Here are Chinese words for countries to start with: 美国 (měi guó, America), 中国 (zhōng guó, China), 英格兰 (yīng gé lán, England), 法国 (fǎ guó, France). Below are 48 words (A1–C2) with their English translations, part of speech and a romanization to help you say them, across 6 themed lists.
| English | Chinese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| America | 美国měi guó | noun | A1 |
| China | 中国zhōng guó | noun | A1 |
| England | 英格兰yīng gé lán | noun | A1 |
| France | 法国fǎ guó | noun | A1 |
| Germany | 德国dé guó | noun | A1 |
| Italy | 意大利yì dà lì | noun | A1 |
| Japan | 日本rì běn | noun | A1 |
| Spain | 西班牙xī bān yá | noun | A1 |
| English | Chinese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| culture | 文化wén huà | noun | A1 |
| language | 语言yǔ yán | noun | A1 |
| nationality | 国籍guó jí | noun | A1 |
| American | 美国的měi guó de | adj | A2 |
| British | 英国人yīng guó rén | adj | A2 |
| French | 法国人fǎ guó rén | adj | A2 |
| capital | 首都shǒu dū | noun | A2 |
| continent | 大陆dà lù | noun | A2 |
| English | Chinese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| diplomatic | 外交的wài jiāo de | adj | C1 |
| enclave | 飞地fēi dì | noun | C1 |
| ethnicity | 民族mín zú | noun | C1 |
| expatriate | 外籍人士wài jí rén shì | noun | C1 |
| geopolitics | 地缘政治dì yuán zhèng zhì | noun | C1 |
| intercultural | 跨文化kuà wén huà | adj | C1 |
| multicultural | 多元文化的duō yuán wén huà de | adj | C1 |
| cosmopolitan | 国际化的guó jì huà de | adj | C2 |
| English | Chinese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| london | 伦敦lún dūn | noun | A2 |
| new york | 纽约niǔ yuē | noun | A2 |
| paris | 巴黎bā lí | noun | A2 |
| tokyo | 东京dōng jīng | noun | A2 |
| beijing | 北京běi jīng | noun | B1 |
| berlin | 柏林bó lín | noun | B1 |
| cairo | 开罗kāi luó | noun | B1 |
| moscow | 莫斯科mò sī kē | noun | B1 |
| English | Chinese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| german | 德国的dé guó de | adj | A2 |
| italian | 意大利的yì dà lì de | adj | A2 |
| spanish | 西班牙的xī bān yá de | adj | A2 |
| brazilian | 巴西的bā xī de | adj | B1 |
| chinese | 中国的zhōng guó de | adj | B1 |
| japanese | 日本的rì běn de | adj | B1 |
| korean | 韩国的hán guó de | adj | B1 |
| russian | 俄罗斯的é luó sī de | adj | B1 |
| English | Chinese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| arabic | 阿拉伯语ā lā bó yǔ | adj | A2 |
| hebrew | 希伯来语xī bó lái yǔ | adj | B1 |
| indonesian | 印尼语yìn ní yǔ | adj | B1 |
| malay | 马来语mǎ lái yǔ | adj | B1 |
| persian | 波斯语bō sī yǔ | adj | B1 |
| ukrainian | 乌克兰语wū kè lán yǔ | adj | B1 |
| vietnamese | 越南语yuè nán yǔ | adj | B1 |
| bengali | 孟加拉语mèng jiā lā yǔ | adj | B2 |
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You could start with words like 美国 (měi guó, America), 中国 (zhōng guó, China), 英格兰 (yīng gé lán, England), 法国 (fǎ guó, France). This page lists 48 Chinese words for countries (A1–C2), each with its English translation and part of speech.
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