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300 Chinese characters, 一字一页
Every character in our free interactive character explorer has its own reference page: animated-grid glyph, stroke order, pinyin, meaning, the story behind the character, a common word and an example sentence — all with Mandarin audio. Pick a theme below, or practise them interactively.
Me & my body 我和我的身体Family & people 家人和人们Numbers & counting 数字和数数Time & days 时间和日子Nature & weather 自然和天气Animals 动物Food & drink 吃的喝的Colours & describing 颜色和形容Come & go 来来去去Everyday actions 每天做的事Songs, games & stories 唱歌游戏讲故事Think & feel 想和感觉School & learning 学校和学习Position & direction 位置和方向Out & about 出门走走Question words 问问题Little glue words 小小连接词This & that 这个那个Can & must 能与要
Me & my body我和我的身体
- 人rénperson
- 大dàbig
- 小xiǎosmall
- 口kǒumouth
- 手shǒuhand
- 心xīnheart
- 头tóuhead
- 目mùeye
- 耳ěrear
- 眼yǎneye
- 身shēnbody
- 体tǐbody
- 自zìself
- 己jǐoneself
- 力lìstrength
- 声shēngsound, voice
Family & people家人和人们
- 你nǐyou
- 我wǒI, me
- 他tāhe
- 她tāshe
- 它tāit
- 们men(makes words plural)
- 好hǎogood
- 妈māmum
- 爸bàdad
- 子zǐchild
- 女nǚwoman, girl
- 男nánman, boy
- 孩háichild
- 儿érchild, son
- 家jiāfamily, home
- 朋péngfriend
- 友yǒufriend
- 老lǎoold
- 师shīteacher
- 生shēngto be born; student
- 名míngname
- 王wángking
Numbers & counting数字和数数
- 一yīone
- 二èrtwo
- 三sānthree
- 四sìfour
- 五wǔfive
- 六liùsix
- 七qīseven
- 八bāeight
- 九jiǔnine
- 十shíten
- 百bǎihundred
- 千qiānthousand
- 万wànten thousand
- 两liǎngtwo (of something)
- 几jǐhow many
- 个gè(counting word)
- 半bànhalf
- 第dì(makes 'first, second…')
- 数shùnumber
- 多duōmany
- 少shǎofew
Time & days时间和日子
- 天tiānsky; day
- 日rìsun; day
- 月yuèmoon; month
- 年niányear
- 时shítime; hour
- 候hòutime, moment
- 分fēnminute; to divide
- 点diǎno'clock; dot
- 现xiànnow; to appear
- 今jīnnow, this
- 明míngbright; next
- 昨zuóyesterday
- 早zǎoearly; morning
- 晚wǎnlate; evening
- 期qīperiod of time
- 常chángoften
- 再zàiagain
Nature & weather自然和天气
- 水shuǐwater
- 火huǒfire
- 山shānmountain
- 田tiánfield
- 土tǔearth, soil
- 木mùwood; tree
- 树shùtree
- 花huāflower
- 草cǎograss
- 风fēngwind
- 雨yǔrain
- 雪xuěsnow
- 云yúncloud
- 气qìair; breath
- 阳yángsun, sunshine
- 光guānglight
- 星xīngstar
- 海hǎisea
- 河hériver
- 地dìground, earth
Animals动物
Food & drink吃的喝的
- 吃chīto eat
- 喝hēto drink
- 饭fànrice; a meal
- 菜càivegetables; a dish
- 米mǐrice (grains)
- 肉ròumeat
- 果guǒfruit
- 蛋dànegg
- 奶nǎimilk
- 包bāobun; bag
- 糖tángsugar; sweets
Colours & describing颜色和形容
- 红hóngred
- 黄huángyellow
- 蓝lánblue
- 绿lǜgreen
- 白báiwhite
- 黑hēiblack
- 色sècolour
- 新xīnnew
- 高gāotall, high
- 长chánglong; (zhǎng) to grow
- 真zhēnreal; really
- 美měibeautiful
- 快kuàifast
- 慢mànslow
- 冷lěngcold
- 热rèhot
- 亮liàngbright
Come & go来来去去
- 来láito come
- 去qùto go
- 走zǒuto walk
- 跑pǎoto run
- 飞fēito fly
- 坐zuòto sit
- 站zhànto stand; station
- 进jìnto go in
- 出chūto go out
- 回huíto return
- 起qǐto get up, to rise
- 开kāito open
- 关guānto close
