Basic Chinese Nouns

Nouns represent people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to refer to somebody or something. Memorize the Chinese nouns below and you’ll be well equipped for almost every basic conversation.

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Important nouns
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Important nouns

English	Chinese	Chinese (Romanization)	Pronunciation (Audio)
child	小孩	xiǎo hái	zh-sing_child
man	男子	nán zǐ	zh-sing_man
woman	女人	nǚ rén	zh-sing_woman
family	家庭	jiā tíng	zh-sing_family
town / city	城镇城市	chéng zhèn chéng shì	zh-sing_towncity zh-sing_towncity-2
country	国家	guó jiā	zh-sing_country
world	世界	shì jiè	zh-sing_world
house	房子	fáng zǐ	zh-sing_house
car	汽车	qì chē	zh-sing_car
street / road	街路	jiē lù	zh-sing_streetroad zh-sing_streetroad-2
shop	商店	shāng diàn	zh-sing_shop
door	门	mén	zh-sing_door
table	桌子	zhuō zǐ	zh-sing_table
chair	椅子	yǐ zǐ	zh-sing_chair
window	窗口	chuāng kǒu	zh-sing_window
newspaper	报纸	bào zhǐ	zh-sing_newspaper
book	书	shū	zh-sing_book
pen	圆珠笔	yuán zhū bǐ	zh-sing_pen
bag	袋	dài	zh-sing_bag
rucksack	背包	bèi bāo	zh-sing_rucksack
happiness	幸福	xìng fú	zh-sing_happiness
love	爱	ài	zh-sing_love
flower	花	huā	zh-sing_flower
ball	球	qiú	zh-sing_ball
work	工作	gōng zuò	zh-sing_work
vacation	假期	jiǎ qī	zh-sing_vacation
passport	护照	hù zhào	zh-sing_passport
language	语言	yǔ yán	zh-sing_language
question	问题	wèn tí	zh-sing_question
answer	答案	dá àn	zh-sing_answer
beginning / start	开始	kāi shǐ	zh-sing_beginningstart
end	结束	jié shù	zh-sing_end

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