Animals
Animals
What type of Chinese am I learning? Are there other dialects?
What type of Chinese am I learning? Are there other dialects?
The most common Chinese dialect is Mandarin. The Chinese on this website is all in Mandarin. Another common Chinese dialect is Cantonese, which is commonly spoken in Hong Kong.
What other languages borrow from Chinese?
What other languages borrow from Chinese?
Japanese and Korean share some aspects of the Chinese language.
Handouts
To help learn the animals, download and print the Chinese yearly animal handout.
Activities
Learn your Chinese animal! What are the other Chinese animals for your family members? Practice drawing the Chinese character for your animal.