Chinese Vocabulary

Welcome to the 9th lesson about the Chinese vocabulary. We're dedicating this page to the most important and most used words in Chinese. For example: clothes, languages, countries, travel, survival words, class, and house components. The sound is also provided.

shirt 衬衫 [chèn shān]

sweater 毛衣 [máo yī]

jacket 夹克 [jiā kè]

coat 外套 [wài tào]

socks 袜子 [wà zi]

shoes 鞋 [xié]

trousers 裤子 [kù zi]

pajamas 睡衣 [shuì yī]

belt 带 [dài]

underwear 内衣 [nèi yī]

hat 帽子 [mào zi]

skirt 裙子 [qún zi]

The following words are related to languages and countries.

Language - Chinese - Pronunciation - Country - Chinese - Pronunciation
Arabic 阿拉伯语 [ā lā bǎi yǔ]
Morocco 摩洛哥 [mó luò gē]
Chinese 中文 [zhōng wén]
China 中国 [zhōng guó]
English 英语 [yīng yǔ]
England 英国 [yīng guó]
French 法语 [fǎ yǔ]
France 法国 [fǎ guó]
German 德语 [dé yǔ]
Germany 德国 [dé guó]
Greek 希腊语 [xī là yǔ]
Greece 希腊 [xī là]
Portuguese 葡萄牙语 [pú táo yá yǔ]
Portugal 葡萄牙 [pú táo yá]
Hindi 印地语 [yìn dì yǔ]
India 印度 [yìn dù]
Italian 意大利语 [yì dà lì yǔ]
Italy 意大利 [yì dà lì]
Japanese 日语 [rì yǔ]
Japan 日本 [rì běn]
Russian 俄语 [é yǔ]
Russia 俄罗斯 [é luó sī]
Spanish 西班牙语 [xī bān yá yǔ]
Spain 西班牙 [xī bān yá]
Swedish 瑞典语 [ruì diǎn yǔ]
Sweden 瑞典 [ruì diǎn]

The following vocabulary is related to travel and survival.

Travel - Chinese - Pronunciation
airport 机场 [jī chǎng]
doctor 医生 [yī shēng]
airplane 飞机 [fēi jī]
medicines 药品 [yào pǐn]
train 火车 [huǒ chē]
pharmacy 药房 [yào fáng]
taxi 出租车 [chū zū chē]
hospital 医院 [yī yuàn]
bus 巴士 [bā shì]
ambulance 救护车 [jiù hù chē]
car 汽车 [qì chē]
poison 毒药 [dú yào]
ticket 票 [piào]
help me 帮我 [bāng wǒ]
hotel 酒店 [jiǔ diàn]
danger 危险 [wēi xiǎn]
reservation 预订 [yù dìng]
accident 事故 [shì gù]
passport 护照 [hù zhào]
police 警察 [jǐng chá]
luggage 行李 [xíng lǐ]
headache 头痛 [tóu tòng]
tourism 旅游 [lǚ yóu]
stomach ache 胃痛 [wèi tòng]

The following list of words is related to a class environment and the components of a house.

Class - Chinese - Pronunciation
books 书籍 [shū jí]
toilet 厕所 [cè suǒ]
pen 钢笔 [gāng bǐ]
bed 床 [chuáng]
dictionary 字典 [zì diǎn]
bedroom 卧室 [wò shì]
library 图书馆 [tú shū guǎn]
furniture 家具 [jiā jù]
desk 桌子 [zhuō zi]
house 房子 [fáng zi]
student 学生 [xué shēng]
kitchen 厨房 [chú fáng]
teacher 老师 [lǎo shī]
plate 盘子 [pán zi]
chair 椅子 [yǐ zi]
refrigerator 冰箱 [bīng xiāng]
paper 纸 [zhǐ]
room 房间 [fáng jiān]
page 页 [yè]
table 桌子 [zhuō zi]
pencil 铅笔 [qiān bǐ]
window 窗户 [chuāng hù]
question 问题 [wèn tí]
television 电视 [diàn shì]

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