- 到dàoto arrive
Everyday actions每天做的事
- 看kànto look, to read
- 听tīngto listen
- 说shuōto speak
- 话huàwords, speech
- 读dúto read
- 写xiěto write
- 睡shuìto sleep
- 觉jiàoa sleep; (jué) to feel
- 做zuòto do, to make
- 作zuòto do (work)
- 用yòngto use
- 打dǎto hit; to play
- 找zhǎoto look for
- 叫jiàoto call, to shout
- 问wènto ask
- 给gěito give
- 送sòngto give, to send
- 放fàngto put; to let go
- 帮bāngto help
- 住zhùto live (somewhere)
- 买mǎito buy
- 洗xǐto wash
Songs, games & stories唱歌游戏讲故事
- 唱chàngto sing
- 歌gēsong
- 音yīnsound
- 乐lèhappy; (yuè) music
- 玩wánto play
- 跳tiàoto jump
- 游yóuto swim
- 事shìmatter, thing
- 故gùold; reason
Think & feel想和感觉
- 想xiǎngto think; to miss
- 知zhīto know
- 道dàoway, path
- 认rènto recognise
- 识shíto know
- 怕pàto fear
- 爱àito love
- 喜xǐto like; joy
- 欢huānhappy, merry
- 笑xiàoto laugh, to smile
- 哭kūto cry
- 兴xìngexcitement
- 谢xièto thank
- 请qǐngplease; to invite
School & learning学校和学习
- 学xuéto learn
- 习xíto practise
- 校xiàoschool
- 书shūbook
- 本běn(counting books); root
- 课kèlesson
- 同tóngsame
- 字zìcharacter, word
- 文wénwriting
- 语yǔlanguage
- 笔bǐpen
- 画huàto draw; a painting
- 考kǎoto take a test
- 试shìto try; a test
- 教jiāoto teach
- 汉hànChinese (Han)
Position & direction位置和方向
- 上shàngup; on
- 下xiàdown; under
- 中zhōngmiddle
- 里lǐinside
- 外wàioutside
- 面miànside; face
- 前qiánfront; before
- 后hòuback; after
- 左zuǒleft
- 右yòuright
- 东dōngeast
- 西xīwest
- 南nánsouth
- 北běinorth
- 边biānside
- 方fāngdirection; square
- 远yuǎnfar
- 近jìnnear
Out & about出门走走
- 国guócountry
- 城chéngcity; wall
- 房fánghouse
- 门méndoor
- 车chēcar
- 路lùroad
- 机jīmachine
- 电diànelectricity
- 视shìto look at
- 脑nǎobrain
- 医yīdoctor; medicine
- 园yuángarden
- 公gōngpublic
- 衣yīclothes
- 服fúclothes; to serve
- 钱qiánmoney
Question words问问题
- 什shénwhat (in 什么)
- 么me(in 什么)
- 谁shéiwho
- 哪nǎwhich
- 怎zěnhow
- 样yàngkind; way
- 吗ma(turns it into a question)
- 呢ne(bounces a question back)
- 吧ba(a gentle suggestion)
- 啊a(adds feeling)
- 为wèifor; for the sake of
- 因yīnbecause; cause
- 所suǒ(in 所以); place
- 以yǐ(in 可以 and 所以)
- 如rúif; like
Little glue words小小连接词
- 的de(links describing words)
- 了le(something happened)
- 是shìto be
- 不bùnot
- 没méinot have
- 有yǒuto have
- 着zhe(happening right now)
- 过guòto pass; (done before)
- 得de(links action and how)
- 和héand
- 也yěalso
- 都dōuall
- 还háistill; also
- 就jiùright away; then
- 只zhǐonly
- 很hěnvery
- 太tàitoo (much)
- 最zuìthe most
- 更gèngeven more
- 又yòuagain
- 对duìright, correct
This & that这个那个
- 在zàiat, in
- 这zhèthis
- 那nàthat
- 每měievery
- 把bǎhandle; (grammar helper)
- 被bèiquilt; (by)
- 比bǐto compare
- 跟gēnwith; to follow
- 从cóngfrom
Can & must能与要
- 会huìcan (know how to)
- 能néngcan (be able to)
- 要yàoto want; must
- 让ràngto let
- 别biédon't
- 可kěcan; (but)
- 应yīngshould
- 该gāishould
- 成chéngto become
- 完wánto finish
- 经jīngto pass through
- 已yǐalready
- 正zhèngjust now; upright
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