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We skipped the dusty, outdated terms you’ll never use.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
冰	bīng
冰塊/冰塊兒	bīngkuài/bīngkuàir
冰淇淋	bīngqílín
冰箱	bīngxiāng	refrigerator
冷氣(機)	lěngqì(jī)	air conditioning; cold air
出口	chūkŏu
刀(子)	dāo(zi)
刀叉	dāochā	knife and fork
初	chū
別人	biérén	other people
利益	lìyì
前(面)	qián(miàn)
前天	qiántiān	the day before yesterday
前年	qiánnián
前面	qiánmiàn	front, forward, before
劇情	jùqíng
劇本	jùběn
力	lì
力量	lìliàng
功夫	gōngfu
功能	gōngnéng
功課	gōngkè	schoolwork, homework
動物	dòngwù	animal
動物園	dòngwùyuán	zoo
包子	bāozi	steamed pork bun

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