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title: "Chinese Vocabulary by Topic: Colors, Food, Animals, Body Parts and More, With Audio"
description: "445 everyday Chinese words in 17 topics, from colors, food and animals to clothes, weather and jobs, each with pinyin, meaning and sound. Keep a topic in one press or print it as flashcards."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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Free · 445 words

# Chinese vocabulary by topic

Everyday words by topic, each with pinyin, meaning and sound.

- [Colors15 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/colors)
- [Food31 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/food)
- [Fruits12 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/fruits)
- [Vegetables14 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/vegetables)
- [Drinks18 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/drinks)
- [Animals34 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/animals)
- [Body parts31 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/body)
- [Clothes25 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/clothes)
- [Weather30 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/weather)
- [Jobs30 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/jobs)
- [Sports25 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/sports)
- [School45 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/school)
- [The home36 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/home)
- [Transport32 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/transport)
- [Feelings33 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/feelings)
- [Loanwords25 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/loanwords)
- [Untranslatable words21 words](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-vocabulary/untranslatable)

## What’s the best way to learn Chinese words by topic?

Hear each word and say it back, then keep the list and let Review bring the words back until they stick. They stick for good once you meet them in real stories and shows, which is what our free Library and extension are for.

## Which words come first?

The ones a beginner needs most, in the order a class teaches them: the colour words before shades, rice and noodles before dishes. Most are on the HSK 1–4 lists.

## More free tools

- [Family members in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-family-members)
- [Chinese numbers](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-numbers)
- [Chinese idioms by theme](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-idioms)
- [Every HSK word](https://mandarinthewild.com/words)

Pinyin and meanings from our own dictionary.