Basic Chinese Characters
Learn the most basic Chinese characters with pinyin and English translations. Designed for beginners starting with Mandarin.
Cards · 75
- 一
- yī - one
- 二
- èr - two
- 三
- sān - three
- 四
- sì - four
- 五
- wǔ - five
- 六
- liù - six
- 七
- qī - seven
- 八
- bā - eight
- 九
- jiǔ - nine
- 十
- shí - ten
- 百
- bǎi - hundred
- 千
- qiān - thousand
- 人
- rén - person, human
- 大
- dà - big, large
- 小
- xiǎo - small, little
- 中
- zhōng - middle, center
- 上
- shàng - up, above
- 下
- xià - down, below
- 左
- zuǒ - left
- 右
- yòu - right
- 日
- rì - sun, day
- 月
- yuè - moon, month
- 年
- nián - year
- 水
- shuǐ - water
- 火
- huǒ - fire
- 木
- mù - wood, tree
- 土
- tǔ - earth, soil
- 金
- jīn - gold, metal
- 天
- tiān - sky, heaven, day
- 地
- dì - ground, earth
- 山
- shān - mountain
- 我
- wǒ - I, me
- 你
- nǐ - you
- 他
- tā - he, him
- 她
- tā - she, her
- 们
- men - plural suffix for pronouns and people
- 好
- hǎo - good, well
- 是
- shì - to be, yes
- 不
- bù - not, no
- 有
- yǒu - to have, there is
- 口
- kǒu - mouth, opening
- 目
- mù - eye
- 手
- shǒu - hand
- 足
- zú - foot
- 心
- xīn - heart, mind
- 女
- nǚ - woman, female
- 子
- zǐ - child, son
- 父
- fù - father
- 母
- mǔ - mother
- 家
- jiā - family, home
- 见
- jiàn - to see, to meet
- 说
- shuō - to speak, to say
- 听
- tīng - to listen, to hear
- 看
- kàn - to look, to watch
- 吃
- chī - to eat
- 喝
- hē - to drink
- 去
- qù - to go
- 来
- lái - to come
- 出
- chū - to go out
- 入
- rù - to enter
- 买
- mǎi - to buy
- 卖
- mài - to sell
- 白
- bái - white
- 黑
- hēi - black
- 红
- hóng - red
- 多
- duō - many, much
- 少
- shǎo - few, little
- 长
- cháng - long
- 高
- gāo - tall, high
- 门
- mén - door, gate
- 车
- chē - vehicle, car
- 书
- shū - book
- 字
- zì - character, word
- 学
- xué - to learn, to study
- 生
- shēng - to be born, life, pupil