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Common Animals

By Qiu Gui Su, About.com

Mandarin Chinese names of common animals, complete with audio files for pronunciation and listening practice.

Aligator

English: Aligator
Pinyin: è yú
Chinese: 鱷魚

Audio Pronunciation

Bat

English: Bat
Pinyin: biānfú
Chinese: 蝙蝠

Audio Pronunciation

Bear

English: Bear
Pinyin: xióng
Chinese: 熊

Audio Pronunciation

Bird

English: Bird
Pinyin: niǎo
Chinese: 鳥

Audio Pronunciation

Bull

English: Bull
Pinyin: gōng niú
Chinese: 公牛

Audio Pronunciation

Cat

English: Cat
Pinyin: māo
Chinese: 貓

Audio Pronunciation

Cow

English: Cow
Pinyin: niú
Chinese: 牛

Audio Pronunciation

Dog

English: Dog
Pinyin: gǒu
Chinese: 狗

Audio Pronunciation

Donkey

English: Donkey
Pinyin: lǘzi
Chinese: 驢子

Audio Pronunciation

Elephant

English: Elephant
Pinyin: dà xiàng
Chinese: 大象

Audio Pronunciation

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