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We skipped the dusty, outdated terms you’ll never use.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
時	shí
時代	shídài
時候	shíhòu	time
時刻	shíkè
時差	shíchā
時鐘	shízhōng	clock
時間	shíjiān	time
晚	wăn
晚上	wǎnshàng	evening
晚飯	wǎnfàn	dinner, supper
晚餐	wǎncān	dinner, supper
晴天	qíngtiān	clear day, sunny day
暑假	shǔjià	summer vacation
書	shū	book
書包	shūbāo	school-bag
書店	shūdiàn	bookstore
書房	shūfáng
書架	shūjià
書桌	shūzhuō	desk
書法	shūfă
最後	zuìhòu
最近	zuìjìn	recently, lately
會場	huìchăng
會話	huìhuà
會議	huìyì

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