Chinese Nouns

Welcome to the third Chinese lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Chinese to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

potatoes 土豆 [tǔ dòu]

tomatoes 蕃茄 [fān qié]

onions 洋葱 [yáng cōng]

carrots 胡萝卜 [hú luó bo]

fruits 水果 [shuǐ guǒ]

apples 苹果 [píng guǒ]

bananas 香蕉 [xiāng jiāo]

oranges 桔子 [jú zi]

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Chinese + Pronunciation
do you have milk? [verb + noun] 你有牛奶吗？ [nǐ yǒu niú nǎi ma?]
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] 我有牛奶和咖啡 [wǒ yǒu niú nǎi hé kā fēi]
he has three apples [number + plural noun] 他有三个苹果 [tā yǒu sān gè píng guǒ]
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] 她只有一个苹果 [tā zhǐ yǒu yī gè píng guǒ]
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] 我们住在一间小房子里 [wǒ men zhù zài yī jiān xiǎo fáng zi lǐ]
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] 我喜欢我们的早餐 [wǒ xǐ huān wǒ men de zǎo cān]

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread 面包 [miàn bāo]

milk 牛奶 [niú nǎi]

butter 黄油 [huáng yóu]

cheese 奶酪 [nǎi lào]

coffee 咖啡 [kā fēi]

sandwich 三明治 [sān míng zhì]

meat 肉 [ròu]

chicken 鸡肉 [jī ròu]

fish 鱼肉 [yú ròu]

breakfast 早餐 [zǎo cān]

lunch 午餐 [wǔ cān]

dinner 晚餐 [wǎn cān]

Conversation in Chinese

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Chinese - Pronunciation
Do you speak (English/ Chinese)? 你会讲英语/中文吗？ [nǐ huì jiǎng yīng yǔ/ zhōng wén ma?]
Just a little 一点点 [yī diǎn diǎn]
I like Chinese 我喜欢中文 [wǒ xǐ huān zhōng wén]
Can I practice with you? 我可以和你练习吗？ [wǒ kě yǐ hé nǐ liàn xí ma?]
How old are you? 你多大了？ [nǐ duō dà liào?]
I'm thirty three years old 我三十三岁 [wǒ sān shí sān suì]
It was nice talking to you 真的很高兴和你说话 [zhēn de hěn gāo xìng hé nǐ shuō huà]

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