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