# Mandarin Bingo: 20 Printable Bingo Games for Class and Home Twenty bingo games on ten beginner topics, each with six different cards in characters and pinyin. Caller lists and a free caller track for every game let you run it without speaking Chinese. Source: https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/mandarin-bingo-printable ## At a glance - Level: Beginner · HSK 1 - Format: Workbook · PDF · 28 pages · US Letter (prints on A4) - Price: Free · free with a saymei account · updated Nov 11, 2026 ## Download Free with a SayMei account, on the workbook's page: https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/mandarin-bingo-printable. SayMei emails a copy too. ## A line from the workbook 熊猫 (xióngmāo) — panda ## By the end you can - Play 20 games on 10 beginner topics. Numbers, colours, shapes, family, food, animals, school, the body, weather, greetings, feelings and time: 240 words, 12 to a game. 熊猫 (xióngmāo): panda - Hear a word and find it on the card. Call in Chinese only and the game becomes listening practice: players match the sound to the characters and pinyin on their card. 星期三 (xīngqīsān): Wednesday - Find the Chinese for an English word. Call in English instead, and players have to recall which characters mean the word they hear. 苹果 (píngguǒ): apple - Listen for the tones. Close pairs share a game, such as 星形 xīngxíng (star shape) and 心形 xīnxíng (heart shape), so players listen closely. 心形 (xīnxíng): heart shape - Call a game without speaking Chinese. Each caller list gives the characters, pinyin and English, and the free caller track reads the 12 words in that order, each twice, with a pause to find it. - Finish every game by speaking. The winner reads the line back in Chinese. Then play on for four corners and a full card. ## What's inside - Game 1: Numbers: Numbers 1 to 12 - Game 2: Numbers: Numbers to 100 - Game 3: Colours and shapes: Colours - Game 4: Colours and shapes: Shapes and sizes - Game 5: Family: My family - Game 6: Family: People - Game 7: Food: Fruit and treats - Game 8: Food: Meals and drinks - Game 9: Animals: Pets and farm animals - Game 10: Animals: Zoo animals - Game 11: School: School things - Game 12: School: At school - Game 13: Body: Head and face - Game 14: Body: My body - Game 15: Weather: Weather - Game 16: Weather: Seasons and sky - Game 17: Greetings and feelings: Greetings and manners - Game 18: Greetings and feelings: Feelings - Game 19: Time: Days of the week - Game 20: Time: Times of day - Caller lists: Caller lists · Caller lists · Caller lists · Caller lists · Caller lists ## How to use this book Play the game that matches the topic you're teaching, as a warm-up or at the end of a lesson. At home, two to six players need one page, counters and a caller. - Before: Print and cut. Print the game's page and cut out the six cards. Print it again for more than six players: players with the same card win together. - Round 1: Chinese, then English. Read the 12 words together first. Then call each word in Chinese and English, or play the caller track. - Round 2: Chinese only. Call in Chinese alone, so players listen for the word. Ask the winner to read the line back. - Round 3: English only. Call the English, and players find the Chinese. Play on for four corners and then a full card. - Later: A student calls. After a few games, let a student read the caller list aloud, with the pinyin to help. ## Who it's for Teachers of beginner Mandarin classes and Chinese clubs, and families playing at home with two to six players. Before you start: Nothing. Every card shows characters and pinyin, the caller lists give the English, and the free caller track reads every game's words. ## How many players can play? Each game has six different cards. For a bigger class, print the page again and give the same card to two players or to a pair; when two players have the same card, they win together. ## Do I need to speak Chinese to be the caller? No. The caller lists give the pinyin and English for every word, and each game has a free caller track on this page that reads its 12 words, each twice, with a pause after each. ## How long does a game take? A first line usually comes after 3 to 5 calls, so a round is quick. Playing on for four corners and a full card makes a game of about 5 to 10 minutes. ## Are the characters simplified or traditional? Simplified, the characters used in mainland China and Singapore and in most school courses. ## Do I need a SayMei account? Yes, to download the PDF, and the account is free: sign up with Google, Apple or your email address. With it we email you a copy of the workbook, keep every workbook you download on your account on all your devices, save your place in the free online practice, and you can practise speaking with Mei Lin, SayMei's AI tutor. ## How do I print it? The PDF is US Letter size. On A4 paper, choose "Fit to page" (or "Scale to fit") in the print dialog so nothing is cut off. Print the whole workbook or only the pages you need; colour looks best, and black and white works too. Version 2026-11, updated Nov 11, 2026.