Chinese colours, numbers and time
All 50 words, each with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a Chinese sentence it appears in.
Colours, numbers, days and times are the closed sets of a language — there are only so many of them, they almost never change, and you need every one.
This is the exact chinese colours, numbers and time set the LearnScreen app reviews — every word with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a Chinese sentence it appears in — so nothing here is a sample of something larger you have to pay to see.
Simplified characters, with pinyin and tone marks in the pronunciation column.
All 50 words
| # | Chinese | English | Pinyin | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 红色 | red | hóngsè | 她有一条红色的裙子。 |
| 2 | 蓝色 | blue | lánsè | 今天天空是蓝色的。 |
| 3 | 绿色 | green | lǜsè | 春天草是绿色的。 |
| 4 | 黄色 | yellow | huángsè | 太阳是黄色的,很亮。 |
| 5 | 橙色 | orange | chéngsè | 我喜欢早上喝橙汁。 |
| 6 | 紫色 | purple | zǐsè | 她最喜欢的颜色是紫色。 |
| 7 | 粉红色 | pink | fěnhóngsè | 宝宝有粉红色的鞋子。 |
| 8 | 棕色 | brown | zōngsè | 狗是棕色和白色的。 |
| 9 | 黑色 | black | hēisè | 我家有一只黑色的猫。 |
| 10 | 白色 | white | báisè | 冬天雪是白色的。 |
| 11 | 灰色 | gray | huīsè | 大象是灰色的。 |
| 12 | 一 | one | yī | 我有一个兄弟。 |
| 13 | 二 | two | èr | 我家有两只猫。 |
| 14 | 三 | three | sān | 我们需要三张票。 |
| 15 | 四 | four | sì | 一年有四个季节。 |
| 16 | 五 | five | wǔ | 我每周工作五天。 |
| 17 | 六 | six | liù | 商店六点开门。 |
| 18 | 七 | seven | qī | 一个星期有七天。 |
| 19 | 八 | eight | bā | 学校八点开始上课。 |
| 20 | 九 | nine | jiǔ | 我的女儿九岁了。 |
| 21 | 十 | ten | shí | 从一数到十。 |
| 22 | 二十 | twenty | èrshí | 今天大约来了二十个人。 |
| 23 | 五十 | fifty | wǔshí | 这本书大约五十美元。 |
| 24 | 一百 | hundred | yì bǎi | 这里有一百个学生。 |
| 25 | 一千 | thousand | yì qiān | 这个城市有一千个公园。 |
| 26 | 一百万 | million | yì bǎi wàn | 这个城市有一百万人。 |
| 27 | 秒 | second | miǎo | 请等一秒钟。 |
| 28 | 分钟 | minute | fēnzhōng | 火车五分钟后出发。 |
| 29 | 小时 | hour | xiǎoshí | 这节课一个小时。 |
| 30 | 周 | week | zhōu | 我每周锻炼三次。 |
| 31 | 月 | month | yuè | 我的生日在下个月。 |
| 32 | 季节 | season | jìjié | 你最喜欢哪个季节? |
| 33 | 春天 | spring | chūntiān | 春天花儿开放。 |
| 34 | 夏天 | summer | xiàtiān | 夏天我们去海滩。 |
| 35 | 秋天 | autumn | qiūtiān | 秋天树叶落下。 |
| 36 | 冬天 | winter | dōngtiān | 冬天经常下雪。 |
| 37 | 星期一 | Monday | xīngqī yī | 星期一是工作的第一天。 |
| 38 | 星期二 | Tuesday | xīngqī èr | 我星期二有个会议。 |
| 39 | 星期三 | Wednesday | xīngqī sān | 星期三是一周的中间。 |
| 40 | 星期四 | Thursday | xīngqī sì | 我们星期四一起吃晚饭。 |
| 41 | 星期五 | Friday | xīngqī wǔ | 星期五是我最喜欢的一天。 |
| 42 | 星期六 | Saturday | xīngqī liù | 星期六我在家放松。 |
| 43 | 星期日 | Sunday | xīngqī rì | 我们每个星期日去看奶奶。 |
| 44 | 一月 | January | yī yuè | 一月是第一个月。 |
| 45 | 三月 | March | sān yuè | 春天从三月开始。 |
| 46 | 六月 | June | liù yuè | 学校六月放假。 |
| 47 | 九月 | September | jiǔ yuè | 学校九月重新开学。 |
| 48 | 十二月 | December | shí èr yuè | 十二月是最后一个月。 |
| 49 | 时钟 | clock | shízhōng | 看看墙上的时钟。 |
| 50 | 日历 | calendar | rìlì | 我在日历上做了标记。 |
How to actually learn them
A finite list is the easiest kind to finish. Most people can hold the whole set after a week of short reviews.
Reading a list is not learning it. A word needs roughly eight to twelve spaced recall attempts before it stays, which is why the useful question is not how many words to read but which words to learn first and how many words you need to speak a language.
Let the list come to you
LearnScreen blocks the apps you keep opening and shows one of these Chinese words instead. Answer it and the app opens. The 50 words above are already in it.
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