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We skipped the dusty, outdated terms you’ll never use.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.

Use this list as a starting point, then keep going in the Yak Yacker Traditional Chinese section for more words, phrases, and study-friendly reference pages.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
夜市	yèshì
夜晚	yèwăn
夢	mèng
大人	dàrén
大學	dàxué	university
大學生	dàxuéshēng
大家	dàjiā	everyone
大小	dàxiăo
大會	dàhuì
大樓	dàlóu
大衣	dàyī	overcoat, topcoat
大門	dàmén
大陸	dàlù
天	tiān	day, sky, heaven
天下	tiānxià
天堂	tiāntáng
天氣	tiānqì	weather
太太	tàitai	Mrs., wife
太陽	tàiyáng	the sun
夫婦	fūfù
女	nǚ
女人	nǚrén
女兒	nǚér
女士	nǚshì
女孩(兒)(子)	nǚhái(ér)(zi)	girl

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