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Chinese common nouns

50 words with English translations. 0 of them appear in the 5,000 most common Chinese words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

50words
0in the top 5,000
Chineselanguage
WordEnglishHow common
房子 fángzihouseoutside the top 5,000
狗 gǒudogoutside the top 5,000
猫 māocatoutside the top 5,000
书 shūbookoutside the top 5,000
桌子 zhuōzitableoutside the top 5,000
椅子 yǐzichairoutside the top 5,000
汽车 qìchēcaroutside the top 5,000
门 méndooroutside the top 5,000
窗户 chuānghuwindowoutside the top 5,000
朋友 péngyoufriendoutside the top 5,000
学校 xuéxiàoschooloutside the top 5,000
老师 lǎoshīteacheroutside the top 5,000
学生 xuéshengstudentoutside the top 5,000
工作 gōngzuòworkoutside the top 5,000
钱 qiánmoneyoutside the top 5,000
食物 shíwùfoodoutside the top 5,000
水 shuǐwateroutside the top 5,000
城市 chéngshìcityoutside the top 5,000
国家 guójiācountryoutside the top 5,000
山 shānmountainoutside the top 5,000
海滩 hǎitānbeachoutside the top 5,000
太阳 tàiyángsunoutside the top 5,000
月亮 yuèliàngmoonoutside the top 5,000
星星 xīngxīngstaroutside the top 5,000
树 shùtreeoutside the top 5,000
花 huāfloweroutside the top 5,000
河 hériveroutside the top 5,000
海 hǎiseaoutside the top 5,000
路 lùroad or pathoutside the top 5,000
时间 shíjiāntime or weatheroutside the top 5,000
天 tiāndayoutside the top 5,000
晚上 wǎnshangnightoutside the top 5,000
男孩 nánháiboyoutside the top 5,000
女孩 nǚháigirloutside the top 5,000
妈妈 māmamotheroutside the top 5,000
爸爸 bàbafatheroutside the top 5,000
兄弟 xiōngdìbrotheroutside the top 5,000
姐妹 jiěmèisisteroutside the top 5,000
家庭 jiātíngfamilyoutside the top 5,000
饮料 yǐnliàodrinkoutside the top 5,000
音乐 yīnyuèmusicoutside the top 5,000
电影 diànyǐngmovieoutside the top 5,000
故事 gùshistory or historyoutside the top 5,000
街道 jiēdàostreetoutside the top 5,000
花园 huāyuángardenoutside the top 5,000
商店 shāngdiànstoreoutside the top 5,000
超市 chāoshìsupermarketoutside the top 5,000
医院 yīyuànhospitaloutside the top 5,000
公园 gōngyuánparkoutside the top 5,000
图书馆 túshūguǎnlibraryoutside the top 5,000

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