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Beginner Chinese Vocabulary

The 349 words a Chinese beginner needs first (A1–A2), with English translations and part of speech, sorted into 10 topics. Free to read, no sign-up — the intermediate and advanced packs live in the app.

Reading a list once is not how you learn it

Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch

Watch Your Language puts Chinese words like these in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face. You see a handful of them every time you check the time, and the app schedules the repeats so the words you keep forgetting come back more often than the ones you already know.

You can add your own words too — from a photo, a page of notes or a spreadsheet.