| CHILDES |
| Chinese Corpora |
This page provides an index to CHILDES data from Chinese languages.
You can browse the Chinese database online from this link.
For Mandarin, we use Simplified characters. For Cantonese, we used Traditional characters. If you want to convert the Mandarin corpora to Traditional, you can use this converter.
Alternatively, you can download this complete set of the transcripts in Traditional characters. However, this version may be slightly out of date in terms of corrections.
| Corpus | Age_Range | N | Media | Comments |
| Cantonese | ||||
| HKU-70 | 2;6-5;6 | 70 | audio | Cross-sectional corpus designed to complement the CanCorp |
| Lee/Wong/Leung | 1;05-3;08 | 8 | - | Longitudinal study; language development of Cantonese-speaking children each recorded for approximately one year. |
| PaidoCantonese | 1;5-2;5 | 80 | audio | in PhonBank |
| Mandarin | ||||
| AcadLang | - | 15 | - | - |
| Chang1 | 3-6 | 24 | - | Toy play |
| Chang2 | 3-4 | 16 | - | Anecdote and Book Reading |
| ChangPlay | 3,4,5 | 21 | audio | Toy Play Narratives |
| ChangPN | 3-9 | 181 | audio | Personal Narratives |
| Erbaugh | 2;0-3;9 | 4 | audio | home recordings |
| LiReading | 4,5,6 | 214 | - | Shared book reading |
| LiZhou | 3,4,5,6 | 80 | - | Peer and role playing talk |
| NSCtoys | - | - | - | Not yet open to public |
| TCCM-Reading | 2 | 20 | - | book reading |
| TCCM | 1;7-3;4 | 10 | - | longitudinal in Taiwan |
| Tong | 1;7-3;4 | 1 | video | longitudinal study linked to video |
| Xinjiang | 4-8 | 60 | audio | children in Xinjiang |
| Zhou1 | 3-6 | 15 | - | Play sessions with mother |
| Zhou2 | 3-6 | 15 | - | Play sessions with mother |
| Zhou3 | 0;8-4;5 | 1 | - | longitudinal case study | ZhouAssessment | 3,4,5,6 | 334 | - | assessment interactions |
| ZhouDinner | 3,4,5,6 | 80 | audio | Dinner conversations |
| ZhouNarratives | 3,4,5,6 | 200 | audio | Hungry Caterpillar and Robber stories |
| Taiwanese | ||||
| Tsay | 2;0-2;6 | 4 | audio | in PhonBank |