Most Common Traditional Chinese Nouns: Free PDF and Flashcards

Nouns are the bones of any sentence – without them, you can’t name the person you’re meeting, the food you’re craving, or the place you’re trying to find. This collection of around 1,000 common Traditional Chinese nouns gives you the building blocks for real conversations, not just textbook drills.

We skipped the dusty, outdated terms you’ll never use. Instead, every entry packs a straightforward meaning and a natural example sentence so you see exactly how the word behaves in the wild. Audio playback is built right in – tap to hear the pronunciation and give your ears a workout alongside your eyes.

Let’s make noun hunting delightfully easy—because even the busiest language learner deserves a tidy shortcut. Scroll to the bottom for the free printable Most Common Traditional Chinese Nouns vocabulary list PDF and the free downloadable printable Most Common Traditional Chinese Nouns flashcards.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一下(子)	yíxià(zi)	a little, a while
一下(子)/一下子兒	yīxià(zi)/yīxiàzir
一半	yíbàn	half, in part
一會(兒)	yìhuǐ(ér)	a moment, a short while
一會兒/一會	yīhuĭr/yīhuĭ
三明治	sānmíngzhì
上(面)	shàng(miàn)
上午	shàngwǔ	before noon, morning
上帝	shàngdì
上衣	shàngyī
上面	shàngmiàn	above, up there
下(面)	xià(miàn)
下午	xiàwǔ	afternoon
不久	bùjiŭ
世界	shìjiè	the world
中	zhōng
中午	zhōngwǔ	noon
中國	zhōngguó	China, Chinese
中學	zhōngxué
中心	zhōngxīn	center, heart, central point
中文	zhōngwén	Chinese language
中間	zhōngjiān	between, among, in the middle of
主人	zhǔrén
事	shì	affair, work
事/事兒	shì/shìr

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