Animals & Nature: Vocabulary for animals, the weather and the environment

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Pinyin is the standard romanisation used to show Mandarin pronunciation using the Latin alphabet. You’ll often see tone marks on the vowels to show the four tones (plus the neutral tone), for example mā / má / mǎ / mà / ma. “Numbered pinyin” shows the same tones using a number after the syllable instead of tone marks, for example ma1 / ma2 / ma3 / ma4 / ma (sometimes written as ma5 for the neutral tone). Numbered pinyin is handy when you can’t easily type tone marks, while tone-mark pinyin is usually easier to read once you’re used to it.

草

• Pinyin: cǎo
• Numbered pinyin: cao3
• English translation: grass

草地

• Pinyin: cǎo dì
• Numbered pinyin: cao3 di4
• English translation: grassland, lawn

春天

• Pinyin: chūn tiān
• Numbered pinyin: chun1 tian1
• English translation: spring (season)

大海

• Pinyin: dà hǎi
• Numbered pinyin: da4 hai3
• English translation: the sea

大自然

• Pinyin: dà zì rán
• Numbered pinyin: da4 zi4 ran2
• English translation: nature

地球

• Pinyin: dì qiú
• Numbered pinyin: di4 qiu2
• English translation: Earth

冬天

• Pinyin: dōng tiān
• Numbered pinyin: dong1 tian1
• English translation: winter

动物

• Pinyin: dòng wù
• Numbered pinyin: dong4 wu4
• English translation: animal

多云

• Pinyin: duō yún
• Numbered pinyin: duo1 yun2
• English translation: cloudy

狗

• Pinyin: gǒu
• Numbered pinyin: gou3
• English translation: dog

海

• Pinyin: hǎi
• Numbered pinyin: hai3
• English translation: sea

河

• Pinyin: hé
• Numbered pinyin: he2
• English translation: river

湖

• Pinyin: hú
• Numbered pinyin: hu2
• English translation: lake

鸡

• Pinyin: jī
• Numbered pinyin: ji1
• English translation: chicken

空气

• Pinyin: kōng qì
• Numbered pinyin: kong1 qi4
• English translation: air

零下

• Pinyin: líng xià
• Numbered pinyin: ling2 xia4
• English translation: below zero

猫

• Pinyin: māo
• Numbered pinyin: mao1
• English translation: cat

鸟

• Pinyin: niǎo
• Numbered pinyin: niao3
• English translation: bird

气

• Pinyin: qì
• Numbered pinyin: qi4
• English translation: air, gas

气温

• Pinyin: qì wēn
• Numbered pinyin: qi4 wen1
• English translation: air temperature

晴

• Pinyin: qíng
• Numbered pinyin: qing2
• English translation: clear (sky)

晴天

• Pinyin: qíng tiān
• Numbered pinyin: qing2 tian1
• English translation: sunny day

太阳

• Pinyin: tài yáng
• Numbered pinyin: tai4 yang2
• English translation: sun

温度

• Pinyin: wēn dù
• Numbered pinyin: wen1 du4
• English translation: temperature

下雪

• Pinyin: xià xuě
• Numbered pinyin: xia4 xue3
• English translation: to snow

夏天

• Pinyin: xià tiān
• Numbered pinyin: xia4 tian1
• English translation: summer

星星

• Pinyin: xīng xīng
• Numbered pinyin: xing1 xing5
• English translation: star

雪

• Pinyin: xuě
• Numbered pinyin: xue3
• English translation: snow

阴

• Pinyin: yīn
• Numbered pinyin: yin1
• English translation: cloudy, overcast

阴天

• Pinyin: yīn tiān
• Numbered pinyin: yin1 tian1
• English translation: cloudy day

鱼

• Pinyin: yú
• Numbered pinyin: yu2
• English translation: fish

月亮

• Pinyin: yuè liàng
• Numbered pinyin: yue4 liang5
• English translation: moon

云

• Pinyin: yún
• Numbered pinyin: yun2
• English translation: cloud

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