Chinese Vocabulary: Mandarin (Simplified) (SparkCharts) »

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This six-page chart includes a general guide to simplified Chinese characters (used in mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore); pinyin romanization; tones; pronunciation; and nearly 1,500 Chinese vocabulary words in the following categories:

• Numbers and digits

• Calendar

• Time

• Weather

• Encounters

• The body

• Directions

• Colors

• Relationships

• Health

• Clothing

• Food and restaurants

• Leisure

• Household

• Education

• Work

• Around town

• On the road

• Travel

• Geography

• Animals

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Adverbs and prepositions