Animals & plants

Common animals, insects, trees and flowers.

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Word list: Animals & plants

Common animals, insects, trees and flowers. Below you'll find all 64 words in simplified characters (with the traditional form where it differs), with pinyin and the English meaning. Click 🔊 to listen to the pronunciation.

Chinese	Traditional	Pinyin	English	HSK
狗		gǒu	dog	HSK 1
猫	貓	māo	cat	HSK 1
鱼	魚	yú	fish	HSK 2
草		cǎo	grass	HSK 3
动物	動物	dòngwù	animal	HSK 3
花		huā	flower	HSK 3
马	馬	mǎ	horse	HSK 3
鸟	鳥	niǎo	bird	HSK 3
树	樹	shù	tree	HSK 3
熊猫	熊貓	xióngmāo	panda	HSK 3
老虎		lǎohǔ	tiger	HSK 4
叶子	葉子	yèzi	leaves	HSK 4
植物		zhíwù	plant	HSK 4
翅膀		chìbǎng	wing	HSK 5
宠物	寵物	chǒngwù	a pet	HSK 5
大象		dàxiàng	elephant	HSK 5
果实	果實	guǒshí	fruit	HSK 5
猴子		hóuzi	monkey	HSK 5
蝴蝶		húdié	butterfly	HSK 5
昆虫	昆蟲	kūnchóng	insect	HSK 5
老鼠		lǎoshǔ	rat	HSK 5
龙	龍	lóng	dragon	HSK 5
蜜蜂		mìfēng	bee	HSK 5
蛇		shé	snake	HSK 5
狮子	獅子	shīzi	lion	HSK 5
兔子		tùzi	rabbit	HSK 5
尾巴		wěiba	tail	HSK 5
小麦	小麥	xiǎomài	wheat	HSK 5
猪	豬	zhū	pig	HSK 5
竹子		zhúzi	bamboo	HSK 5
贝壳	貝殼	bèiké	shell	HSK 6
巢穴		cháoxué	lair	HSK 6
雌雄		cíxióng	male and female	HSK 6
刺		cì	thorn	HSK 6
丛	叢	cóng	crowd together	HSK 6
繁殖		fánzhí	propagate	HSK 6
飞禽走兽	飛禽走獸	fēiqínzǒushòu	birds and animals	HSK 6
飞翔	飛翔	fēixiáng	fly	HSK 6
鸽子	鴿子	gēzi	dove	HSK 6
花瓣		huābàn	petal	HSK 6
花蕾		huālěi	bud	HSK 6
茎	莖	jīng	stalk	HSK 6
枯萎		kūwěi	wither	HSK 6
蚂蚁	螞蟻	mǎyǐ	ant	HSK 6
茂盛		màoshèng	exuberance	HSK 6
萌芽		méngyá	sprout	HSK 6
棉花		miánhua	cotton	HSK 6
品种	品種	pǐnzhǒng	breed	HSK 6
犬		quǎn	dog	HSK 6
梢		shāo	tip of a branch	HSK 6
生物		shēngwù	organism	HSK 6
牲畜		shēngchù	livestock	HSK 6
盛开	盛開	shèngkāi	to bloom	HSK 6
饲养	飼養	sìyǎng	to raise	HSK 6
窝	窩	wō	nest	HSK 6
畜牧		xùmù	raise animals	HSK 6
翼		yì	wings	HSK 6
杂交	雜交	zájiāo	create a hybrid	HSK 6
栽培		zāipéi	grow	HSK 6
枝		zhī	branch	HSK 6
种子	種子	zhǒngzi	seed	HSK 6
种植	種植	zhòngzhí	plant	HSK 6
株		zhū	stem	HSK 6
庄稼	莊稼	zhuāngjia	farm crops	HSK 6

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