Test your Chinese vocabulary with this matching exercise containing twenty-six core Chinese words. Match each Chinese word on the left with its English equivalent on the right. We’ve included Pinyin romanizations for each of the Chinese words in case you need them. However, we recommend looking at the Pinyin only if you’re stumped by the original characters.

 

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1. 周 (zhōu)		A. calendar
2. 秒 (miǎo)		B. hour
3.  用 (yòng)		C. can
4. 做 (zuò)		D. week
5. 漂亮 (piàoliang)		E. come
6. 年 (nián)		F. go
7. 小时 (xiǎoshí)		G. second
8.  做 (zuò)		H. far
9. 看 (kàn)		I. minute
10. 丑 (chǒu)		J. beautiful
11. 今天 (jīntiān)		K. year
12. 分钟 (fēnzhōng)		L. laugh
13. 去 (qù)		M. bad
14. 远 (yuǎn)		N. see
15. 难 (nán)		O. use
16. 明天 (míngtiān)		P. small
17. 点 (n)点 (diǎn)		Q. good
18. 来 (lái)		R. ugly
19.  小 (xiǎo)		S. difficult
20.  简单 (jiǎndān)		T. today
21.  昨天 (zuótiān)		U. do
22.  能 (néng)		V. o’clock
23. 笑 (xiào)		W. easy
24.  好 (hǎo)		X. tomorrow
25. 坏 (huài)		Y. make
26.  日历 (rìlì)		Z. yesterday

 

 

Answer Key:

 

1. D
2. G
3. O
4. Y
5. J
6. K
7. B
8. U
9. N
10. R
11. T
12. I
13. F
14. H
15. S
16. X
17. V
18. E
19. P
20. W
21. Z
22. C
23. L
24. Q
25. M
26. A