What are some good websites for a Chinese learner?

Can you type Chinese?
Most Chinese people will chat in Chinese….

Mandarin or Cantonese?

chinesepod.com has really nice podcasts, though their site is kind of a drag with all the pushy up-selling. Guess they’ve gotta make a buck somehow.

chinese-forums.com is a very lively community of Mandarin learners with a lot of useful information, at least on this site you can turn the ads off.

italki.com is also a large community of folks who ostensibly will chat with you for free. Never actually tried it though.

nciku.com is really good online dictionary, and this site will show you how to write any character you want.