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We skipped the dusty, outdated terms you’ll never use.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
對面	duìmiàn	the other side, place across from
導演	dăoyăn
小偷	xiǎotōu	thief, burglar
小吃	xiăochī
小姐	xiǎojiě	Miss
小孩(子)	xiăohái(zi)
小學	xiǎoxué	elementary school
小時	xiǎoshí	hour
小朋友	xiăopéngyŏu
小說	xiǎoshuō	novel, short story
小費	xiăofèi
尺	chĭ
屋(子)	wū(zi)	room
山	shān	mountain
山區	shānqū
島	dăo
工人	gōngrén
工具	gōngjù
工廠	gōngchăng
工業	gōngyè
左(邊)	zuǒ(biān)	left
巧克力	qiǎokèlì	chocolate
差別	chābié
差異	chāyì
巴士	bāshì

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