By Lymi

Core Chinese Words

First Mandarin Chinese words for beginners, with pinyin and tone marks on every card and measure words in the notes. Most are level-1 words in the 2021 Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards and the HSK syllabus.

Chinese64 cards

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  • People

    孩子

    child

  • Places

    home / family

    家

  • Everyday actions

    去

    to go

  • Things around you

    car / vehicle

    车

  • Describe things

    贵

    expensive

What’s inside

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You start with People, and the next section opens as you learn the one before it.

  1. Section 1: People

    Start here11 cards
  2. Section 2: Places

    10 cards
  3. Section 3: Time and routine

    11 cards
  4. Section 4: Everyday actions

    12 cards
  5. Section 5: Things around you

    10 cards
  6. Section 6: Describe things

    10 cards
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All 64 cards

In the order you learn them, one section at a time.

1People11 cards

人
person / people
孩子
child
爸爸
dad / father
妈妈
mum / mother
哥哥
older brother
姐姐
older sister
弟弟
younger brother
妹妹
younger sister
朋友
friend
老师
teacher
学生
student / pupil

2Places10 cards

家
home / family
学校
school
商店
shop
超市
supermarket
饭店
restaurant / hotel
医院
hospital
公司
company / office
房间
room
路
road / street / route
厕所
toilet

3Time and routine11 cards

今天
today
明天
tomorrow
昨天
yesterday
现在
now
早上
morning
晚上
evening / night
周末
weekend
星期
week
年
year
时间
time
点
o'clock

4Everyday actions12 cards

是
to be
有
to have / there is
去
to go
来
to come
吃
to eat
喝
to drink
说
to speak / to say
看
to look / to watch / to read
买
to buy
住
to live / to stay
学习
to study / to learn
喜欢
to like

5Things around you10 cards

水
water
茶
tea
米饭
(cooked) rice
钱
money
手机
mobile phone
车
car / vehicle
书
book
名字
name
东西
thing / stuff
天气
weather

6Describe things10 cards

大
big / old (age)
小
small / young
好
good / well
新
new
旧
old (of things)
多
many / much
贵
expensive
便宜
cheap
冷
cold
热
hot

How it works

  1. Add the deck

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  2. Recall, then turn it over

    Try to remember the answer before you look. Try it on the cards here: they’re from all over the deck.

  3. Review a few minutes a day

    Choose how many cards a day. Lymi brings each one back right before you’d forget it.

Places

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Published September 27, 2026