10 cards per sheet (2" X 3.5", business cards)
       8 cards per sheet (2.25" X 4")
       6 cards per sheet (3.25" X 4")
       4 cards per sheet (3" X 5", index cards)
       2 cards per sheet (5" X 7")
       1 card per sheet (Letter or A4)
Print Chinese on the front side
Print Pinyin on the front side
Print cut line to cut the flashcards manually.
Print flashcard borders
 Print flashcard serial numbers
 Add extra space between Chinese and Pinyin on the front side
Flashcard Back Side Content:
       Image only (note:make sure to upload or look up an image for each word)
       Image + Pinyin + English
       Chinese + Pinyin + English
       Chinese + Pinyin
       Chinese + English
       Pinyin + English
       Image + English
       Image + Pinyin
       Pinyin only
       English only
Paper Size:     Letter (8.5" X 11", used in the US and Canada)     A4 (210mm X 297mm)
Horizontal Card Space (mm):        0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10    11
Vertical Card Space (mm):        0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10    11
Chinese Font:        Kaiti    LiSu    Xingkai    Youyuan    Hupo    Caiyun    Songti
Chinese Color
Pinyin Color
English Color
Border Color
Front Side Chinese Font Size:
Front Side Pinyin Font Size:
Back Side English Font Size:
Back Side Chinese Font Size:
Back Side Pinyin Font Size:
Flashcard Phonetic Notation:        Pinyin    Bopomofo (Zhuyin)

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To create a printable flashcard set,
  1. Enter the Chinese phrases or sentences. You can copy or paste Chinese text from other sources, such as web pages or word documents, or enter them using your faovorite Chinese Input Method Editor(IME).
  2. Enter the definition of the Chinese phrase or sentence in English (or your native language). You can click the E button to let the system fill in the definition for you if the Chinese is a single character or a commonly-used word. The Chinese word should not be more than 4 characters long.
  3. Click the P button to add Pinyin automatically. In the case that there are multiple pronunciations for a particular character, the system will attempt to use the right one based on its context. In some cases, the user may have to edit it. Note Pinyin must be entered with tone numbers. The system will convert them to tone marks when the flashcard PDF is generated. In addition, the Pinyin syllables must be separated by a blank space. As an example, for the Chinese phrase 你去哪儿？, the Pinyin must be entered as ni3 qu4 na3 er2 ? (there is a space before the question mark). Use v for ü, for example lv3 for lǚ, and number 5 for the neutral tone, e.g. ma5 (吗).
  4. Click the Add Rows button to add more rows(cards). Empty or partially-filled rows will be ignored in the generated flashcards.
  5. Optionally, change the default flashcard settings. Click the color buttons to change foreground colors for Chinese, English, Pinyin and the flashcard borders.
  6. Click the Print button to generate a printable version of your flashcards.
For the PDF flashcard sheets with 4 to 10 cards per page, the odd pages contain the questions (Chinese words/phrases) while the even pages contain the definitions and Pinyin. If you print the flashcards on perforated business card paper, disable the page scaling or fit-to-page option on the printing settings to make the flashcard borders match. You may also need to adjust the horizontal space between two cards and the vertical space between two rows to make the flashcards positioned perfectly on your perforated business card paper. If you print them on a relatively thick paper, check your printer's manual and ajdust your printer settings accordiingly to avoid paper jam.

The generated flashcard PDF files are designed to be printed on duplex (2-sided) printers. If you have a duplex capable printer, simply print them out; if your printer can do single-sided printing only, follow these steps:
  1. Take out all the paper from the paper tray of your printer
  2. Bring up your Printer settings dialog, disable page scaling or fit-to-page option.
  3. Adjust your printer accordingly if you are going to print on thick or perforated business card paper
  4. Open the flashcard PDF file with your PDF viewer and press the Print button on your PDF viewer
  5. Feed a blank sheet (regular or business card paper) into the paper tray of your printer
  6. Flip the just printed page and feed it into the paper tray
  7. Remove the just finished page
  8. Repeat the steps 5-7 until all the pages are printed
If your paper is not pre-perforated, you can cut the flashcards manually with a paper cutter or a pair of scissors.

If you want to generate printable flashcards from a pre-made flashcard set, go to Chinese Flashcards , load your flashcard set and click the Print button to create paper flashcards for offline study.

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