Learn Plants in Chinese

Vocabulary, Pinyin, Examples & Test

Plants in Chinese | Learn Chinese Vocabulary with NihaoCafe

Learn all the terms related to plants in Chinese and more generally nature, so that next time you need to add some green to your living room, you know what to look for.

This list with real human audio voice recording will teach you how to pronounce the most important words.

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Numbers | 植物 Zhíwù plant | chinese nihaocafe
植物

zhíwù

plant(s)

公园里有很多植物。

Gōngyuán lǐ yǒu hěn duō zhíwù.

There are many plants in the park.

 MEASURE WORD  种 zhǒng / 株 zhū

Numbers | Huā 花 flower | chinese nihaocafe

huā

flower(s)

我们去花店买花吧!

Wǒmen qù huādiàn mǎi huā ba!

Let’s go to the flower shop to buy flowers!

 MEASURE WORD  枝zhī / 束  shù / 盆 pén

Numbers | 草 Cǎo grass | chinese nihaocafe

cǎo

grass

不要坐在草地上。

Bù yào zuò zài cǎodì shàng.

Don’t sit on the grass.

 MEASURE WORD  株 zhū / 棵 kē

Numbers | 树 Shù tree | chinese nihaocafe

shù

tree

公园里有很多树。

Gōngyuán lǐ yǒu hěn duō shù.

There are many trees in the park.

 MEASURE WORD  棵 kē

Numbers | 叶子 Yèzi leaf | chinese nihaocafe
叶子

yèzi

leaf

树上的叶子是黄色的。

Shùshàng de yèzi shì huángsè de.

The leaves on the tree are yellow.

 MEASURE WORD  片 piàn

Numbers | 森林 forest Sēnlín | chinese nihaocafe
森林

sēnlín

forest

据说这片森林里有狼。

Jùshuō zhè piàn sēnlín li yǒu láng.

They say there are wolves in this forest.

 MEASURE WORD  片 piàn

Park 公园 gōngyuán | That's Mandarin Blog

公园

gōngyuán

park

这个森林公园真美。

Zhè gè sēnlín gōngyuán zhēnměi.

This forest park is so pretty.

 MEASURE WORD  个 gè / 座 zuò

Numbers | 种植 Planting Zhòngzhí | chinese nihaocafe
种植

zhòngzhí

to plant

他们在种植水稻。

Tāmen zài zhòngzhí shuǐdào.

They are planting rice.

seeds 种子 | Learn Chinese words to describe plants with NihaoCafe

种子

zhǒngzi

seed(s)

我们上周种了一些种子。

Wǒmen shàng zhōu zhǒng le yīxiē zhǒngzi.

We planted some seeds last week.

Numbers | 增长 Zēngzhǎng to grow | chinese nihaocafe

发芽

fā yá

to sprout / germinate

我们种的种子开始发芽了。

Wǒmen zhòng de zhǒngzi kāishǐ fāyá le.

The seeds we planted started to sprout.

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